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Boosting Your Bottom Line with Implement Guidance

GPS and auto-steer are practically standard on high-horsepower tractors, but advances in implement guidance offer opportunity for more growers to take advantage of the emerging technology.

March 2, 2020 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Precision Agriculture

They say that everything that is old becomes new again, and implement guidance is no exception. A technology that has been available to farmers since the 1970s is emerging into the mainstream as growers strive to be more efficient and economic with machine-to-machine guidance.

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Making the Precision Basics Even Better with Implement Guidance

Advances in implement guidance offer tremendous opportunity for more growers to take advantage of the emerging technology.

ProTrakker Adds SonicTrakk to Implement Guidance System Lineup

July 30, 2015 | Posted in Equipment, Precision Agriculture

When paired with a ProTrakker Hydraulic Hitch, SonicTrakk precisely guides an implement on slopes and contour rows. It also provides farmers with the repeatability required for high accuracy farming practices such as no-till, strip till, organic farming, etc.

Implement Guidance Paves The Way To Profitability

Technology that keeps field implements in line is gaining momentum as no-tillers and strip-tillers see increased yields, and lower input costs, through improved accuracy with field operations.

By Jack Zemlicka posted on May 1, 2013 | Posted in Equipment, Precision Agriculture

When Jim Irwin began strip-tilling in 1996, one of his biggest frustrations was being unable to precisely place seed in the strips he formed in the fall.

Be Precise Where It Matters

Implement guidance, steering systems more accurately place seed and reduce guess rows by ensuring seed is precisely placed

By Dan Zinkland posted on February 1, 2010 | Posted in Precision Agriculture

GPS, Auto-Steer Not Coming Fast — It's Already Here!

By Frank Lessiter posted on August 5, 2008 | Posted in Precision Agriculture

There's a quick payoff for investing in today's GPS technology that even includes a savings on not needing row markers on new no-till planters.

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