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Equipment + Equipment Control

John Deere Adding Equipment Logistics System

Set for limited fall/winter release and full release next spring, John Deere's AgLogic system offers retailers a new way to build and coordinate application schedules, as well as dispatch and track equipment in the field.

MAGIE Returns to Bloomington in August

CropLife IRON, our sister publication, is proud to be partnering with the Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association to help produce the Midwest Ag Industries Exposition (MAGIE), and we invite you to attend and test out the latest in application and precision ag equipment.

Too Much of a Good Thing?

Equipment manufacturers pack a whole lot of punch into new equipment these days. But after sitting through a think tank meeting I was running this week, I was left wondering if it comes at the expense of serviceability.

It's already happened with cars, hasn't it? I still change my own oil in my car, mostly because I like being able to get inside my machine and do SOMETHING, however small, myself. I think it's a Midwest thing. Anyway, who would dare touch much else on a car today? With all the computers and sensors and automated functions, it would be awfully easy to blow something out or mess something up.

In this meeting, the sole representative of equipment manufacturing got an earful from our participants who use or manage equipment, not about down time in general, but the nature of the down time. "Now, when things go wrong with the equipment, I have to let it sit and wait for your guys to come out," said one panelist. "We can't do much ourselves anymore."

So, I'm throwing it out to the group ... are you experiencing more difficult to manage down time with equipment? Or are you perfectly happy with your equipment experience these days? You can use this blog to make comments directly, or fill out the reader poll at the bottom of this edition of e-News. Hope your harvest is fruitful, and we hope to hear from you.