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[Podcast] What Strip-Till Has Done for Me with 3 Iowa Farmers

For this Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, you’ll meet Iowa farmers Landon Brown (New Providence, Iowa), Chris Blome (Alden, Iowa) and Glen Hodnefield (Radcliffe, Iowa). Landon and Chris are just a few years into strip-tilling, while Glen’s been doing it for 25 years.

December 8, 2021 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Equipment, Soil Health, Water Management

For this Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, you’ll meet Iowa farmers Landon Brown (New Providence, Iowa), Chris Blome (Alden, Iowa) and Glen Hodnefield (Radcliffe, Iowa). Landon and Chris are just a few years into strip-tilling, while Glen’s been doing it for 25 years.

Precision Planting's Acquisition of App Developer to Improve Farmer-Focused Software

The company agreed to acquire Creative Sites Media, a software and app development company in Bloomington.

December 2, 2021 | Posted in Equipment, Precision Agriculture

Precision Planting announced an agreement to acquire the business and assets of Creative Sites Media, a leading software and app development company.

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How to Make Sure Your Row Cleaners are Doing Their Job

December 1, 2021 | Posted in Equipment, Seeding & Planting

Source: Precision Planting

Row cleaners are a must for your planter. You want to make sure they remove all of the residue so that your seed is only in contact with soil. The Planter Maintenance series is brought to you by Precision Planting.

Kinze Manufacturing Looking for Its Oldest Running Grain Cart

November 19, 2021 | Posted in Equipment

Kinze’s Oldest Grain Cart Contest runs from Nov. 15 to Dec. 31, 2021. Anyone with an operating Kinze grain cart who can provide the model number, serial number and a picture of the cart may enter.

FAA Grants Rantizo Approval for Larger Drone

November 18, 2021 | Posted in Crop Protection, Equipment, Precision Agriculture

The Iowa-City-based startup is the first in the country to receive approval for an agricultural drone larger than 55 pounds, according to a press release.

Upgrade to Trimble CenterPoint RTX Makes RTK-Level Accuracy Easy

The correction service improves convergence by 75%, reducing time from 20 minutes to 5 minutes.

November 9, 2021 | Posted in Equipment, Precision Agriculture

Trimble has made significant improvements to its Trimble CenterPoint RTX correction service to give farmers both the ease of use of the satellite-delivered corrections and RTK horizontal performance in less time. With improved convergence of up to 75%, farmers using the Trimble NAV-900 controller for machine guidance applications can now begin working in the field with 2.5 centimeter accuracy in less than 5 minutes.

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How to Check Your Seed Tubes and Seed Tube Guards for Wear

November 9, 2021 | Posted in Equipment, Seeding & Planting

Source: Precision Planting

As your planter goes through the field, the turning disc openers can contact the bottom of the seed tube, which can eventually wear off the end of the seed tube. For good seed placement, inspect your seed tubes to make sure there's no wear at the bottom of them. The Planter Maintenance series is brought to you by Precision Planting.