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May 16, 2024

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Intelligent Highway Tech Raises Questions about Future of Autonomous Agriculture

Agriculture’s increased productivity rates easily bump the “transformational” category over the past half century. A few tweaks from regulators, lawmakers and equipment makers can ensure that performance continues. Read More
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Farmer Aims to Slash Herbicide Costs with Smart Spray Retrofit Kit

Tyler Troiola traded in his Hagie sprayer for a used 2018 John Deere R4038 sprayer with a 120-foot boom and 1,000 gallon-tank so he could upgrade to See & Spray Premium. His dealer, Sloan Implement, installed the 36-camera system, which took almost 2 weeks to complete. Read More
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Customer-Centric Approach Key to Selling Colorblind Precision Ag Solutions

Colorblind precision agriculture products, or brand agnostic products, can give dealers and customers flexibility. Read More
PFD This Week

Precision Farming Dealer's Best of the Web: May 14, 2024

Precision Farming Dealer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at various aspects of our great agricultural industry. Here is our favorite content from the past week. The Best of the Web This Week series is brought to you by GBGI Inc. Read More
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How to Establish Credibility with New Customers

Bruce West, owner of West Enterprises, an independent precision ag hardware and software dealer in Erie, Ill., shares the secret to his success when it comes to developing strong relationships with customers. Read More
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‘Transactional’ Approach to Equipment Sales: Just Say No

I just finished a cover story article for the June 2024 edition of Farm Equipment on a dramatic “color conversion” story at Intermountain New Holland (Twin Falls, Idaho). The 2-store dealership earned a chance with a custom harvester on one New Holland swather, and quickly parlayed it into 6 units.

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[Technology Corner] Farmer Takes Retrofit Route with Smart Sprayer in 2024

[Technology Corner] Farmer Takes Retrofit Route with Smart Sprayer in 2024

It’s planting season, which means a lot of the technology we spotlight on this program is being used in the field as we speak. I paid a visit to Eagle, Wis., farmer Tyler Troiola who’s using John Deere See and Spray for the first time this growing season. He says it took his dealer about 2 solid weeks to install the system on his 2018 John Deere sprayer. 
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Ivy Tech

Ivy Tech Community College, Lafayette Campus

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.
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Lake Region State College - Dakota Precision Ag Center

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.
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HTS Ag Precision Ag Solutions

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.
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