Among the highlights of the 2016 Precision Farming Dealer Summit held at the beginning of January in Indianapolis, Ind., were the 10 dealer roundtable sessions that offered face-to-face opportunities for dealers to ask their peers questions, discuss challenges and share solutions to pressing precision problems.
The Precision Farming Dealer editorial staff sat in on these discussions and brought back the top takeaways and insights from dealers on topics ranging from the practical use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, to successful approaches for selling used hardware.
Read full coverage of the Precision Farming Dealer Summit presentations, from how to recruit and retain precision employees, to developing a standalone precision business, to managing customers’ data, to come in the March 2016 issue of Farm Equipment.
ISOBUS isn't the solution to all compatibility problems. While progress is being made on improving functionality between different ag components and equipment, it's not always plug-and-play.
Some of the biggest challenges dealers face when planning and executing a successful precision ag field day are scheduling around farmers’ busy seasons and differentiating between a field day and customer appreciation day.
The first step to structuring a successful and productive precision farming internship program is to establish what the goals are for both the dealership and the intern.
Dealers discussed the challenges and opportunities for selling used precision equipment and how to transfer the risk from the dealership back to the customer who is trading the equipment.
More farmers than ever are using the Internet to both research and buy their equipment and dealers need to fulfill their customers’ expectations for them online.
Managing precision workflow can also be described as the shouldering of the burden across multiple departments. It's no small matter in a world of pressure, burnout and round-the-clock on-call service during peak times of the year.
Confusion over the current and future role of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in the ag industry persists and many dealers at this roundtable discussion struggled to see how this technology fits in their product mix.
More farmers than ever are using the Internet to both research and buy their equipment and dealers need to fulfill their customers’ expectations for them online.
Built on 90 years of expertise, Yetter Farm Equipment leads the agriculture industry in designing effective and innovative equipment for residue management, seedbed preparation, precision fertilizer placement, harvest attachments, strip-tillage, and more.
Montag is the industry’s innovative leader for precise, accurate metering of fertilizer, seed and other nutrients. The Montag system has become the standard for deep banding of fertilizer. Montag is also pioneering the technology for cover crop seed application. The new Cover Crop+ is able to meter the smallest seed, and can be mounted to tillage implements, combines, plus Hagie sprayers and detasselers.
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