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Precision Technology and Ken Brennan

Precision Technology and Ken Brennan. Ames, IA December 14, 2009. Overview. Agricultural Background Educational Background Precision Agriculture on our Farm Internship Experience Future Plans for myself and my Career. Agricultural Background. Grew up in NW Iowa (Emmetsburg)

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Precision Technology and Ken Brennan

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  1. Precision Technology and Ken Brennan Ames, IA December 14, 2009

  2. Overview • Agricultural Background • Educational Background • Precision Agriculture on our Farm • Internship Experience • Future Plans for myself and my Career

  3. Agricultural Background • Grew up in NW Iowa (Emmetsburg) • Farm about 800 acres of corn – soybean rotation • Winter wheat – soybean rotation is used on 90 acres by Graettinger • Two older brothers left for college when I was in high school • Meant a lot of seat time through my high school days

  4. Educational Background • Graduated from Graettinger High School (now Graettinger – Terril High School) in 2003. • Enrolled in Iowa State as an Agricultural Engineer in spring semester of 2004. • Deployment forced me to drop-out and I decided to pursue a Agricultural Systems Technology degree in the fall semester of 2005.

  5. Precision Technology on our Farm Soil Sampling for VRA of lime and fertilizer NH TR 96 with an AG – Leader Yield Monitor EZ – Guide 250 that moves from the combine to the sprayer. EZ – Guide 500 on NH 8970

  6. Internship Experience • AGCO Corporation in Hesston, KS during the Summer ‘09. • Part of the Advanced Technology Systems (ATS) product engineering group. • Two projects: • Auto-Guide 2 • AGCOMMAND (telemetry)

  7. Auto – Guide 2 • Newly developed integrated auto-steer guidance system for AGCO vehicles. • Partnership with TSD, or Topcon – Sauer Danfoss, for electronic-hydraulic steering components and antenna-receiver universal top dock that can be moved from vehicle to vehicle. • Addition of new virtual terminal developed by ATS has to work with Topcon guidance software. • Two different software programs developed by two different companies that must work together on a variety of different vehicles.

  8. Auto-Guide 2 and AGCO DT275B

  9. MF8680 with Auto-Guide 2 C1000 Terminal on a MT765C

  10. AGCO – Telemetry • Telemetry- Remote measurement and reporting of information. • Relatively new concept for agricultural use, but has been widely used for commercial vehicles such as delivery trucks and semis. • Simple concept of using information from the vehicle, sent through the cell phone data network to a server, and viewed on a website at the back office. • Able to see real-time location, speed, yield, etc. and make efficiency reports for every piece of equipment. • Equipment can be in stopped, idle, transport, working, or headland turning modes. • Lot of work with people from Germany and Italy

  11. Telemetry Components

  12. Field Report of Combine in Germany

  13. Future Plans • Graduate in May 2010 • The job search has lead me to Ziegler and Case. • Both positions would be field service and support. • Better idea next few months on that situation. • If a career in the machinery industry doesn’t work, farming is a viable option.

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