If you’re a farmer who wants to learn more about precision agriculture, the Dakota Precision Ag Center in Devils Lake offers a special day of seminars.
For his first year in the Farm Power program at Mitchell Technical Institute, Bailey Grotewold of Canton, S.D., had to drive back and forth between the old school campus on the north side of Mitchell and an old shop that was rented near the new campus on the south side of town near Interstate 90.
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.