Veteran farmers Jim Leverich of Sparta, Wis., and Keith Wendte of Effingham, Ill., are two early adopters of precision technology.Leverich remembers using Ag Leader’s groundbreaking Yield Monitor 2000 in 1992, while Wendte recalls entering the precision arena around the same time with yield maps, GPS and grid soil sampling.

Keith Wendte manages data and analysis for his family’s 7,000-acre operation from an office more than 200 miles away in the Chicago area. He was an early adopter of precision farming technology nearly 30 years ago.