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Who is Using ScoutPro? Meet a Scout

Connor Martin
"There is a much quicker turnaround with the help of ScoutPro."
Connor Martin is a third year crop scout from Summitville, Indiana working for Co-Alliance LLP; he scouts for almost 20 growers. He is a junior in agricultural business transferring to Ivy Tech Community College. At the beginning...
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Using Twitter When You Scout

Twitter can be a great place to connect with different people and experts to learn something new, or gain perspective on a different part of the world. By taking advantage of what Twitter has to offer, you can see what people are talking about and get updates on findings, ID assistance, pictures, methods, and newsworthy...
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Classmates’ crop-scouting app makes mark in the ag tech world

DECATUR – What started as an assignment for three Iowa State University students has become a business that serves farmers working over 4 million acres from North Dakota to Ohio. Michael Koenig, Holden Nyhus and Stuart McCulloh were studying agriculture education with the expectation of becoming ag teachers.

Their class project involved creating a unique business plan and they decided to find a way, using technology, to allow farmers or crop scouts to identify and map pest problems faster and easier. Their ScoutPro apps were born to identify weeds and pests in the field using an iPad instead of lugging heavy books.

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