Innovative agronomy tools and resources: Equipment
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EmailInnovation and adaptability are important for farm success. Explore these free tools and resources that can help improve farm equipment performance.
Being able to innovate and adapt is important for farm success, but it can be overwhelming to make changes. A good tool or resource should make your life easier in some way. It might inform decision-making, simplify calculations or analyze and organize data in a practical way. It should be user-friendly, affordable and reliable or trustworthy. The following is a list of free tools and resources that can improve farm equipment performance. It is not an exhaustive list but a starting point.
Equipment
With highly mechanized crops, having functional and reliable equipment is necessary for a successful season. From starting out the season right with proper planting to reducing yield losses at harvest, equipment plays an important role in crop management. These tools and resources provide videos, step-by-step instructions, articles and more to optimize equipment performance.
Digital Ag Innovation Lab Research to Rows: Combine, drone and planter resources from Iowa State University for different equipment manufacturers and conditions.
Sprayers 101: Resources specific to sprayers and pesticide applications. Their YouTube channel has a fun video series called “Exploding Sprayer Myths” with various international contributors.
Fun!
This bonus tool is a quiz to test your field crop identification skills. Take it yourself and send it to your friends and neighbors to improve agricultural awareness in a fun way.
Field Crops Identification Quiz: Take this quiz to test your field crops identification skills from afar. Focused specifically on field crops in southwest Michigan. Train yourself first with the article “Drive-by crop identification in southwest Michigan” from Michigan State University Extension.
