One of the most common frustrations of leaders is expectations not being met.

Rather than speaking up when they see something wrong or have good suggestions, many employees feel that keeping their mouths shut is the best way to go. One of the reasons for being so tight-lipped can be attributed to a belief by employees that regardless of what they say, they feel they aren't powerful enough to actually make a difference, according to a new study to be published in the Personnel Psychology journal.

AgGateway’s Precision Agriculture Irrigation Leadership (PAIL) Project will hold a demonstration on June 11at AgGateway’s Mid-Year Meeting in Altoona, Iowa, to show equipment and software manufacturers how growers and irrigation consultants can access and send data in PAIL format as they develop and execute an irrigation plan. Full field testing is planned for late summer, and a proposed set of guidelines will be submitted in late November 2014.

Precision Planting, a wholly owned subsidiary of Monsanto, recently began notifying an undisclosed number of customers and employees that their personal information may have been exposed when its systems were hacked.

For those of you who can remember back to Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign, you'll remember one of the slogans credited with helping him unseat a sitting president: It's the economy, stupid!

Shane Swedlund, senior product manager, Applied Technology Division with Raven Industries, gives an overview of the new Viper 4 field computer during this year's Raven Innovation Summit in Sioux Falls, S.D.

As precision farming continues to evolve beyond the hardware, and more toward data collection and analysis, there is increased focus on protecting that information. At it's 2014 product launch event in Columbus, Ohio, on August 21-22, John Deere introduced Wireless Data Transfer, a subscription-based system that allows farmers to send data remotely from their tractor or combine cab, to their home office.

When Calvin Schmidt recently contacted Farm Equipment, his inquiry was rather straightforward: What does the law have to say about tractor hour meter tampering? Unfortunately, the answer isn't nearly as straightforward as the question. What was discovered is that regulations differ significantly by state and province and enforcement is often spotty.

JCC Services expands its Online Learning Center to include Parts Counter Talk Course. The course will focus on customer service and will be offered starting March 20, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. CST.

PFW (pfw.com) announced development of ID MobileAccess 1.0. The new mobile application allows dealers using the PFW IntelliDealerTM Dealer Management System (DMS) to view information in their system on smartphones and tablet devices.