Ag Leader’s marketing communications team will be hitting the trade show floor at the upcoming Ag Media Summit, the largest meeting in the United States of the ag industry’s top writers, editors, photographers, publishers and ag communicator specialists. And there to get the news out about Ag Leader’s new video, website redesign and product offerings will be Jenna Royer, marketing …
The Little Things in Life
This week Aunt Jeanette writes: Some time ago Melissa wrote a story about pivot stops. We have quite a few of these structures and they are wonderful for keeping pivots out of trees, ditches, roads, or the neighbor’s fields. We also found out they are good places for a bird to set up housekeeping – or should I say ‘nestkeeping’! …
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
I know people usually post amazing pictures for “Wordless Wednesday” or funny ones for “Throwback Thursday” but this one was just too good to pass up. My Aunt Jeanette writes: Some very good friends of ours snapped this picture while they were out doing their evening irrigating. The photo shows the sun going down behind our farm. It was the …
Making Sense of Precision Ag’s Alphabet Soup
Precision farming tools are designed to simplify things for growers, and yet the terminology used in precision farming isn’t always so simple. But have no fear. The following definitions will guide you through the mysterious twists and terms found in the world of GPS (Psst … that stands for Global Positioning System). GNSS: Global Navigation Satellite System is a navigation …
You Are What You Eat
Aunt Jeanette writes this week … You’ve heard that expression, haven’t you? Well, if it holds true, our three sons grew up to be hay bales, augers and tractor tires! Ha! I bet you thought you were eating plain cereal, right? Wrong. Those were actually hay bales you were eating. And instead of the regular spaghetti noodles, we had augers …
Where to Find Ag Leader This Summer
Are you interested in getting the latest information about precision ag equipment? If so, here are a few stops you might want to schedule this summer in order to talk with Ag Leader experts: • Wisconsin Farm Technology Days in Dallas, WI, July 9-11 • Wyffels Hybrids Corn Strategies in Oxford Junction, IA, July 10 • 3i Show in Dodge …
Happy Fourth of July!
Aunt Jeanette joins us again today: I love plants and flowers. My house used to look like a jungle – until we added a sunroom. When I was teaching, if I had a particularly challenging day at school, I would come home and repot a couple of plants. It was my therapy. Word got around at school (and in town), …
The Tin Man
Today Aunt Jeanette writes: One of our hired farm hands is always playing tricks on us. He has a quick wit and makes me laugh. His parents had a garage sale as they are moving and needed to downsize a bit. I knew about the garage sale, but since they live in a different town, I did not go. Plus, …
Trust the Technology
Choosing how much nitrogen (N) to put on fields isn’t something farmers take lightly. Many factors go into the decision, including past experiences, the timing of application, yield goals, and results from soil tests. That’s where crop sensor products such as OptRX from Ag Leader can help. When the OptRx sensors detect healthy plants, the system will call for less …
Hershey…..Not the Candy Bar
Another school story, but this one is about a young boy’s dedication to caring for his bucket calf. Oh, those 4-H projects that became family members… I had gone to school early one morning and was enjoying the quiet – mentally preparing for the day. The phone ringing in my room interrupted thoughts of how to creatively teach simple division. …