John Deere and BASF today announced plans to jointly develop a suite of integrated precision farming and farm management solutions for improved execution in the field. These tools, developed together with growers, will provide enhanced field scouting services and tailored agronomic advice. These will help growers to turn data into management decisions more efficiently.

Change is seldom a simple process, especially when skepticism and indecision come into play. It takes confidence and a little encouragement to try something new - a combination I've learned to emphasize whenever my youngster is faced with an unfamiliar challenge.

Steve Cubbage, owner of Prime Meridian, a precision farming data management company in Nevada, Mo., introduces MyAgCentral, a central platform for precision ag teams to collect data, control their information and communicate with each other to help improve performance and profitability for everyone.

Hermiston, Ore., corn grower Jordan Bennett started strip-tilling in 2008 after the price of corn shot up, and now he strip-tills 3,800 acres of corn with a one-pass system.