At the recent Trimble Annual Reseller's meeting, HTS received the Silver Circle Award for "Outstanding Sales and Invaluable Customer Service" in 2009.
We are seeing a tremendous growth in the Autopilot steering systems, and I wanted to take a minute to break down the technology and its value.
Autosteer in the midwest has been somewhat slow to adapt compared to other areas of the country, and I believe much of this has been because of the value of the crops. We were comparing our $2/bushel corn and $6/bushel beans to the high dollar vegetable crops of the west coast. The ROI just isn't there, or so we thought. The thing is, everyone forgot that we are no longer working with those prices. With $3-$4 corn, and $9-$10 beans, there is a significant return on investment with an autosteer system.
We are also working with bigger machines now. This means that the cost per hour to run the machine has went up, because it is burning more fuel, and the depreciation on the machine adds up quickly with every hour on the tach.
There is also a third leg to this that I haven't mentioned yet. Operator fatigue has become a bigger and bigger deal. This is tough to put a dollar figure on, but there is definitely significant value to getting home at night and not being completely wore out from running the tractor across the field all day long. This comes into play in the years like what we have had recently, with shorter windows of opportunities to get the crops in and out of the field.
What does this all mean? You can easily pay for autosteer technology on your farm. Contact HTS to find out how this can pay back for you.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Greetings from the Iowa Power Farming Show
A great crowd this year and a lot of interest in SureVacs and grain bin management. Stop by booth number 502 and say hi!
Monday, February 1, 2010
Ag Leader announces new planter shutoffs
For those of you that have been waiting for a solution on your pro shaft drive planters, Ag Leader now has you covered. Their innovative new style shutoff makes installation very simple, and provides reliable and repeatable results in the field.
My experience with these in the field has been very good. They have been tested with several different types of seed discs, and all have worked well.
The SureVac row shutoffs will be on display this week at the Iowa Power Farming show, or feel free to contact me with any questions you may have about them
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