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What other precision ag tools is Shepherd Creek Farms
currently using?
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RTK Guidance
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Section control on all planting and
application equipment
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Fully customized planted with Precision
Planting upgrades
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Tile plow
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UAV (drone)
“There’s some really cool hardware and equipment
technology out there on the precision ag side and
we’ve just really incorporated as much as we can,
whenever we can because we always see that there is
value in it,” added Brock.
Shepherd Creek Farms uses several tools to collect
data from its operation, including FieldView, Farmers
Edge, Agrimatics and Harvest Plus.
“On the farm internally, we use Ag Leader’s SMS
Advance software to do our yield mapping, to look at
soil data, making our prescriptions and pulling in our
as-applied maps,” explained Brock. “And also, the water
management module to do some tile layouts and look
at elevation.”
Brock went on to discuss satellite imagery, topography,
comparisons, drone imagery and how he strives to
turn data into dollars.
“When we look at our farm and its future direction, my
emphasis is really on looking for tools that mitigate
risk. I think that’s the biggest challenge we have on our
farm – just trying to figure out and identify what our
risks are and then trying to find tools to mitigate those,”
said Brock.
Jacobson Farms
Beau Jacobson is a partner at Jacobson Farms with
his brother where they operate 15,000-16,000 acres
of mostly corn and soybean with some wheat and
dry beans. Jacobson is also the owner of Premium Ag
Solutions.
“All of our planters are set up with Precision Planting
– we’ve been doing high speed planting since 2015...
In the sprayer world, we’re running the AIM Command
system on the sprayers – cutting our costs down to a
minimal amount,” explained Jacobson.
Jacobson discussed harvest, tillage methods, tile,
variable rate and the different data platforms they are
currently using on their operation.
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