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Take Care of Basics Before Adopting New Sprayer Developments

By Dave Kanicki posted on September 5, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices, Data & Forecasts, Operations & Finance, Precision Ag Sales & Service
While aerial application of pesticides is still utilized extensively, on-the-ground sprayers continue to gain favor for applying crop chemicals. In all likelihood, their use will continue to expand, especially with the introduction of newer precision technologies with the capability to reduce chemical usage through site-specific application methods.
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What’s Trending in Ag Application Technology?

Developments in applying crop nutrients and pesticides have come fast and furious during the last decade. Many of the newest breakthroughs are aimed at ‘site-specific’ management of inputs, nozzles and individual nozzle control, and soil applications.
By Dave Kanicki posted on September 5, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices, Data & Forecasts, Operations & Finance, Precision Ag Sales & Service
“We’ve been diverted from innovation for a while in the spray industry as we tackled spray drift issues,” says Ken Giles, University of California-Davis professor of agricultural engineering. “In the next 10 years, the focus is going to shift from drift reduction to precision placement of chemicals. We’re going to focus on targeted coverage and how consistent application can be within that targeted coverage.”
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Making a Case for Curbing Spending on Inputs

Few signs point to a recovery in crop prices in the near term, which is making it imperative growers find ways to hold down costs.
By Dave Kanicki posted on September 5, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices, Data & Forecasts, Operations & Finance, Precision Ag Sales & Service
As the industry downturn is well into its third year, producers are now taking an even harder look at minimizing the use, and thus the cost, of crop inputs like fertilizers and pesticides, wherever possible without sacrificing crop yields. The quest to reduce inputs without giving up crop productivity presents dealers and manufacturers with opportunities to work closely with their farm customers to improve everyone’s bottom line.
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Special Report: What's Trending in Ag Application Technology?

Can Application Technologies Reduce Ag Input Costs?

Three years of low grain prices are forcing farmers to minimize production costs. Developments in how they apply inputs will be an important part of growers’ cost cutting.
By Farm Equipment Staff posted on September 5, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices, Data & Forecasts, Operations & Finance, Precision Ag Sales & Service
Proper placement of seeds in the soil is considered by many to be the single most critical step in producing high yielding row crops. This is because success with planting operations sets the stage for everything that takes place with the crop afterward.
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2016 Dealership of the Year Video Series: Van Wall Equipment

Ensuring the Accuracy of Farmers' Data for Crop Insurance Reporting

August 24, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices, Precision Ag Sales & Service
Scott Meldrum, integrated solutions manager for Van Wall Equipment, shares that about 40% of crop insurance policies have an error in them that would cause that policy to fail an audit. Meldrum talks about how Van Wall ensures their customers' policies are not in the 40%. Van Wall Equipment earned top honors in Farm Equipment's 2016 Dealership of the Year program.
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Washington Tractor Brings Awareness to Precision Farming with New Video Story

August 22, 2016 | Posted in Precision Ag Sales & Service, Dealer News
Over the past year, Washington Tractor Inc. has communicated its brand philosophy, character and personality as an organization through video storytelling. In the latest short video about its relationship with Trout Lake Farm in Ephrata, Washington Tractor helps bring awareness to the topic of precision farming, and how it is impacting farming practices on the global stage.
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You Can’t Keep Up Either?

By Dave Kanicki posted on August 15, 2016 | Posted in Precision Ag Sales & Service
In putting together the special report on agricultural application technology that will appear in the September issue of Farm Equipment, our editors and contributors interviewed more than a dozen industry experts. These included growers, dealers, system developers and equipment manufacturers of precision farming technology.
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