A host of factors could be cited for “the rise of the machines” in ag retail plants — and the need for ever more sophisticated software to help run them: blender designs, new fertilizer products, precision advances, personnel challenges, larger farms. Read more

Grading the performance of crop producers in today’s production environment will be based on how well they implement the 4Rs. Putting the right nutrients at the right rate at the right time in the right place is the renewed mantra within the ranks of precision agriculture. Read more