A year ago in the 2024 Dealer Business Outlook & Trends Report, dealers indicated 2024 would be the toughest year for business since the COVID-19 pandemic.
John Deere has recently been working with the satellite industry and will be picking a low-orbit satellite partner to help solve connectivity issues with farmers.
The XAG and Mini-Spray combo provides a robust and versatile ground-based platform, which offers a whole plethora of spraying capabilities at an affordable level. It utilises the Trimble control system to deliver a full suite of variable rate application and targeted application solutions using Trimble Weedseeker sensors.
Real time kinematic (RTK) systems typically depend on signals from the American GPS or Russian GLONASS satellite networks, both designed primarily for non-civilian use. The European, civilian-focused Galileo network gives European Case IH users a reliable alternative when using RTK+ guided steering systems.
Source: Dealer Sentiments & Business Conditions Update, June 2014
For the first time since Ag Equipment Intelligence and Cleveland Research launched the Dealer Sentiments & Business Conditions Outlook survey in April 2011, sales of GPS and precision farming equipment took a backseat to another product category.
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There was plenty of technology on display at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., a few weeks ago. Farm Equipment editor Mike Lessiter caught up with Monarch Tractor’s John Issacson and got his take on the top 5 applications in autonomy right now.