It’s been a very interesting day on the road. I just finished up conducting some interviews at the John Deere Ag Management Solutions offices in Urbandale, IA. I’m going to be using them for a series of stories on Precision Pays.

There’s a lot going on in the precision ag world right now as pressure mounts to reduce input costs and increase productivity. Precision Pays is a project we’ve been working on with BCS Communications and John Deere to help distribute current information to help farmers improve their bottom line.

I thought I’d share the first interview in the series with Mark Theuerkauf, Marketing Manager. Mark and I talked about RTK. Our conversation helped me better understand how the tower or base station network functions to provide a growing coverage area where farmers can take advantage of the extreme accuracy that RTK offers. As Mark says, John Deere offers three levels of accuracy with RTK being at the top of the list.

You can learn more about RTK on the John Deere StellarSupport website. Mark says that there are considerations when using the network since it is contingent on line of sight with the local towers. He suggests that farmers work with their local dealer to find out how to incorporate RTK into their operation.

You can listen to my interview with Mark here: ams-office-08-theuerkauf-rtk-update.mp3