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Precision Ag Reports

0 Posted by – March 22nd, 2007

KFRM We continue to receive reports from farm broadcasters about precision agriculture. Our latest reports come from Duane Toews of KFRM, the “Voice of the Plains” in Clay Center, Kansas.
Toews

Duane interviewed Kyle Collins of John Deere Ag Management Solutions at Commodity Classic.
Listen to MP3 Duane Interview with Kyle (3:30 min mp3)

Duane also talked with Jeff Kaiser of John Deere Agri Services about OptiGro.
Listen to MP3 Duane Interview with Jeff (3 min mp3)

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related topics: Audio, Commodity Classic, Equipment, Farm Broadcast Reports, General

Swath Control Pro on AgDay

0 Posted by – March 16th, 2007

Ag DayHere’s a little video vignette that will be airing on AgDay about John Deere’s Swath Control Pro.

See it in action and listen to Deere’s Kyle Collins talk about how it works.

Watch WMV File AgDay Video (1 min wmv)

related topics: Farm Broadcast Reports, Media Room, Video

HAT’s Off to Precision Agriculture

1 Posted by – March 15th, 2007

HAT Net Use of precision agriculture technology is revolutionizing the farm equipment business. Gary Truitt with Hoosier Ag Today radio network in Indiana sent in this report with a southwest Indiana tractor dealer who talks about how precision ag has changed the way they do business in a very positive way.

According to Rich Linenburg of Vincennes Tractor, AutoTrac and GPS systems have changed the way growers use tractors and changed the way dealers support and service those machines. “Now the tractor has BlueTooth capabilities, it hooks up to our laptop, the laptop hits the cell phone connection, we’re on the internet, my service manager can see and diagnose that machine from his desktop and if he needs help the engineer in Waterloo Iowa where the tractor was built has the same screen in front of him. The technology is just unreal.”

Listen to MP3 HAT report (2:30 mp3)

Vincennes Tractor GroupOn the Vincennes Tractor website, they are encouraging farmers to form a Precision Farmer User Group.

Some farmers just like yourself have formed a user group for these products. We want this to be your group, a group that will add value to your farming operations. We will be glad to help facilitate your meetings, if you want. We can provide the meeting place, help arrange speakers, presentations, office services, training, and just about anything your group would like us to bring to the table.

Great idea!

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related topics: Audio, Dealers, Education, Farm Broadcast Reports, General

OptiGro Sound Bite

0 Posted by – March 12th, 2007

Jeff Kaiser Jeff KaiserHere is a short sound bite, courtesy of Cyndi Young with Brownfield Network, that explains the advantage of John Deere’s OptiGro System for corn and wheat growers in less than 30 seconds. Jeff Kaiser with John Deere’s Agri Services does the explaining.

“The real difference is getting an image when you want it and getting it quickly after it’s taken,” Jeff says. “You can order it on Monday, get it back on Wednesday. You can have a sprayer in there Wednesday afternoon spraying nitrogen on the crop if you need to.”

Cyndi interviewed Jeff at the Commodity Classic in Tampa. Listen to MP3 Jeff Kaiser (:30 mp3)

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related topics: Audio, Commodity Classic, Farm Broadcast Reports, General, Media Room

Reports From Classic

0 Posted by – March 6th, 2007

Randy Koenen The president-elect of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting sent in a couple of interviews he did at Commodity Classic about precision agriculture.

Randy Koenen of KTIC/KWPN/Rural Radio Network in West Point, Nebraska interviewed Laura Robson of John Deere AMS about the “Reach for the Stars” program.
Listen to MP3 Randy Interview with Laura (1:30 min mp3)

Randy also talked with Kyle Collins of John Deere AMS about Swath Control Pro.
Listen to MP3 Randy Interview with Kyle (2 min mp3)

Last, but not least, Randy talked about OptiGro with Deere’s John Mann.
Listen to MP3 Randy Interview with John (2 min mp3)

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related topics: Audio, Equipment, Farm Broadcast Reports, General, Software