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Meet Our New Employees |
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HTS Ag Partners with Beck's Hybrids |
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Ag Leader Introduces AgFiniti Map View |
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Ag Leader's New ISO Downforce System |
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Watch Your Grain - You May Have a Hotspot |
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Ag Leader Announces New ISOBUS Liquid
Control Module |
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Clearance Corner |
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Ag Leader Announces New ISOBUS Liquid Control Module
by Sam Worley, Ag Leader
Ames, Iowa, December 18, 2014 – Ag
Leader Technology announced today that it is
expanding its ISOBUS offerings with a new Liquid
Control Module that works with Ag Leader displays,
as well as other brands of ISOBUS compatible
displays.
The module is configurable for the user’s choice
of sprayer, liquid fertilizer, anhydrous and manure
application with features and interactive controls
optimized specific to each of those equipment types.
“Our Liquid Control Module is compatible with ISOBUS
standards for virtual terminal and task control,”
explained John Howard, Ag Leader’s DirectCommand
Product Manager. “This functionality allows using
the system with other brands of virtual
terminal/task control compatible displays.”
Physical components of the system are a rate control
ECU, one or more boom section control ECUs and an
auxiliary input switch console that is designed
specifically to meet liquid application control
requirements.
Features of the system include:
► Easy-to-use, structured methods to calibrate the
flow, pressure and ground speed sensors that are
critical to accurate system performance.
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Continuous monitoring of the relationship between
product flow rates and system pressure. This permits
early detection and warning in event of a sensor
failing or drifting off previously calibrated
baselines.
► Settings to automate boom prime and
maintain a standby pressure to ensure accurate
product flow rates without lag in performance after
initial machine fill and every time boom is cycled
on/off/on turning around at field headlands.
► Supports up to 24 boom sections for less overlap of
product application. (Additional sections supported
in the future.)
The ISOBUS Liquid Control
Module will be available to the North American
market in early 2015. Visit agleader.com to locate a
dealer.
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Clearance Corner! |
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Field Hub Kit, verizon
SlingShot Field Hub Kit,
Verizon- 117-0171-304 with Field Hub to Trimble AgGPS
FmX Interface Cable - 115-0171-913
Price: $1,500.00
Direct Command Custom Kit
for 2007 and Newer Spracoupe 7X50
AG Sprayer Kit- Direct command (2007 and Newer Spracoupe
7X50)
Price: $1,622.00
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 Dustin
Muell is our new technician working out
of the Harlan office. Dustin grew up on a
family farm just outside of Panama, Iowa,
where they raise cattle and row crop corn
and soybeans.
He is a 2011 graduate of
Harlan High School and graduated from Iowa
State University in December 2014 with a
degree in Agricultural Systems Technology.
In his spare time, Dustin likes to farm,
ride four wheelers and snowmobiles, hunt and
fish. We are excited to have Dustin in our
Harlan office, he will be a great asset to
our team.
 Kaleb
McBurney is our 2015 spring intern based
in our Ames office. Kaleb comes to us from
Iowa State University where he is a senior
majoring in Agricultural Systems Technology.
He previously attended Kirkwood Community
College where he obtained an Ag GPS/GIS
degree.
Kaleb is originally from Toddville,
Iowa where he grew up farming row crops and
raising cattle on his small family farm. In
his spare time Kaleb likes to hunt.
He also
attends trainings, meetings and calls as a
part of the Monroe Township Fire Department.
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HTS Ag Partners with Beck's Hybrids |
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Harlan, IA — HTS Ag is
pleased to announce that it has added Beck’s
Hybrids extensive seed line-up and services
to its customer offerings. Beck’s offers a
variety of seed choices including, GMO and
non-GMO corn and soybeans, as well as
alfalfa and forages. Beck’s Hybrids accesses
the best genetics and technologies from
suppliers worldwide to fit growers’ needs
and preferences and provides the genetic
diversity and trait protection they need.
This competitive advantage allows HTS Ag to
work with growers to focus on solutions
rather than spending time shopping with
multiple seed companies.
Beck’s has
been testing and evaluating corn hybrids in
Iowa to supply farmers with high-yielding
products that are designed for their soils
since 2007. Through their extensive and
rigorous selection process, Beck’s has
produced new and impressive corn and soybean
products. In addition to their Mount
Pleasant, Iowa, facility, Beck’s also has a
corn breeding and research facility near
Marshalltown, Iowa. In 2014, Beck’s tested
around 3,000 hybrids at 11 locations in
Iowa.
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Ag Leader Introduces AgFiniti Map View |
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by Ag Leader
Ames,
Iowa, January 13, 2015 – Ag Leader
Technology, Inc., a premium provider of
precision agriculture hardware and software,
today announced a no cost supplemental
feature called Map View, for the AgFiniti®
cloud-based platform. AgFiniti Map View will
be used in conjunction with SMSTM Basic and
Advanced desktop software programs and
AgFiniti to allow maps, field statistics and
other data to be viewed on any web enabled
device such as tablets, laptops and phones,
accessible from any location. Map View will
also allow the user to view their current
location and compare statistics relevant to
that GPS location while in the field, when
used on compatible devices.
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Ag Leader's New ISO Downforce System |
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by Nick Hageman, Ag Leader
 Ag
Leader is coming out with some exciting new
products for 2015. One of the most talked
about is the new ISO down force system. The
new ISO downforce is very similar to the
previous style in terms of how it controls
the row units, but there are enhancements
that help the system be more precise. Also
we have the option to control the ISO
downforce system with more displays than the
Ag Leader® Integra.
This is one
product that will ensure your planter is
achieving its target planting depth. With a
more uniform emergence and proper early
development of the root system, yields can
be greatly improved.
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Watch Your Grain - You May Have a Hotspot |
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used with permission from OPI-Integris
by
Chandra B. Singh, Ph.D., P.Eng. and Ron Larson,
M.Sc.
 YYou
may have dried and cooled your grain for
safe winter storage; however, the spoilage
risk for stored grain is always present. If
the stored grain is exposed to extreme
initial storage conditions such as high
moisture and/or temperature for a
significant period before drying, or if the
grain contains a high percentage of fines,
broken and immature kernels, the spoilage
risk is even greater.
During the winter
months we often pay less attention to our
stored commodities, thinking that our grain
is safer during winter months. However,
grain temperature may rise significantly due
to heat generated by the respiration of
grain. The respiration also produces
moisture, which accumulates on the surface
of the grain, and often results in mold
growth. Mold growth further accelerates the
heating and moisture accumulation leading to
sprouting, crusting, germination loss,
significant grain spoilage, and mycotoxin
development.
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