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Last week, we shared an introduction to the Value of Data from Adam Gittins, Precision Ag Sales Manager with HTS Precision Ag. Below is a follow-up post from Adam – ”How do you make data pay?” from the HTS Precision Ag blog.
How do you make data pay? Data will lead you to management decisions that make a [...]

A few months ago, we posted our first guest blog about the Value of Data from John McGuire. Today, Adam Gittins shares his thoughts on the topic.
Adam is a Precision Ag Sales Manager with HTS Precision Ag. He developed a love for agriculture at an early age while helping out on the family farm in Neola.  [...]

Across the nation this year, many areas were challenged with “off” weather. From the drought in Texas, to the record rainfall in the northeast, and wind through the corn belt, yield maps across the country likely have a different look than they have in previous years.
It is years like this that a new feature in [...]

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.

Regular readers of this blog may have picked up that some of the authors are farmers themselves. Most of us work our normal hours here, and then take to the fields on the weekend or evenings to take care of the crops. Some are directly involved with their own operation, and some help their family farm in the busy season. So we often know the ups and downs of the lifestyle that our readers make a living from. We are also subject to those production issues that make a person sigh in frustration when something goes wrong. I had one such event this year on our farm.

The crop is about planted here, and I am beginning to plan for side-dressing corn. In our operation we have a target range of total N that we would like to provide the crop. That range is a lbs/ac goal, something like 175-250lbs/ac goal.

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.

Prescriptions are synonymous with treating a problem differently than the rest of the group, be this in the medical field or the farm field. When a drug company conducts trials to treat illnesses, they always have a control group to monitor the effects of those that received the treatment, as well as those that didn’t [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]