Questions asked on the AGvisorPro network

Harvest Equipment, IT, GPS, Monitors, Precision Ag, Data Management, Seeding, Fert, Irrigation

Hi! I'm thinking of reaching out to farmers working with forage crops and incorporating beekeeping as a service. Anyone got any ideas on how I can navigate this endeavor in the near future? I'm looking to start small as I am not in a hurry at all and wanted to get insights from AGvisorPRO's robust community of experts.

IT, GPS, Monitors, Precision Ag, Data Management

Is there a better way to classify GPS precision? Thanks!

Harvest Equipment, IT, GPS, Monitors, Precision Ag, Data Management, Seeding, Fert, Irrigation

How best can agtech enhance regenerative agriculture ? What is the low hanging fruit?

IT, GPS, Monitors, Precision Ag, Data Management, Sprayers

Looking for Aimcommand troubleshooting expert in case 4430 sprayer. Master switch will not open section valves. I have boom pressure, the master switch does click the solenoid, I have power at each aim module (master, slave, and pwm) and the section valves have constant power but never control power. What else can I test?

IT, GPS, Monitors

Any one have opinions on current precision gps systems. Deere guys seem unhappy here, Trimble is expensive to upgrade and small guys like field bee don’t have the backing or experience. Thoughts?

Finance, Accounting, Insurance, Succession Planning

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Seed Treatment Equipment, Seeding, Fert, Irrigation

Looking for an operator manual for a bean hustler seed vac.

Succession Planning

My husband and I have just transitioned our farms and dairies operations control to our daughter and her husband beginning January 1, 2025 We are 3 months in to this new era of life and I’m so lost, there has been conflict between me and my husband and our daughter and her husband. I just want everyone to be happy. I have very deep grief over my new freedom.

Business Development, Farmland, Real Estate, Field Crops, Row Crops, Finance, Accounting, Organic Production, Precision Ag, Data Management

How can one justify buying land when it reaches 30 k an acre all the math in the world I still cannot make sense of it

Fertilizer, Soil, Nutrients, Field Crops, Row Crops, Forage Crops, Regenerative, Specialty Crops

Just an FYI AGvisorPRO is hosting a Genesis update Thursday April 3rd 10 am MT https://remote.ag/4c0lW81

Crop Protection, Fertilizer, Soil, Nutrients, Field Crops, Row Crops, Seeding, Fert, Irrigation

Is there an efficiency factor banding sulfate of potash vs potassium chloride? For people who have it available or have used it what is the price difference?

Field Crops, Row Crops

Wondering what’s everyone’s thoughts on using a Mahindra roxor for crop scouting. I know they are heavier than a side by side but would people be against using one of these units vs say a side by side?

Business Development, Commodity Marketing, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Lending, Succession Planning

Hi OYF I trust this finds you well. We at 33seven do 1 farm transition a month. You will more than likely do 1 or maybe 2 farm transitions in your lifetime. Doing 1 continuity plan a month gives us a unique insight into the pain points that farmers experience. Being a farmer myself, I have gone through the pain of invoice fatigue. The reason most farmers fail when it comes to continuity planning is that there is no clarity and control. It is just too confusing and this causes the process to grind to a halt. You are not alone. This happens to most of us involved in agriculture. Accountants invoice, lawyers invoice, insurance agents add complexity and financiers charge fees. It is never ending. We just pay and pay and pay and do not get what we want. What I want is clarity and control. What I want is my family to be safe and my legacy to be secure. I want to pay less tax and reduce my risk. Do you want the same thing? Based on my painful experience of being invoiced nearly to death with little to no results, I have set up a Blue Sky continuity plan for Canadian farmers. My mission in life is to protect Canadian farmers. I am a Canadian farmer. Let us start with eliminating invoice fatigue and giving you clarity and control. Finally a farmer who understands and has been through the continuity process. What we do for farmers: 1. How much is your farm and business worth? 2. Would you like to know if you are leaving behind a legacy or a liability? 3. Who is in the tent with you? 4. Who gets what when you die? 5. How much personal income tax do you want to pay in April ? 6. What does the senior generation on the farm deserve to get? 7. Would you like to have 12 harvests a year for the rest of your life? Above are the most important questions farmer need to address to accomplish farm continuity planning. Let’s get all these questions answered with zero invoicing. Yes. You read that correctly: Zero invoicing. 33seven is a one stop shop for continuity planning with zero invoicing. I know, it sounds too good to be true. It is not. Ask a Farmer Who Knows Now that you know what is possible it is time for you to make a decision. Keep getting invoiced or choose clarity and control with zero invoicing.

