And another guy who’s on his way to AGRITECHNICA is precision ag specialist John Fulton from the Ohio State Univ. I caught up with him before he left and put him on the hot seat with this question. 

Noah: “In your experience working with farmers and some of the on-farm trials at the university, what’s one new product, technology or practice that you’ve seen giving farmers a lot of bang for their buck?”

John: “Here on the eastern Corn Belt, we’ve seen an uptick in the utilization of drones. It’s helping farmers to be more efficient, and timely in terms of applications. We’re seeing some profit margins out of that.”

“The other one that’s pretty hot, but we’re at an early stage, the last 2 years we’ve seen it come to commercialization, is targeted spraying. Where does that fit or does it fit? Those are some of the questions that growers are going through now. There are some situations where it makes sense today, but maybe not quite for other growers in terms of how they’re managing their crops.”

Looking forward to seeing what John uncovers at AGRITECHNICA next week. 

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