Overview

Title: Maximizing Equipment Maintenance Through Technology

Duration: 1 hour

Available On Demand

Summary

Modern farm equipment is far different from the tools used just a decade ago. Common rail diesel engines, new high-tech transmissions and enhanced emission requirements change the nature of maintenance.

In this webinar, Scott Shearer, Ohio State University professor and chair of food, agricultural and biological engineering, will discuss these changes, what farmers should be aware of, and how the rise of telematics could make maintenance and management easier.

Speakers

Willie Vogt - Moderator
Editorial Director
Farm Progress

Willie has been covering agriculture for more than 37 years from his early days at a weekly farm paper to his current position at Farm Progress where he oversees an editorial business that includes 22 content brands and 27 websites. He has covered key developments in agricultural technology during his career including the rise of precision agriculture, crop biotechnology, UAVs, and Big Data. Willie graduated from Iowa State University in 1980 and eventually ended up in Minnesota. He joined Farm Progress full time in 1996 as technology editor and became Editorial Director in 2004. He was named to his current position in 2013. Farm Progress is an Informa business.

Dan Holdmeyer
Industrial Sector Manager
Chevron

With over 38 years in the lubrication industry, Dan Holdmeyer has worked for Chevron the past 18 years, serving in a variety of capacities with the company in addition to his current role as Industrial Sector Manager where he manages product portfolios, sales and marketing strategies, and programs.

Scott Shearer, Ph.D., P.E
Chair of the Dept. of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Ohio State University

Scott Shearer received his Ph.D. in agricultural engineering from The Ohio State University (OSU) in 1986. Currently, he serves as Professor and Chair of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering at OSU. Prior to 2011 he was Chair of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Kentucky. Highlights of his research career include development of methodologies and controls for metering and spatial applying crop production inputs (seed, fertilizer and pesticides); modeling of agricultural field machinery systems; autonomous multi-vehicle field production systems; strategies for deployment of UAS in agriculture; and analyses of production agriculture data sets. He has lead research supported by over $12M in grants; authored more than 200 technical publications (refereed journal articles, conference proceedings, meeting papers and book chapters); and has made numerous invited presentations at international conferences, professional meetings and farmer forums. Dr. Shearer is a Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.