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Maria Zepeda

Maria Zepeda grew up around agriculture all her life in the Southwest region. As a regional agronomist with RDO Equipment Co., she acts as a precision agriculture consultant to bring together RDO’s solutions in technology, product specialists and her knowledge of agronomy to create the right prescription for Southwest farmers’ operations.

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Un-Silo Your Spray Applications Records, Reveal In-Season Insights

RDO Equipment Co. agronomist Maria Zepeda recalls her dad’s shoebox filling system to explain how a free Farm Management System (FMS) streamlines application documentation & reveals insights

By Maria Zepeda posted on April 15, 2025 | Posted in Equipment, Precision Agriculture

Many farmers, like my dad, have their notebook organizational system. While these simple pen-and-paper record-keeping systems work, they keep information siloed, often disappearing into closets or filing cabinets.

How to Decipher Your Tractor's Utilization Reports

By Maria Zepeda posted on December 17, 2024

Now more than ever, many farmers are looking for resource saving strategies. One that might be overlooked is analyzing your tractor’s efficiency to see if you could squeeze out more performance.

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