AMES, IOWA, July 8, 2010 – Ag Leader Technology, Inc., a
leader in the development of precision farming solutions, has
introduced the ability to load variety maps on to the INTEGRA
display. Ag Leader’s SMS™ Basic or SMS™ Advanced desktop
software helps achieve this process by facilitating variety
map integration from an array of collection devices. This
new feature allows more growers to see variety maps on the
INTEGRA display while harvesting, seeing hybrid/variety yield
results in real time.
“For a long time growers have used our yield monitor to
compare varieties at harvest. However, the field had to be harvested with the same display that planted the
field to see the variety map in real time,” says New Business Development Manager, Roger Zielke. “I’m happy to
say this added feature gives our customers a solution, regardless of their planting display. SMS-compatible data
can be read into the software to create a reference file. That file is then loaded on to the INTEGRA display to
show the variety map at harvest.”
Using SMS software to generate variety maps helps farming operations with multiple precision ag displays or
mixed fleets of precision ag equipment in the operation.
“We take great pride in the number of precision ag products SMS can read and manage data from. Now
we can integrate variety map data from multiple collection devices and make those maps available on the
INTEGRA display to use in harvest operations,” says Corey Weddle, Director of Software Solutions. “Users with
the following precision ag equipment brands can take advantage of this feature: Ag Leader, AGCO ISO-based
displays, Case IH, DICKEY-john, Flexicoil, John Deere, KINZE, Mid-Tech, New Holland, Raven, RDS, Trimble and any
ISO11783 display using the XML file format. That’s an extensive list; we’re excited to facilitate this data exchange
among multiple brands in order to help growers get the most benefit from their precision ag equipment.”
This new feature is available in the recent INTEGRA firmware release, Version 1.5; SMS Basic or SMS Advanced
Version 10.0 (released in May) is required to export hybrid/variety reference maps to the INTEGRA display. The
update is available for existing INTEGRA owners to download at www.agleader.com, under “Customer Support”.