The alliance will offer farmers a sounded alternative to cope with skyrocketed input prices through smart and automated real time Variable Rate application of their inputs.
The alliance will offer U.S. farmers, particularly in the Midwest, access to the Augmenta System, a VRA control device that fully automates a range of in-season inputs such as nitrogen, fungicides, plant growth regulators and desiccants.
Last week, I shadowed Dave Thompson in Amboy, Ill. He’s a precision farming specialist with Case IH dealer Johnson Tractor. He tells me most of his customers were done with harvest by the middle of October.
The college offers an associate degree in Applied Science in Agriculture (60 credit hours). Students enrolled in this program may specialize in precision farming technology by selecting up to 15 credit hours in this area and agriculture business, sales and agronomy.
The college offers an AAS in Precision Agriculture and customized precision ag- related training for agricultural producers, insurance underwriters, equipment dealer and agricultural cooperative employees and others.
Offering training on Ag Leader, Trimble, Reichhardt, Norac and Integris Systems in twice yearly customer training events (spring/fall). Also offering individual training opportunities on any HTS Ag products and SMS software, year round.