Ag Leader Technology Blog

Last week, we introduced our “Value of Data” series where we will discuss topics to show how data has the potential to help you increase yields and profit on your operation. One such topic is your nitrogen use efficiency. Does your car or truck have an electronic miles per gallon readout?  Have you ever compared that [...]

Ag Leader Technology, Inc., a leader in the development of precision farming solutions, will provide availability of GLONASS support for the ParaDyme automated steering system in February, enabling the rover to receive signals from the satellites that comprise the Russian global navigation satellite system.
“The main advantage GLONASS capability will offer ParaDyme users is longer run-time [...]

Today, Ag Leader Technology, Inc., a leader in the development of precision farming solutions, announced the release of the North American Wheat algorithm for OptRx, a crop sensor used for mapping, data collection and real-time variable rate nitrogen application. OptRx crop sensors determine a vegetative index reference value based on a plant with sufficient nitrogen [...]

As the use of technology continues to increase in agriculture, the fundamentals of growing food for expanding populations do not change. Similarly, the fundamental question of why you use technology on your farm continues to be essential. This is a simple question with a variety of answers. You may answer, “so I can save on [...]

In Australian agriculture one of the major concerns each year is the amount of moisture available to grow a crop.  For this reason, much of the grain farming is actually done in the winter months when there is available water and cooler temperatures.  For the past ten-plus years, Australian farmers have been experiencing a drought, [...]

Greetings Precision Point readers! My name is Lori Costello and I’m the new Marketing Communications Manager at Ag Leader. For any of you out there who remember what it’s like to start a new job, I’m sure you can relate to what the first few weeks have been like for me. Lots of new names. [...]

Reflecting is a good exercise, so I wanted to start the New Year recapping the new products and features that Ag Leader introduced. As I began to do so, I found myself asking the question, “why do we do what we do?” This made me realize that just as important as what we’ve done is why [...]

In precision ag, we are continuously discussing the importance of analyzing data in order to make management decisions regarding your operation. One of the key pieces of data in an operation is yield maps. Yield monitoring and yield mapping have been around for many years (in fact, Al Myers developed the first practical and applicable on-the-go [...]