Aerators, AGvisorPRO, Aquatic Health / Disease, Beekeeping, Business Development, Cages, Carbon, Cattle Production, Commodity Marketing, Crop Handling Equipment, Crop Protection, Dairy Pr...

Who went on the Farm Cruise this last week? It was the farmer vacation of a lifetime! 😃 I hear there is a group on here for those attendees and would love to connect. They are doing pre sale deals to get on the cruise ship for next time. Galveston to Cozumel Jan 29-Feb 2 2026. www.farmcruise.com - It was so fun and can’t wait to go again, with even more farmers next year.

Drones, Forage Crops, Seeding, Fert, Irrigation

Thinking about frost seeding some orchard grass into an existing stand of fescue, Timothy, and bluegrass with a drone in west central Ohio. Good or bad idea ?

Forage Crops

Thoughts on frost seeding some orchard grass into an existing hay field of fescue, Timothy, and Kentucky bluegrass hay field with a drone in west central Ohio?

Harvest Equipment

I took my combine into the dealer to do a inspection. I'm still making payments on this piece of machinery and they are saying the parts it needs could be $15,000+. Of course I don't have to do all of the needed maintenance, but the machine is a 2012. I still have three years left of payments. There's an opportunity to buy a five-year-old machine that would raise my payments 8,000 a year. I'm wondering if it would be wiser to fix my machine and get it paid off or to go ahead and upgrade to a newer machine and stomach the higher payments? The machine I'm looking to trade has 900 hrs on it and mine has about 2500.

Business Development, Finance, Accounting

Anyone have any experience using Ambrook for business bookkeeping? If so any pros vs cons in comparison to Quickbooks?

AGvisorPRO, Business Development, Carbon, Cattle Production, Dairy Production, Farmland, Real Estate, Fertilizer, Soil, Nutrients, Field Crops, Row Crops, Finance, Accounting, Forage Crop...

Have you or a client ever done the section 180 tax deductible nutrient deduction? Good or bad experiences? Would you encourage others to do it? Why or why not? Thanks!

AGvisorPRO, Business Development, Dairy Production, Developers, Farmland, Real Estate, Fertilizer, Soil, Nutrients, Field Crops, Row Crops, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Legal, Le...

I’m a small(ish) farmer that grows about 600 acres, mainly small grains and feed for our local Wisconsin dairy industry. I don’t have dairy cattle nor have the interest at this time. For those farmers that have grown significantly by taking on large tracts of land, how did you do it? I’m particularly interested in how farmers have developed relationships with other farmers that are nearing retirement and were looking for a succession plan? What kinds of things were those farmers looking for? For example: someone that was going to take good care of the land, an opportunity for the existing farmer to still help when they wanted to, anything else, or was it only price? My goal is to develop a deeper relationship with two farmers approaching retirement who are looking at succession opportunities and I’m looking at how people have been creative to help develop and execute a solution in that space. Thanks!

Fertilizer, Soil, Nutrients, Field Crops, Row Crops, IT, GPS, Monitors, Seeding, Fert, Irrigation

Is the tool bar for dr16 stack fold and 1725c deere both made by orthman?

IT, GPS, Monitors

Does anyone have an opinion on Outback Guidance systems? I have the opportunity to become a dealer and after seeing a presentation their systems to to be fairly simple to operate and priced well below most of their competitors, but also have a few less options.

Precision Ag, Data Management

Hi all It has been a productive week. We have chatted to numerous folks this week and the three main themes thus far have been: 1.) Business and farm valuation. 2.) Why do you do an estate freeze? 3.) The Farm Liquidity Solution. Would any of you like additional information on the above topics?

Crop Protection, Fertilizer, Soil, Nutrients, Field Crops, Row Crops, Organic Production, Regenerative, Specialty Crops

Even though I test my own cereal seed each year for germ, vigor, disease,TKW, how often should I be purchasing a new seed lot? Only when the quality deteriorates or are there other factors? Aside from protected varieties. Aside from new varieties.