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Vehicle tracking  

Track the location, status and job hours of your farm vehicle fleet from your computer with a new telemetry product from AGCO called AgCommand...

Partners in Precision 

By: By David Hest

Precision Ag companies increasingly are joining forces to offer growers integrated solutions for machine guidance, input application control and other precision services. A review of recent partnership/purchase announcements highlights the trend...

20 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW NOW 

Organic food production cannot feed the world. OPINIONS ABOUT the potential for organic food production vary widely...

Farming Advocates wanted 

By: From Senior Editor Jodie Wehrspann

At Agricultural conferences this past year, the resounding message to us in this industry was that we need to be better spokespersons and put ourselves on the front lines to tell the story of production agriculture...

Buying time 

By: From Editor Karen McMahon

THE FARM equipment buying season is about to begin, and machinery companies hope for a good year. They just might get it. A John Deere executive recently...

The scoop 

By: Karen McMahon

FARMERS IN rural Midwestern states should feel good about the positive news in a research report from the University of Illinois. The researchers found...

Tweeting for agriculture 

By: By David Hest

TWITTER, FACEBOOK and other social media have built their reputations by helping people keep in touch with family and friends. But a growing cadre of...

Ag's Internet Caf 

By: By David Hest

IN THE hyper world of social media, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube get much of the glory. But for a growing number of farmers, an online forum called AgTalk...

The Scoop | What's your sustainability index? 

By: From Senior Editor Jodie Wehrspann

LAST SUMMER, when mega-retailer Walmart announced plans to develop a worldwide sustainable product index, American businesses got the clear message that...

Farmland's tipping point 

By: By David Hest

A YEAR after the worldwide economic meltdown, farmland values across the Corn Belt have largely escaped the dramatic declines affecting housing and commercial...

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