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Ahead of the Curve

Killing Weeds Sans Hoes & Chemicals

Paul Mikesell, CEO of Carbon Robotics, discusses the economic and environmental benefits of the LaserWeeder precision machine.
By Dan Crummett posted on March 5, 2023 | Posted in Product Innovations & Introductions
We had a good conversation recently with Paul Mikesell, CEO of Carbon Robotics, the Seattle-based tech firm which began selling its pull-behind LaserWeeder in 2021, about the economic and environmental benefits of the popular precision machine.
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Autonomy Report

Dealer Perspective: Concerns About & Customer Interest in Autonomous Farm Machinery

Dealers weigh in on how likely their customers are to purchase autonomous farm equipment in the next 10 years.
By Dan Crummett posted on December 16, 2022 | Posted in Precision Ag Sales & Service
Of the dealers queried, nearly 60% shared their customers would fall into the “likely” or “very likely” category of interest in autonomous farm machinery. They estimate 20% would be unlikely to have an interest and 20% uncommitted or “neutral” in their interest level.
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Autonomy Report

Weighing The Viability of an Autonomous Future

As robotics, AI and autonomous technology continue to evolve, manufacturers, dealers and customers weigh in on what an autonomous future for ag looks like, and what it will take to get there.
By Dan Crummett posted on December 15, 2022 | Posted in Precision Ag Sales & Service
While many claim the Industrial Revolution is history, supplanted by the so-called “Digital Age” or “Information Age,” commercial agriculture seems to be thriving while simultaneously in both eras.
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Ahead of the Curve

Ethanol Offers Practical Diesel Fuel Alternative

ClearFlame Engine Technologies announces developments that could soon put ethanol in the fuel tanks of farm tractors as well as many of the nation’s over-the-road trucks as it vies for clean fuel alternatives.
By Dan Crummett posted on October 4, 2022 | Posted in Product Innovations & Introductions, Niche Equipment Markets
It’s rare news that can bring a smile to corn farmers, environmentalists, over-the-road truckers and anyone else who uses a diesel engine for a living, but ClearFlame Engine Technologies may have brought Christmas early this year to all those folks.
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Dealer Facilitates Rise of Strip-Till in Western Kentucky

H&R Agri-Power’s Jeff Morgan rented strip-till equipment, lent a strip-till rig and fertilizer cart to a local crop consultant and collaborated with input dealers to help customers adopt strip-till.
By Dan Crummett posted on October 3, 2022 | Posted in Niche Equipment Markets
In the staunch no-till country of western Kentucky, a group of dealers and their customers are working together to crack yield caps through the adoption of strip-till.
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Ahead of the Curve

Section Chemical Injection Boosts Sprayer Efficiency

Latitude-AG’s new SRV2 Boom Section Injection and Recirculation System breaks ground on reducing chemical waste and exposure with retrofit system to fit sprayers of all colors.
By Dan Crummett posted on August 28, 2022 | Posted in Product Innovations & Introductions, Niche Equipment Markets
The patents have been issued, the company’s name is different and the significantly advanced ag sprayer technology we discussed here in the April/May 2021 issue is headed to market.
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Ahead of the Curve

Fertilizer & Fuel?

New York-based research firm unveils a 75 horsepower ammonia-fueled electric tractor that could foreshadow answers to the current lack of practicality of lithium-ion batteries to power large farm equipment.
By Dan Crummett posted on July 3, 2022 | Posted in Product Innovations & Introductions
While most North American growers and farm equipment dealers don’t share much enthusiasm for electric-powered field tractors and harvesters, the recent demonstration of a highly-modified John Deere tractor using anhydrous ammonia as fuel for its electric motors could spark some interest in both groups.
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