Ag Leader Technology Blog

Last year, Ag Leader restructured our technical support department to include a new service team focused specifically on GPS, guidance and steering support – the Machine Guidance Support Team. This was done in an effort to more effectively handle some of the complex and specific questions you may have regarding your guidance equipment. While all of our technical support staff is still extensively trained and knowledgable in the complete Ag Leader product line, our Machine Guidance Support group is meant to streamline calls in this area. Along with myself, our support team currently includes Jordan Ditmer, LeRoy Dickey and Seth Schrader.

Nick Ohrtman and I attended the AGRISHOW in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil during the first week of May. AGRISHOW is a large outdoor farm show similar in size to Farm Progress Show here in the US. The major OEM’s (both international and domestic) have elaborate booths showcasing their new products, and customers have an opportunity to talk with factory representatives about equipment they are interested in.

This video explains how OptRx crop sensors can help you improve yield in wheat, lessen your environmental impact and increase your profit potential.

This video explains how OptRx crop sensors can help you improve yield in corn, lessen your environmental impact and increase your profit potential.

We want to know how Ag Leader’s precision agriculture equipment has helped you with planting and fieldwork this spring. Did Advanced Seed Monitoring help you identify planter problems from the cab? Did your guidance and steering products help increase your accuracy or reduce operator fatigue? Or maybe you snapped a picture of your Ag Leader equipment being put to use. Tell us how or share your picture on Facebook for your chance to win Ag Leader gifts!

Last week, I introduced you to some of our Software Support staff. If you are calling in with questions regarding your SMS Advanced or Mobile Software, you will likely be speaking to one of our full-time support staff members dedicated to our software product line. Today, meet Jessica Ahrens, Luke James and Ethan Smidt.

Things are busy on our operation in southeast Iowa! Corn planting is progressing nicely, and we should be done in a few more days. Here are a few key updates from our planting season so far.

Famers get excited when they find out I work for Ag Leader.  This was never more apparent than the first time my girlfriend took me home to meet her parents (who are now my in-laws).  After church, a few of the farmers in attendance noticed I had an Ag Leader Technology jacket on and were [...]

As Mark Irvin said when he started introducing our readers to the Customer Support staff, it is always nice to know a little about the people you’re speaking with when you call Ag Leader’s Customer Support line. If you are calling in with questions regarding your SMS Advanced or Mobile Software, you will likely be speaking [...]

What do Girl Scouts, a self-proclaimed geek and two students attending Harvard all have in common? They are just a few of the individuals and groups who now hold the title “Young Heroes of the Heartland” from the local Lincoln Way chapter of the American Red Cross.

This video outlines the new features and enhancements available in Version 11.0 for SMS Basic and Advanced and Version 5.0 for SMS Mobile.

We are excited to announce the release of SMS Basic/Advanced Version 11.0 and SMS Mobile Version 5.0 Software today. The software updates include many enhancements and new features to ensure that it works with the latest display firmware for several companies, make the software more user-friendly and improve the overall operation. To learn more about these enhancements, please watch the video below.

This video tutorial demonstrates how to define a field level boundary and data set boundary, ways to collect a boundary, tools available while logging a boundary and other tools to fine-tune the boundary on SMS Mobile.

This video tutorial demonstrates how to add layers, order the layers, make appearance changes and use labels and tool tips on the maps in SMS Mobile.

This video tutorial demonstrates how to define soil sampling points, grids or regions in SMS Mobile, and how to adjust the grid size and alignment. In addition, it shows how to use Navigation tools to drive to a sample site.

This video tutorial demonstrates how to define soil sampling points, grids or regions in SMS Mobile, and how to adjust the grid size and alignment. In addition, it shows how to use Navigation tools to drive to a sample site.

This video tutorial helps users become familiar with the layout of the SMS Mobile software at startup and see how multiple layers can be set up as references in the field, as well as how to use the tools in the software.

This video tutorial helps users become familiar with the layout of the SMS Mobile software at startup and see how multiple layers can be set up as references in the field, as well as how to use the tools in the software.