Drainage design goes online 

By: John G. White

Web site offers new tools to help you calculate returns from tiling.Prinsco has taken the hip-pocket slide rules and calculators out of the design of...

How to shop for a data warehouse 

By: Jodie Wehrspann

Hear the term "data warehouse" and you might think of reams of lifeless data tables stacked hundreds of feet high in the dank bowels of a library.But...

Communication department 

By: FIN Staff

"[One of the Internet's most valuable roles may be] leveling the playing field for small producers, allowing them to use Internet markets to maximize...

Communication department 

By: Fin Staff

e-neighbors "They [other farmers using the Internet] help me with drainage tiles or overhauling a tractor. It's like an electronic barn raising." - Dennis...

Weather spies aid input buys 

By: Karen McMahon

High-tech weather equipment can help you plan seed purchases and avert lawsuits.Last summer, Illinois grower Mike Deutsch planted his 113-day corn nearly...

Product when you need it 

By: Jodie Wehrspann

New satellite inventory management system keeps tabs on input supplies.If you store feed additives or other inputs in a bulk tank or silo out on the back...

Money Masters 

By: Jodie Wehrspann

Take control of your input costs with one of these farm accounting options.In a year when margins are tight, every dollar counts. And keeping accurate...

Digital driving, the digital farmer 

By: Jodie Wehrspann

New electronics will leave every thing, including driving, up to your tractor.Dr. Bobby Grisso sits in his second-story office on the University ofNebraska...

More with less wireless 

By: Karen McMahon

Farmers seize new communication tools to manage the complexity of larger farms.A new sound can be detected in pickups, tractors and combines across ruralAmerica...

Tough and go 

New electronic system lets you record and store field data quickly on the go.Farm and field data collection just became easier with the new PostMark CT...