Agri-Trade announces Ag Innovations winners

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Published: October 16, 2013

The 2013 Ag Innovations winners have been determined for the 30th anniversary edition of Agri-Trade, Nov. 6-9.

“Our panel of four judges from the industry looked at all the entries, and judged them according to a point’s matrix. The more information given by the entrants on their innovation, the better,” Rod Bradshaw, Ag Innovations committee chair said in a release. “The scores were very close. We also added a new category this year. With all the mobile technology used by farmers, we also sought out the best ag app.”

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Along with the six winners, two finalists were also announced. Flexxifinger (Booth #CUL0146) was recognized for its corn harvest pans, as well as Pro-All International Manufacturing (outside Booth #67) for its Jiffy mid-duty harrow.

Taking the new ag app category was Farm At Hand (Booth #SAL0117), an app which allows farmers to have the farm at their fingertips, by allowing them to keep track of everything from grain bins, to equipment to fields and more on their smartphone.

1. John Deere — return to position. This is a loader that can be pre-programmed to return to set positions and angles, saving time for jobs like silage loading. (Booth #PKL0511)

2. Devloo Roto mud scrapers. These rotating mud scrapers help keep seeding operations accurate by removing built-up mud (Booth #SAL0103)

3. Gatco Manufacturing — cross-flow aeration. For grain bin aeration (Booth #AGE1202)

4. Westfield Industries — STORM seed treater. On-farm seed treatment at the auger for better application accuracy (Booth #PRA0102)

5. FarmLead — FarmLead Marketplace. An application which allows farmers to market grain, and track and see prices (Booth #PRA1800)

6. Farmers Edge — geospatial yield mapping. An enhanced yield mapping system that allows for data to be applied in different manufacturer’s equipment (Booth #SAL0110)

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