Ag Leader Technology Blog

Happy Holidays! As a reminder, Ag Leader Technology will be closed December 24 – January 3 for the holidays. We will resume normal hours on Tuesday, January 4, 2011.
We hope you have a safe and happy holiday season!

It is not normal (from a weather perspective at least) that I wish I was in Iowa! However, given the recent weather and temperatures here in the UK, Iowa has proven to be worthy of consideration as a destination to warm up a little! With temperatures down to -13°C (9°F) (according to my car at [...]

Last week, Ag Leader Technology held our annual Dealer Meeting at Ag Leader Academy in Ames, IA. Ag Leader dealers were invited to attend the “Mission: Precision” meeting, where they were charged with the task of completing missions throughout the week in order to receive important business tools. The “Mission: Precision” theme focused on helping [...]

The opening session of the “Mission: Precision” Ag Leader Dealer Meeting.

Over the last several years, we have heard more and more about the environmental impacts in the Gulf of Mexico with regard to the Hypoxia zone where the Mississippi enters the Gulf of Mexico.  While the size and impact of this zone changes from year to year, the region has had a difficult time dealing [...]

p>Sitting at Ag Leader Academy during our annual dealer event, I have had plenty of exposure to the brisk breeze blowing across Iowa this week.  It is a great reminder of the fact that the season is probably winding down for most of us, and the machinery is being stored in the shed for the [...]

AMES, IOWA, December 3, 2010 – Today, Ag Leader Technology, Inc., a leader in the development of precision farming solutions, announced the February 2011 release of Advanced Seed Monitoring through the SeedCommand™ system. Advanced Seed Monitoring – available on the INTEGRA™ display – provides planter performance monitoring of seed meter singulation, skips/doubles and spacing quality, [...]

Today’s crop growers find themselves reaching for higher yields in many ways – from seed selection, nutrient programs, pest management and increasingly through the use of new technologies allowing them to control other factors impacting yield, such as soil compaction.
One way farmers are using the ParaDyme® automated steering system is for controlled traffic tillage systems [...]