Kansas Agricultural Research Association
Sponsors

 

Sponsors of Ag Technology Field Day

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  Platinum             Gold                 Silver            Hosts


Platinum

   Outback  
JD 9400 4-wheel drive tractor equipped with Outback eDrive and a Baseline unit
Inside space: display tables with Outback S2, S, 360, eDrive and Baseline units.


 TeeJet
             Mid-Tech
Willmar 8500 Eagle
self-propelled sprayer with FieldPilot auto steer, SwathManager automatic boom section control, Legacy 6000 rate control
Inside space:  TeeJet and Mid-Tech spray tips, valves, boom components, rate controls, lightbar guidance, etc.; spray demo tank for
nozzles.
 

 Norac will be displaying and demonstrating automatic boom height control equipment from the UC4 product line installed on a John Deere 4720 sprayer.
 
       Straub, together with Capstan, will have two sprayers with booms
extended in the demo area, and also two tractors with guidance systems on them.  They will also have a floater on display.
    Global Technologies by  AGCO will have a Challenger MT600B (180-240 PTO HP wheel tractor) and a MT700B track machine equipped with Auto-Guide Satellite Navigation Systems available in the test drive area.  They will also have experts on hand to discuss all FIELDSTAR Precision Farming components, SGIS Software, and the Falcon II Application Control System.

  

 CaseIH  will have an MX 285 Magnum Tractor with AFS AccuGuide available for test drives in the demonstration area.
  
 John Deere 
JD 8430 Row Crop Tractor used to demonstrate AutoTrac on the John Deere Greenstar 2 system (touch screen display with on-screen mapping) utilizing RTK differential correction;
JD 4930 Sprayer with 120' boom demonstrating BoomTrac Pro, an automatic boom leveling sytem & also AutoTrac on the John Deere Greenstar 2 system (touch screen display with on-screen mapping) utilizing SF2 differential correction & demonstrating Swath Conrol Pro, an automatic boom section control system;
Older Model 50 or 55 series JD Row Crop Tractor demonstrating the JD AutoTrac Universal system, an automatic guidance solution for older model JD vehicles and competitive platforms (sprayers, combines, tractors, windrowers, etc);
9320 4WD Tractor demonstrating AutoTrac SF1, a 13" pass-to-pass accuracy system for broad acre seeding, tillage and pull type sprayer applications;
Inside space: seeding unit displays & APEX software

 
 Ag Leader

 Auto Farm

 JD Skiles Co., Inc.


G
old

 Hypro
 Veris Technologies will be displaying and demonstrating its Mobile Sensor Platform (MSP) which includes the Soil pH Manager and Soil EC Surveyor.  The pH module measures soil pH on-the-go, while the EC module maps soil EC--an effective way of mapping soil texture variability.  Veris will also be demonstrating a prototype soil spectrometer.  This unit maps soil carbon, organic matter, soil moisture, and other properties by measuring the near-infrared reflectance properties of soil.

 Record Harvest
 Exactrix
 Kansas Farm Bureau will host a booth sharing information about KFB membership.  Drawings will be held throughout the day for a variety of items.


Silver

 GP/Delavan AgSpray Products
 Green Leaf Technologies
 Wilger, Inc.
 Redball, LLC
 Fairbank Equipment, Inc.
 Wylie Sprayers


Hosts

       

Kansas State University  

Questions or Comments:
    

Direct any questions or comments about the field day to Bob Wolf (rewolf@ksu.edu) at Kansas State University, 145 Seaton Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506. 785-532-2935.