July 21 , 2006

WEATHER STATIONS IN ACTION :
Vantage Pro Helps Grain Growers Grasp Gains

Farmers in Breckenridge, Michigan, have a nice advantage. This Vantage Pro is set up at the Michigan Agricultural Commodities (MAC) plant in Breckenridge, and its data is available to the MAC farmers with the click of a mouse. MAC buys, sells, and stores agricultural commodities throughout the United States and Canada.

“This plant in Breckenridge,” wrote Mark Sterling, Quality Control Manager for MAC, “handles enough grain each year that if we loaded just one train it would measure over 78 miles long. Our Vantage Pro’s data is used by our farmers for growing degree days and wind and rain records for spray record keeping and pest management. We have it connected with a broadband wireless internet link. Our grain plants also are connected with high speed internet. Train data then is uploaded in real time so that our main office in Lansing, our local office uptown in Breckenridge and the buyer can see the train in real time as it's loaded.”

We at Davis do love to eat, and therefore, we get a real thrill out of helping growers! One of our best farmer-friendly tools is the Agricultural/Turf Management Software Module, which allows growers to use their WeatherLink software to generate reports about growing degree days for specific crops and pests, evapotranspiration, leaf wetness hours, soil temperature hours, and crop water management.

No, no need to thank us. Just send us some of that sweet summer corn, via same-day express with ice-pack.

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