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Domestic Autonomous Aerial Applicator Comes to Midwest

Regional aerial service Heinen Brothers is part of the commercialization process of Pyka, a young California startup’s global reach into unmanned aerial application platforms

By Dan Crummett posted on March 18, 2025 | Posted in Crop Protection, Equipment, Precision Agriculture

Growers in the western Corn Belt and parts of the Southern Plains may notice a strange, slow, high-wing spray plane at work this summer over row-crop fields and some pastures – a sight that likely will become commonplace soon.

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Last-Minute Planter Prep for No-Tillers & Strip-Tillers

By Noah Newman posted on April 19, 2024

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Martin-Till, precision specialist Chad Baker, co-owner of Baker Precision Planter Works in Orangeville, Ill., helps a first-generation no-tiller with planter setup, and later encounters a couple problems with a strip-tiller’s new 24-row planter. Plus, veteran agronomist Brad Forkner checks in with a couple tips for farmers to keep in mind before they take the field.

New Drone Regulations: What Does This Mean for Growers?

July 18, 2016 | Posted in Equipment, Precision Agriculture

Source: Michigan State University Extension

By simplifying some of the certification restrictions, the new Part 107 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) regulations will expand drone technology use for agriculture and other commercial purposes.

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Drones Could Improve Efficiencies for ‘Bleeding-Edge’ No-Tillers

By John Dobberstein posted on June 22, 2016 | Posted in Equipment

The FAA's new rules on unmanned aerial vehicles should make it easier for you to use these machines to monitor crop and livestock and obtain data for improved decision making on your farm.

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Price Resistance Prompts Monsanto To Cut Seed Prices

June 1, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection

Lagging sales of Monsanto’s new SmartStax corn hybrids and Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybean varieties have led the company to lower some seed prices as second quarter earnings dropped 19%.

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Farmer Shares Formula for Better No-Till Corn Emergence

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, longtime no-tiller Ross Bishop shares some of the keys to achieving even corn emergence with no-till.

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