Precision ag pioneer Al Myers is a member of the Farm Equipment Shortline Legends Hall of Fame 2024 class. It’s been almost 35 years since the Ag Leader founder introduced the groundbreaking Yield Monitor 2000. It’s hard to quantify just how much Al’s invention and career has meant to the precision ag industry.
In a press release, Kinze and Ag Leader disclosed that John Deere had filed a lawsuit alleging patent infringement regarding True Speed/SureSpeed technology.
Kinze Manufacturing has developed a new high-speed meter and seed tube to provide row crop farmers with accurate seed placement at speeds up to 12 miles per hour. The new planter technology, called True Speed, is planned for introduction in the 2021 planting season.
With Deere & Co.’s deal that would allow Ag Leader to sell Precision Planting products, the world’s largest farm equipment manufacturer appears to be tightening its gloves before it climbs in the ring to go head to head with the U.S. Dept. of Justice.
To integrate water management into its expanding precision farming portfolio, Ag Leader has acquired Soil-Max, manufacturer of the market-leading Gold Digger tile plow, and the assets of Gradient, a related company which revolutionized the control of tile plows with the Intellislope GPS-based control system.
According to a November posting by Paul Schrimpf, editor of PrecisionAg.com, months of rumors about an impending alliance between the two firms finally came to fruition.
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There was plenty of technology on display at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., a few weeks ago. Farm Equipment editor Mike Lessiter caught up with Monarch Tractor’s John Issacson and got his take on the top 5 applications in autonomy right now.