Simplot, a privately held agribusiness, and Spensa Technologies, an agricultural services company, announced a multi-year partnership to build the Simplot Advisor Platform for use by Simplot’s crop advisors.
Spensa Technologies Inc., a startup in Purdue Research Park, closed on $2.5 million in Series A funding as the precision ag company expands operations and its workforce and further conduct research on its technologies.
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.