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Academy – New Summer Courses!

Melissa Sandfort

With planting season in full swing, growers and dealers alike are working around the clock to get the crop planted. At the Ag Leader training center, folks are staying plenty busy as well, as they prepare for the summer training season. In the midst of planting most do not think of harvest. However, Ag Leader is excited to announce that …

Ag Leader, Agribusiness

Crop Scouting – Using All Your Data, Part 2

Melissa Sandfort

Last week, we discussed utilizing your precision ag data while crop scouting. While it’s important to have access to that reference data in the field, you may ask yourself how can I use GPS technology to precisely and more efficiently record crop and pest observations? Or how can I precisely map and integrate my crop sensor readings into precision scouting …

Ag Leader, Agribusiness

Crop Scouting – Using All Your Precision Ag Data

Melissa Sandfort

The evolution of precision ag has impacted how growers and ag professionals accomplish many tasks. We’ve seen in-field crop scouting evolve from a notepad and pencil, to a GPS enabled tablet/mobile device to simply record crop and pest observations. Is it adequate for you to just document observations? Want to precisely navigate to each hybrid planted? Want to navigate to …

Ag Leader, Agribusiness

How secure is my data?

Melissa Sandfort

There has been a lot of buzz recently over precision ag data and its recent integration into the world of cloud computing. This buzz has sparked quite a debate over who really owns this data. Does the grower own this data, or is this data available for others? This debate seems to be gaining as much traction as the classic …

Ag Leader, Agribusiness

Ag Leader Reports on Seasonal Progress

Melissa Sandfort

Spring field operations are well underway and Ag Leader’s Technical Support department is buzzing! Any given business day, over 40 members of the Support department are here to help advance the usability of our comprehensive lineup of precision agriculture products. From 7am to 7pm Monday through Friday, 8am to 4pm on Saturdays and 12pm to 4pm on Sundays during the …

Ag Leader, Agribusiness

The Power of AgFiniti

Melissa Sandfort

It seems like every year it gets harder and harder to meet up with the consultant to grab your planting or seeding prescriptions; or if they do make it into our hands, the USB seems to get forgotten on the kitchen table. The good news is, with the AgFiniti cloud platform, access to your valuable prescription and setup files is …

Ag Leader, Agribusiness

The Power of AgFiniti

Melissa Sandfort

It seems like every year it gets harder and harder to meet up with the consultant to grab the planting or seeding prescriptions; or if they do make it into our hands, it seems to get forgotten on the kitchen table. The good news is, with the AgFiniti cloud platform, access to your valuable prescription and setup files is easier …

Ag Leader, Agribusiness

Spring Insights Magazine Now Available

Melissa Sandfort

Al Myers, Ag Leader CEO, says: Return on investment. On Wall Street, it’s a measure of the amount of money earned on the (hopefully) sound investments made. It’s easy to measure – even on a daily basis – as stock and bond prices are available by the minute. Return on investment in agriculture isn’t always quite as easy to calculate. …

Ag Leader, Agribusiness

Utilizing UAV Imagery with SMS Advanced

Melissa Sandfort

The production ag community has envisioned the many benefits of utilizing UAV technology since its inception. With many affordable solutions on the market today, ag professionals have begun offering services, and growers have realized the opportunity of using their own UAVs in their operations. While UAVs have become more affordable, often this technology has required the purchase of additional software …

Ag Leader, Agribusiness

Summer Precision Ag Training

Melissa Sandfort

Did you know Ag Leader offers a variety of SMS training sessions to help answer your questions about the software? That’s right, whether you’re more comfortable listening in on a webinar from your home computer, or attending an in-person, hands-on classroom training session, Ag Leader has a variety of courses to fit your needs. Jessica Ahrens, software training specialist, says …

Ag Leader, Agribusiness