With ag technology exploding at an accelerating pace, it’s hugely important to stay on top of the latest changes. That’s why fast-moving sessions on precision ag tech for field crops and horticultural systems plus dairy robotic tech are set for next week’s New York Farm Show at Syracuse. Here are the schedules:

STAY UP ON YOUR ‘GAME’: New York Farm Show is your rare opportunity to check out the equipment and quiz the experts.

Precision ag
“Precision Ag: Decision-making for a profitable future” is the theme of a fast-moving afternoon seminar on Thursday, Feb. 25 in the Bistro Room of the Arts and Home Center. Developed by N.Y. Farm Viability Institute’s precision ag steering committee, it fires up with registration at 2:30 p.m. plus a strong mix of keen farmer experience and ag industry expertise.

• 3 p.m.: Learn what’s new in precision ag tech for field crops and horticultural systems and about best opportunities for quick payback.

• 3:20 p.m.: Three commercial tech leaders tackle how to transform field harvest and feed quality data into management decisions, how planting and crop care equipment technologies can be harnessed, and how yield maps/data can improve operation efficiency.

• 4 p.m.: This session covers auto-steer’s entry-point tech, costs and benefits, plus expected financial impacts.

• 4:20 p.m.: N.Y. Corn and Soybean Growers Association will present a variable-rate seeding model to be farm-tested this year.

• 4:40 p.m.: Farmer survey results will be shared on promising technologies, barriers to adoption, costs, labor concerns and more.

• 4:50 p.m.: Travis Torrey of Torrey Farms, Dan Shirley of North Harbor Dairy and Joe Brightly of Brightly Farms will share experiences with three different precision ag systems.

Dairy robotic update
Robotic technology continues to be the biggest dairy game-changer for all farm sizes. It steps up a notch this year’s U.S. entry of the first robotic rotary parlor. Learn what improvements are already on the road at the Dairy Robotic Update on Friday, Feb. 26. All four manufacturers will present their latest changes and new products in 30-minute sessions in the Bistro Room. Here’s the schedule:

• 1:30 p.m.: Lely will highlight examples of Lely’s “large herd concept” plus on-farm results of its Vector robotic feeding system.

• 2 p.m.: AMS Galaxy will introduce its Cow Health Monitoring system offered on the Astrea 20.20 robotic milking system.

• 2:30 p.m.: GEA will share key details on its Dairy ProQ robotic rotary parlor and the soon-to-arrive single-box robot.

• 3 p.m.: DeLaval will cover the latest upgrades to its Voluntary Milking System plus the new stand-alone teat spray robot.