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Integrated Crop Management Conference Provides Latest Research and Technologies to Benefit Your Operation

October 27, 2015

Producers and ag business professionals reminded to register early


The annual Integrated Crop Management Conference will be held Dec. 2-3, 2015 at the Scheman Building on the Iowa State University campus. This year, the conference has added additional speakers to its program, providing topics and information on the latest in crop production and technology from around Iowa and the Midwest. Online registration is available at www.aep.iastate.edu/icm.

Precision Ag Technology Savings

February 24, 2012
Illustration of automatic section control on a planter to reduce overlap and skipped areas

By Matt Darr, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering


The use of precision farming products continues to increase. With increasing input costs, producers are often looking for ways to adopt technology to make farming operations more efficient and productive. Two precision ag products, auto guidance and automatic section control, lead the way in cost savings while also enhancing the productivity of machinery operations.