Sprayer Tip Insights: Your Guide for Sprayer Tips and Chemical Pairings
We’ve put together a guide to help you choose the right sprayer tip for your chemical application.More
Precision Ag
Collect Stronger Data with Enhanced Learning Blocks
ProVantage, our precision ag platform, gives growers the tools to manage inputs as well as collect, organize, and digest data on their acres more effectively. Growers can then use this data to help make management decisions that maximize efficiency and drive profitability. More
Introducing Rantizo: Taking Spraying to New Heights
Whenever we bring on new equipment, we always make sure it checks the box for improving efficiency; however, the most recent addition may be the most unique we’ve ever had. Rantizo’s drone sprayer platform definitely brings technology and adaptation to a whole new level. If you’ve ever wanted to spray the field next to your house while simultaneously relaxing on the porch, that can now become a reality.More
Strip Cropping; When Opportunity Meets Innovation
No doubt growers have been faced with many adversities in recent years, but for one Stutsman customer, he is viewing these challenging times as an opportunity to try something new. With a passion for finding a better way, Mark Dobson of reMARKable Farms, LLC., along with his share-cropping partner Ivan Ball, are using precision technology to do more with less.More
Be InCommand of Planting & Guidance with Ag Leader Summer Deals
Ag Leader’s summer deals on planting and guidance are here; check out the details below!More
Is It OK to be Average?
By: Chase Gingerich, ProVantage Specialist and Agronomy Sales
I am always pushing myself to do better whether I am learning something new, writing a new herbicide program, or giving a fertilizer recommendation. For me, being average is not an option. With this mindset, I often wonder why so many growers rely on the average yield to fertilize for the next year’s crop. Isn’t there a desire to improve from the previous season? Is average good enough?More
Combine Maintenance for Accurate Yield Monitor Calibrations
By: Brian Miller, Equipment & Precision Ag Sales
We all know that yield maps are the most important decision-making tool for next year, as well as the only way to verify results of the various tests you may have done throughout this growing season. This being said, we need quality data coming from the combine. To get this quality data, we need an accurate calibration coming from a properly maintained and adjusted combine. Let’s look at a few components that you can test before going to the field.More
Red Light Means Go In Nitrogen Management Optics
By: Hannah Schultz, Topcon Agriculture
What if producers could have an agronomist with them in every field? When managing nitrogen programs with Topcon Agriculture optical sensors, it’s just like having an agronomist in the cab or attached to the sprayer.More
Accuflow and NH3 Maintenance & Safety
By: Brian Miller, Precision Ag & Equipment Sales
NH3 is one of the most stable and concentrated forms of nitrogen, and still probably the most popular form of N to use across the corn belt. With how obvious it is that time will be an issue this spring, it will be tempting to take a few shortcuts when the application window opens. Please don’t. We’ve all heard the stories of close calls and disasters. Try not to become one of those stories in the name of saving a minute or two. Safety and maintenance ahead of time, with a little in-season common sense can go a long way. Let’s look at a couple ways to make sure we can have a safe spring.More
Improving the Planter Pass
By: Brian Miller, Equipment & Precision Ag Sales
Spring is an exciting time; a fresh chance to capitalize on the successes from last year and correct any shortcomings you may have experienced. Many people claim that the planter pass is the most important pass of the season. It sets the tone for the year and is a major factor in the yield potential equation. With that in mind, here are a few ideas on how to improve the coming season’s planter pass. Some are simple, some are more complex, but all are important.More
