The clamor created when Monsanto withdrew its offer to sell Precision Planting to John Deere is finally settling down. The conversation has now turned to speculation about who might be a logical buyer of the company that developed the state-of-the-art advanced technology planting system that is opening the door to high speed seed placement.
Dealers aren’t often called on to manufacture the equipment they sell, but in the Red River Valley region of North Dakota and Minnesota, Titan Machinery’s customers were in need of a 24-row, 22-inch planter.
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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.