StraightTalk Newsletter

The June 2010 issue of Trimble Agriculture's StraightTalk is now available.

What's in this issue?

• By utilizing Trimble® Connected Farm™ on their home farm of about 6,000 acres of seed corn and 2,000 acres of vegetables, a contract grower uses the FmX® integrated display to send data wirelessly between the office and field.
• Find out how a peanut and cotton grower in Alabama solved a signal interference problem and now gets consistent sub-inch correction using his AgGPS® FmX display and the VRS Now™ Ag service.
• A northern Illinois corn and soybean grower installed a Trimble guidance and row control system this past spring and says he is already saving input expenses on his 3,600 acre farm.
• Using Trimble technology to farm more efficiently while being environmentally friendly, the GPS guidance technology revolution catches on with many growers in Argentina's largest potato-growing area. Read about one farmer's experience.
• A full-time drainage contractor plants his own crops at night using RTK GPS. Using Trimble equipment has given his old machinery features that are like new.
• The EZ-Guide® 500 system tracks and records manure application for an Iowa turkey farmer, saving him money on chemical fertilizer, and making the application record keeping required by environmental regulations easy.
• Find out how a Montana wheat grower has reduced overall nitrogen use by mounting the GreenSeeker® infrared sensor system on his self-propelled sprayer, while still increasing yields and maintaining high protein.