Ag Leader Technology Blog

p>The growing importance of technology in farming and agriculture cannot be downplayed. Chief among the innovations making farming more efficient is precision technology. And while more and more growers are adopting products that provide features like yield monitoring and planter control, others are still hesitant to embrace the movement toward precision farming.
What’s the holdup? Well, [...]

We’ve been in this business long enough to understand the value of working with an experienced precision farming specialist.  Having the right person who will take the time to understand your fields, your operation and your equipment can pay big dividends.  Here are a five things you should look for when choosing a precision farming [...]

You’ve heard the saying “don’t put all of your eggs in one basket.”  If you’re a grower during planting season, that means it’s smart to plant several different varieties/hybrids so you can reduce your risk of poor performance by a single seed type.  That’s called genetic diversity.  But have you ever thought about how switching [...]

Ag Leader is providing you with one more way to get news and information about our company and precision agriculture with Google Currents.

Released in December 2011, Google Currents is a magazine-style digital content masher. If you have a smart phone or tablet (Apple or Android) you can get this app and view all of your [...]

Ag Leader is proud to support the United Way of Story County, an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for individuals and families in Ames, IA and surrounding communities.
In December of 2011, Ag Leader received the United Way Gold Award. This award is given to companies who increase their pledge donations above the [...]

Happy Holidays from Ag Leader! As a reminder, Ag Leader Technology will be closed December 26 – January 2 for the holidays. We will resume normal hours on Tuesday, January 3, 2012.
We hope you have a safe and happy holiday season!

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!

When Ag Leader recently announced our Advanced Seed Monitoring, we discussed several terms that were part of this new functionality. The main feature of Advanced Seed Monitoring is planter performance monitoring of seed meter singulation, skips/doubles and spacing quality. But what do all of these terms mean and how can monitoring these items help your operation?

As we head into Easter weekend, we know growers are busy with spring field activities and preparations. While Ag Leader’s business office will be closed on Friday, April 22, our Customer Support team will still be available to answer your questions.
Ag Leader Customer Support hours for Easter weekend are:
Friday (4/22): 8am-4pm CDT
Saturday (4/23): 8am-4pm CDT
Easter [...]

As growers head into planting season, there are several precision ag technologies that can help them increase their bottom line and relieve some of the stress and fatigue of planting. While many are familiar with the benefits of guidance and steering, there are other technologies that can help growers save time and money during planting. [...]

It is with much gratitude that Ag Leader would like to thank both Farm Industry News and Agri-Trade for recognizing our company, our products and our leadership in the precision agriculture industry.
p>In recent months, Ag Leader has received awards recognizing our products and their importance to the precision agriculture industry. Last month, Ag Leader received [...]

In our last Lessons in Precision Ag post, we discussed the topic of yield monitoring and mapping, explaining how these maps could be used to compare yields to inputs. When it comes to the mapping capabilities of precision ag technologies, there are several other maps that can be useful when analyzing your field data.
Field mapping [...]

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 [...]

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!

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 [...]

Last month, Kelly Kopsa – Support Systems Manager for Ag Leader – attended the National FFA Convention to present the National Winner of the Emerging Agricultural Technology – Entrepreneurship/Placement Proficiency award. Proficiency awards recognize FFA members who excelled as agricultural entrepreneurs, employees or volunteers while they gained hands-on career experience. This award was presented to [...]

One of the main advantages of precision farming, as we have discussed in previous Lessons, is the ability to base management decisions on site-specific information, making an operation more efficient. Variable rate technology is another way that precision farming can benefit an operation’s bottom line.
Variable Rate Technology (VRT) is the technology used to vary the [...]

As we continue to define and discuss precision ag terminology in our Lessons in Precision Ag posts, we have developed a Glossary compiling the definitions from these posts.
To access the Glossary, click the link found in the left column of Precision Point. The Glossary contains definitions of the precision ag terms we’ve discussed so far, [...]

In our last Lessons post we talked about guidance and steering options for your precision ag operation.  The key to guidance and steering options is that they follow the path you establish based on GNSS. That established path is more commonly referred to as a “guidance pattern.”
Guidance Pattern: The established path your guidance or steering [...]

Are you headed to the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa?  We’ve got something just for you.  Head to Ag Leader’s Facebook page and:
1.)   Like our page on Facebook.
2.)   Download and print the survey from the EDGE Giveaway tab.
3.)   Bring your completed survey to the Ag Leader booth (Lot 517) at the Farm Progress [...]