StraightTalk Newsletter

The Summer 2011 issue of Trimble Agriculture's StraightTalk is now available.

What's in this issue?

• Repeatable accuracy is the key to a tobacco and cotton farmer's success near Kinston, North Carolina. Straight rows of tobacco and fertilizer savings paid for his investment in Trimble equipment within the first year.
• Sub-inch guidance with cellular-based RTK keeps all operations in line on an integrated hog, corn and soybean farm in Minnesota.
• One of the first rice farmers to use GPS guidance for levee building achieves better levees in less time in Mississippi.
• Farm Works Software® solutions keep application records manageable for a North Carolina farmer in the dairy manure hauling business.
• Data management proves a natural fit for precision guidance on a 2,000 acre farm in south central Michigan.

New from Trimble

• The new Trimble® CenterPoint™ RTX™ correction service delivers GNSS-enabled, repeatable 1.5-inch (4 cm) corrections via satellite directly to your receiver. CenterPoint RTX works with the built-in receiver in your existing Trimble FmX® integrated display or Trimble CFX-750™ display, eliminating the need to purchase additional radio hardware or cellular data plans.
• Register to review presentations and video tutorials with the Trimble Agriculture Learning Center.
• Trimble Agriculture customers now have the option to purchase additional customer support from Trimble. Experts are available to handle customer questions in English, Spanish, German and French.