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 …
Stitched With Love
This week Aunt Jeanette writes: When I was at Mom and Dad’s house a couple of weeks ago, we began talking about quilts and bedspreads. I wrote a story in January about the bedspread my maternal grandmother crocheted during the Depression. Although we lost many pictures and family mementos in our house fire the summer of 2001, miraculously some of …
Crop Scouting – Using All Your Data, Part 2
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 …
Teach Your Children Well
Today Aunt Jeanette writes: I was looking forward to spending most of today outside. Our lawn, which is about the size of a football field, desperately needed mowing. There are always weeds to pull. I had flowers to plant. The tomato plants that froze a couple of weeks ago needed to be pulled and new ones planted in their places. …
Crop Scouting – Using All Your Precision Ag Data
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 …
The Land of the Free
Although the Memorial Day weekend has come and gone and people are back at work, it is one of those holidays that should be recognized every day. I spent the holiday with my parents and as I was driving home on Sunday afternoon, I couldn’t help but notice all of the American flags flying at cemeteries and homes. Some of …
How secure is my data?
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 Reports on Seasonal Progress
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 …
I Can’t Drive 55
My children are going to grow up as horrible drivers. You know, I stress to them how important it is to follow the rules, yet find myself breaking them every day when I’m in the car. Some stop signs are just a pause, and the speed limit signs are usually just a suggestion. So when I’m using a double-standard in …
The Power of AgFiniti
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 …