Next-gen soil sampler (used by permission – Farm Industry News – written by Jodie Wehrspann) North Carolina farmer Allan Baucom attracted attention at farm shows last year when he unveiled an automated soil sampling machine called the Falcon, which took soil samples on the go as it was pulled down the field. In August at […]
Advanced Soil Sampling (used by permission – Agriculture.com – written by Laurie Bedord) Bringing precision accuracy to a critical task like soil sampling is the goal of Allan Baucom. The North Carolina farmer developed the Falcon Automated Soil Sampling system a year ago after being frustrated with the inherent inaccuracy of traditional methods. With the […]
Falcon adds two automated precision soil samplers to lineup Used with permission from PrecisionAg.com. Falcon Soil Technology has added two models to its lineup of automated soil sampling systems that promise to bring precision accuracy to a critical task now dominated by error-prone hand sampling. The new models were introduced at the annual MAGIE (Midwest […]
Soil Sampling Gets Up to Speed Automation Comes Late to an Old Tool by Emily Unglesbee DTN Staff Reporter ST. LOUIS (DTN) — Tom McGraw has seen a lot of changes in agriculture over the past six decades, but soil sampling isn’t one of them. “We haven’t gotten professional enough at it yet,” the owner of […]
Get Ready for Intensive Soil Sampling Newer technologies will increase samples, improve data collection and save farmers money. (Used by permission www.AGProfessional.com – written by Jim Ruen) – Excerpt – Soil analysis is is on the edge of a paradigm shift, and the ag retailer or crop consultant who doesn’t make t he jump may […]
Our newest model, the Falcon 5000, is available for pre-order! Let’s face it…human life depends on the health of our soils. Falcon Soil Technologies enables agronomists, farmers, and other soil professionals to take better, more consistent, more accurate soil samples than ever before…with less time and back-breaking work! Visit www.falconsoil.com or call 800-284-9611 to learn […]
Falcon offers unsurpassed soil sample quality because it is precise, it takes a lot of cores really fast, and it mixes multiple cores very thoroughly into a representative composite sample. That’s important because the number of cores making up a sample has a big impact on the reliability of the sample data. Given the limits […]
While attending the recent InfoAg Conference and Trade Show in late July in St. Louis, I had an opportunity to introduce the Falcon Automated Soil Sampling System during a pre-conference tour. I also spoke on the conference program about the profitability of various precision agriculture practices on our North Carolina farm. One thing is clear […]
Farmer experience and university research agree that a good fertility program is a no-brainer when it comes to producing economic yields. But getting the fertilizer in the right place and in the right amounts is not easy. And how you sample your soils is at the root of good fertility decisions. Unfortunately the lower the […]
The Midwest Ag Industries Expo (MAGIE) in Bloomington, IL, in mid-August was a real success for Falcon. This was the first chance for the 2,400 ag retailers and farmers registered for the show to learn about Falcon. We had two rigs at the show, one in our booth and another for live field demonstrations.
