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Meet Our New Employee |
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Invest in Your Operation |
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Ag Leader's New ISO Downforce System |
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Spring Storage is Critical for High Moisture
Grain |
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Save the Date: Spring
Customer Training |
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Come See Us at 2015
Trade Shows! |
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Ag Leader Announces New ISOBUS Liquid
Control Module |
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Clearance Corner |
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Precision Ag Classifieds |
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Customer Referral
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Save the Date!
We will be having our Spring Customer Trainings in
Ames on March 18, 2015 and in Harlan on March 19,
2015!
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Come See Us at 2015 Trade Shows!
We will be
at:
The
GEAPS Exchange in St. Louis, MO on February
22nd through the 24th. We will be at Booth
#528.
The 28th Annual Hawkeye Farm
Show at the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls, IA on
March 3rd through the 5th. Come see us at
Booth #430.
Triumph of Ag Expo in
Omaha, NE on March 11th and 12th. We are at
Booth 1305.
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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.
Continue reading for features of the system »
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Clearance Corner! |
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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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 Erin Tucker is our new Associate Advisor
working out of the Ames office. She was born
and raised in Corning, Iowa working in the
feed store her family owned. Erin graduated
from Iowa State University in 2013 majoring
in Agricultural Studies and minoring in
Agronomy and International Ag. She has been
a crop consultant for the last two years.
Erin enjoys turning old junk into
decorations, hunting, fishing, golfing and
wrangling her two dogs- Belle and Benji. We
are very excited to have Erin as part of the
HTS Ag team!
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Invest in your operation.
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Hold onto your cash:
0% until 2016
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offer by AgLeader
From now 'til March 20, choose 0% same as
cash until January 2016. Invest in your
operation, improve efficiencies, increase
productivity, and reap the rewards of
leading precision farming technologies, all
while holding onto your cash in an uncertain
commodity market.
Benefits:
- Enjoy the benefits of Ag Leader Equipment
today while delaying the Cash Purchase Price
until year end of 2016
- Keep your cash
in your business while you integrate the
latest technology
- Your local Ag Leader
Dealer will handle all your equipment and
financing needs
- Fluctuating Commodity
Prices—spread out your investment to hedge
against lower commodity prices
Program Highlights:
- Customer pays no interest if cash purchase
price is paid in full on or before January
15, 2016.
- If not paid in full on or
before January 15, 2016; Three Annual
Payment Options are available; Multiply Cash
Purchase Price by .3493 to determine Annual
Payments.
- If Annual Payment Option is
selected, there is No Penalty for Early
Payoff. A Discount of 6% is offered prior to
the Final Annual Payments.
**
Important Program Details**
- Down Payment of 20% due with order
- Documentation Fee is $150.00
- Customer
must have been in business three years or
more
- Applications must be submitted on
or before March 20th, 2015
- Subject to
participating Dealers and qualified credit
- Available in US only
- Not available in
conjunction with other promotions
Offer ends March 20, 2015. For additional
program details, contact your Ag Leader
dealer or Lease Consultants at (800)
325-2605.
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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.
The first thing
that we will cover is the main differences
between the previous style downforce
compared to the new style. For those of you
familiar with the original downforce system,
you know that it communicates like all of
our previous modules; via the CAN Bus
system. The new downforce system will
communicate through ISOBUS.
Continue reading »
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Spring Storage is Critical for High Moisture Grain |
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used with permission from OPI-Integris
by
Chandra B. Singh, Ph.D., P.Eng. and Ron Larson,
M.Sc.
 As
outdoor temperatures warm up in the spring,
the spoilage risk of stored grain,
particularly high moisture grain, increases
rapidly. Condensation is often noticed in
the grain bins where the grain was cooled
below freezing temperatures during winter
months. Stored grain requires regular
monitoring during the spring months and high
moisture grain should be dried as quickly as
possible to prevent spoilage. Due to
increased solar heat, headspace rises to
30-400F above ambient temperature during the
day heating the grain surface significantly.
Spoilage can be prevented for high moisture
grain if the grain condition is monitored
and corrective action is taken immediately.
Start Drying Early
Start grain drying as soon as ambient
temperatures warm up to 400F. IntegrisPro
settings will stop the fans during cooler
nights if ambient temperature drops below
freezing but operate the fan when drying
opportunity is available during the warm
daytime. Delaying drying to later in the
spring or summer months will further
increase the risk of spoilage and may be
unavoidable. In hot ambient conditions
drying will also warm the grain as it is
dried. Since high moisture grain has very
short safe storage life at high temperature,
spoilage may occur before drying is
finished.
Continue reading »
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