Ag Leader Technology Blog

Growers talk about their experience with Ag Leader’s dealer service and customer support and the importance of quality support.

This video shows some of the valuable tools available for crop scouting using SMS Mobile, including creating scouting zones, defining pests, geo-referencing photos and more.

Growers talk about their experience with Ag Leader’s SMS Software and the benefits they’ve seen on their operation.

In a past blog post, I recalled a story from my years working at a co-op where I was given directions to a field based on a tree and explained the importance of satellite imagery in SMS.  In version 11.0 of SMS, we have expanded on that even more and now have the capability to display [...]

There is a wealth of knowledge that can be gained from the data you are collecting in the field.   Questions can range from the simple questions of “How many acres did I plant of each hybrid? or “What days was I in the field planting?”, to the more complex ones of “How much of a [...]

Everyone has questions about something and hopefully you have someone to ask or someplace to look to find answers to those questions. We have doctors and nurses for medical questions, agronomists for crop questions, religious leaders for questions on faith, and newspapers and TV for information about current events. What about when it comes to questions about your SMS Software?

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 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.

In recent years, many growers have started utilizing their precision ag displays to log hybrids in the field.  Quite often, these displays are controlling clutches to prevent overlaps, changing population on the go and even monitoring seed tubes and population. (How far we have come since those little, dim blinking lights.)
So what benefits do you [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Farming is full of checklists and tasks to do for the day, week, month or year.  Feed the dog, clean the livestock buildings, clean up equipment before putting it away for the year, fix equipment you’re getting ready to use for the next season, and the list goes on.  Among all of the other items, [...]