Ag Leader Technology Blog

See the new SureVac electric row shutoff device in action! This row-by-row control device provides you an easily-installed, zero-maintenance solution to reduce seed costs and increase yield potential.

How do you grade yourself at the end of the growing season? Are you considering a report card system for your fields? These growers will tell you why a yield monitor has found a place in their operation.

Record and manage insect and weed pressure manually or using GPS. Sync that information with desktop software for reporting and analysis. What does this crop consultant think of SMS Mobile?

Multi-year yield data analysis, taking information from the field to your office, how can SMS Advanced help you?

What does SMS Software have to offer your farming operation? Growers and crop consultants alike offer their perspective on SMS Basic, SMS Advanced and SMS Mobile.

SeedCommand provides complete control over planting operations – from seeding populations that vary based on planting prescriptions to the AutoSwath feature that automatically turns planter sections on/off based on a field map.

Bottom line: Lower seed cost during planting season and improved yield potential at harvest time.

Control seed costs and improve yield potential across the entire field with variable rate planting. SeedCommand varies the seeding rate based on prescription maps to match seeding rates to soil potential.

Will using a planter control system like SeedCommand add dollars to your bottom line? How much seed will you save? Find out what these growers mentioned when asked that question.

Whether you’re talking about reduced operator fatigue or how quickly the technology pays for itself, see what these growers have to say about their SeedCommand system’s return on investment.

AutoSwath controls planter clutches to automatically turn planter sections on/off based on field maps and already planted areas. Whether reducing operator fatigue or overplanting in areas, see what these growers have to say about how AutoSwath improves efficiency in their planting operations.

Learn how OptRx measures and records data about a crop in real-time, and how that information adjusts the rate of nitrogen applied while on-the-go. With this crop sensing technology, nitrogen is applied at a rate that can maximize yield potential in all areas of your field.

Simplify the application reporting process with Smart Report. With this feature in DirectCommand, it is easy to generate detailed application reports. See what these growers say about using Smart Report to gain more organized recordkeeping.

See what these growers have to say about their improved efficiency of application operations and input savings that have led to a return on investment on their DirectCommand system.

Does using DirectCommand benefit the operator as well as help reduce overapplication? How can DirectCommand ease operator fatigue? Find out what these growers have to say about their experience with the system.

Whether switching operators throughout the day or being able to simply track application in all areas of a field, learn how onscreen mapping helps DirectCommand offer complete control over application.

Will an application control system like DirectCommand add dollars to your bottom line? Will you save on input costs and decrease overapplication? Hear what these growers said when asked these questions.

How do you move guidance lines from monitor to monitor using different types of equipment? Can you create guidance lines in SMS software? What brands does SMS support? Precision Pays asks Michael Vos, SMS Software Sales Manager, about guidance features of SMS Software.

How does an electric row shut off for vacuum planters work? What planters can SureVac work on? Precision Pays asks Chad Huedepohl, DirectCommand Sales Manager, about the benefits of the SureVac electric row clutch.

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February 1, 2010, AMES, Iowa – Today, Ag Leader Technology, Inc., a leader in the development of precision farming solutions, added the patent-pending SureVac electric row shutoff to their lineup of planter section shutoff devices. SureVac provides today’s precision farming operation with an easily-installed, zero-maintenance solution to reduce seed costs and increase yield potential. [...]