Ag Leader Technology Blog

Sitting on my back porch watching the sunrise every morning, I have begun to notice the crops have started to turn and fall is right around the corner.  As the corn dries, it is important to remember to prep your precision equipment just like you do the combine and grain cart.  Some things to keep [...]

We are always looking for ways to offer more SMS trainings in different locations, during varying seasons and even in different training environments. In addition to the classroom and online trainings we’ve been offering for several years, in July we started offering a free Introduction to SMS Webinar. We’ve had great turnouts for these sessions and are proud to announce that starting in September we will begin offering Introduction to SMS Advanced and SMS Mobile Webinars.

It’s that time of year again when we start to discuss the new features coming out with the next release of SMS software from Ag Leader.  We have been working all summer on updates to SMS and SMS Mobile to add new tools and improve existing functions to maximize your time.  We hope you’ll take [...]

This video outlines the new features and updates that will be available in SMS Desktop Software Version 11.5 and SMS Mobile Version 5.5 that will be released this fall.

It seems only yesterday that I wrote my last blog on the Cereals event, but according to my calendar it has been over 2 months. Time flies when you are having fun!
Shortly after the Cereals show, I attended the Boregby field days in Sweden to visit our distributor Datalogisk. This is a very similar show [...]

I am pleased to announce Hans Stiekema has joined the Ag Leader organization as the Regional Manager – EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa).  Hans comes to the Ag Leader organization with over 30 years of experience in business development in the agricultural industry.  He has previously worked for manufacturers such as Krone (D), Argo [...]

Want to win a free “I like Ag Leader” t-shirt? Visit our Facebook page and “like us!”  Once you do, you will be eligible to win a free t-shirt just by filling out a simple survey and bringing it to the Farm Progress Show (Lot 518) Aug. 30, 31 or Sept. 1, 2011 in Decatur, IL. You’ll also find out how you can [...]

On August 9th and 10th, we hosted our first SMS Certified II Training Session at Ag Leader Academy.  We’ve been offering the SMS Certified I class for several years, but with the constant advances in the precision ag industry we recognize the need to provide ongoing education.
The SMS Certified II course focused on the tools [...]

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This summer, Ag Leader has brought in its dealers from all over the country. By August 12th, Ag Leader Academy will have hosted 62 dealer trainings since June 2nd, and a total 110 dealer trainings for 2011! This large number of trainings gave dealers the ability to fill over 1400 seats to date for 2011.

Growing up in western Iowa, where all I knew was farming on the contour and around terraces (some of which have ten foot backs to them), it’s easy to understand why I was excited to introduce the SmartPath guidance pattern a year ago. While my home farm had an occasional field established along the river bottom, those usually ended up running up the hill after a short distance. SmartPath was developed based on my own real-life experience – and the real-life experience of two of our testers – gained while growing up disking, planting and spraying in south central and western Iowa fields, as well as customer feedback we received from Missouri to Australia.

There are several SMS users that are realizing the value of data on their own operation or through their business, and I’ve asked some of these users to share their stories. Today, John McGuire shares some of the ways SMS software benefits his business and the value it brings.

“The heat is on” is a good way to describe the month of July, and not just because of the extremely hot temperatures. It was a whirlwind of events which had the Ag Leader Sales and Marketing team in a feverish frenzy bringing precision technology products and knowledge closer to growers and agriculture influencers from [...]