With a personal and professional drive to collect, analyze and apply precision farming data, Mike Houghtaling, president of P&C Ag Solutions in Reese, Mich., has long sought a solution that provides valuable agronomic insight to farmers.
To explore their passion for agriculture, Kyle Schmit and two of his high school classmates founded Precision Point LLC, a precision farming product and services retailer in 2014 in Osmond, Neb. Collaborating with Farmers Business Network (FBN) this past March has taken their mission to help farmers do more with less and maximize precision practices on their operation to the next level.
Talking with a few precision dealers about their transition into agronomic services, one of them noted that this is actually where their business began. Almost 2 decades ago, the independent precision retailer opened his doors on the promise that the company could deliver mapping, soil sampling and field analysis services.
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Verdant Robotics showed off its new Sharpshooter at the FIRA Conference a few weeks ago. Dubbed the only robotic precision application system that aims before it shoots, Sharpshooter uses Bullseye Aim & Apply Technology.
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.