Ben D. Johnson
Ben D. Johnson is a Digital Ag Lead at Farmers Edge. Ben has over 15 years of experience on the front lines of precision ag as a soil sampler, crop consultant, and a precision farming coordinator for an ag retailer. He takes the time to look at the forest through the trees and asks some challenging questions of the status quo in the industry. At Farmers Edge, Ben demonstrates the benefits of digital ag and helps steer the development of the Farmers Edge platform. You can reach him by email at [email protected] or via Twitter @BenD.JohnsonCCA.
Market Watch
August 14, 2017
Opinion: How to Leverage Precision Agriculture to Launch Your Aggressive, High-Pressure Telemarketing Business
To continue where my last article left off (which you can check out here), a precision ag company that specializes in benchmarking and analytics (or at least claims to) is now selling discount chemicals and other ag inputs. I...
Data Management
July 17, 2017
Opinion: Benchmarking in Precision Agriculture is Big Statistics
Benchmarking has become a buzzword in precision agriculture recently and before we get too excited with all of the profound insight it’s going to bestow upon us, let’s take a step back and really look at where this benchmarking...
Data Management
May 12, 2017
Opinion: ROI or Die in Precision Agriculture
The thought of $3.50 corn for the foreseeable future seems pretty disheartening. However, if you look at the precision ag space you might notice some light at the end of the tunnel.
We’ve progressed to a place where we are...
Market Watch
April 24, 2017
Opinion: What the Heck is A.I. Going to Do for Agriculture?
Let's pause from the daily toils of ag for a minute and start thinking about the future. In a very short time artificial intelligence (A.I.) is coming into the precision ag space and we must ask ourselves how we...
Drones | UAVs
March 15, 2017
Opinion: The Agricultural Drone War Is Over, And They Lost
If you are late to the aerial imagery party and think that agricultural drones are the vehicle that are the be all, end all answer to your imagery needs, you are going to lose and lose big at that....
Data Management
February 17, 2017
Opinion: Soil Testing Needs Sensors To Get More Accurate
We are entering a very exciting time in agriculture. With so many great software platforms and data collection tools we are on the cusp of unlocking some really deep, profound information and management techniques like we’ve only dreamed of...
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