John Deere to Fight For GPS
USA Today just ran an article on how John Deere is leading the fight against Lightsquared plans to put up more than 40,000 new cell towers in rural America. John Deere is worried that the spectrum that Lightsquared want to use will bump the GPS spectrum and lead to farmers having issues running their GPS on tractors and combines.
Since this is most likely a political fight, it may make sense for farmers to let their representatives know how important precision farming is.
Another nugget from the article is how flush farmers appear to be with cash right now. The John Deere Finance arm is having a hard time drumming up business since more farmers than in the past can pay cash for their equipment.
Paul Neiffer is a certified public accountant and business advisor specializing in income taxation, accounting services, and succession planning for farmers and agribusiness processors. Paul is a principal with CliftonLarsonAllen in Walla Walla, Washington, as well as a regular speaker at national conferences and contributor at agweb.com. Raised on a farm in central Washington, he has been immersed in the ag industry his entire life, including the last 30 years professionally. Paul and his wife purchase an 180 acre ranch in 2016 and enjoy keeping it full of animals.
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