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Kyle Plattner

@kyleplattner

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Husband and father passionate about agriculture and technology. Member of the @JohnDeere team focused on Operations Center Mobile.

Illinois, USA
Joined May 2012
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
7 years
Several years ago I would have never noticed this. Now I can't pass by without noticing how beautiful it looks.
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Kyle Plattner
5 years
Excited to have joined the ⁦ @JohnDeere ⁩ team. Great first couple days.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
6 months
Excited to show @JohnDeere Operations Center Mobile to a non-ag audience today at CES! Attendees can control a live autonomous 8R in Austin from our booth in Vegas—all from a mobile phone. And see it move on the live video stream. A great way to show off the future of ag.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
5 years
After an incredible 8 years working on @FieldView Cab the time has come for the next challenge. It's hard to overstate how difficult this decision was. I love the app, our customers, and so many co-workers at Climate. I'll be silent for awhile through the upcoming transition.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
7 years
Same girl. Same field. Same place. Just five months later and another season passed.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
2 years
Leif Edward Plattner. 14 days overdue. 9 lbs 6 oz. Welcome to our tribe, Leif. You’ve made me the glad father of a son. We are so grateful and blessed by your arrival.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
5 years
Coming soon, @FieldView Cab 8.1 adds the ability to enter hybrids by scanning bag tags using the iPad’s camera. Get all your hybrids and varieties entered accurately today so that they can be easily selected from a pick list while in the cab on planting day.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
3 years
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
5 years
What the first beta version of @FieldView Cab looked like 8 years ago. It's been an incredible journey from there.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
3 years
2022 promises to keep us busy. Round four, here we come!
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
6 years
We feel very blessed and thankful to welcome Evelyn Mae Plattner. Daughter #3 , 9 lbs 4 oz, 20 inches, and 13 days overdue. Nice to meet you Ev, better late than never.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
3 months
Weather monitoring has come to @JohnDeere Operations Center Mobile! The 8.0 release adds the ability to view recent rainfall amounts by field and current or forecasted conditions. And this is just the beginning!
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
5 years
Few things are more underestimated by the general public than the essential role technology plays in agriculture. That’s my takeaway after finishing day 1 of working the @JohnDeere booth at @CES 2020.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
4 years
Check out the latest release of the @JohnDeere MyOperations app which makes it easier to select the desired map layer, adds the ability to edit incorrect variety names, delete unwanted data, and view weather conditions documented for each application.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
6 years
The oldest turned four today and the youngest is getting displaced this August.
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Kyle Plattner
1 year
The latest version of @JohnDeere Operations Center Mobile allows you to monitor the current fill level of your sprayer from anywhere. Great way for the tender to keep track of how much longer they have before the next refill. Just need a Gen4 display in the sprayer.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
3 years
In the latest release of @JohnDeere Operations Center Mobile we've added working vs idle status and speed next to the equipment icon. This makes it really easy to see exactly what's happening out in the field without a lot of taps, just a quick glance of the map. More to come!
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
6 years
The next update of @FieldView Cab, version 7.4, adds weather conditions to the Metrics Pane so they can be monitored in the cab while spraying. View Wind Speed at boom height (3 ft), Wind Direction, Temperature, Humidity, and Estimated Inversion Risk forecasted for the next hour.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
5 years
Best time of the year.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
3 years
And then she was six…
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
6 years
We just released @FieldView Cab 7.7 which adds the ability to adjust yield by combine, change the yield units for each crop, view a Harvest Date Field Report, Log Out, track NH3 stabilizers, create manual Spreader maps, and more. See the details here:
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
27 days
Cinco. October.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
10 months
The latest release of @JohnDeere Operations Center Mobile adds the ability to remotely monitor how full the grain bin level is on select combines! The grain cart operator's best friend this fall!
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
2 years
The latest release of @JohnDeere Operations Center Mobile adds the ability see how many acres per hour is being covered by any piece of equipment.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
5 years
The next release of @FieldView Cab, version 8.2, adds the ability to create a Custom Map when planting or applying with Drive connected equipment. Use it to mark a planting trial, track where different Anhydrous tanks were used, or document which barn manure was sourced from.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
7 years
Here's a screenshot from six years ago of what ended up becoming @FieldView Cab. It proved that 20/20 data could be mapped while planting.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
5 years
Released @FieldView Cab 8.1 this morning which includes new Drive compatibility, seed bag tag scanning, Switch Accounts, Yield by Seed Treatment, the ability to map planter Applications with an incompatible liquid rate controller, and more. Details here:
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
5 years
In @FieldView Cab 8.0 just zoom out while viewing any map to see Precipitation Radar animated over the next 4 hours.
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Kyle Plattner
5 years
Based on your feedback, @FieldView Cab 8.1 adds an option to the Metrics Pane to show the forecasted temperature 30 hours from the current time in the current field. This helps you evaluate the potential risk of the seed experiencing a cold chill in the key hours after planting.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
6 years
Based on your feedback we've added an Acres Remaining option to the Metrics Pane in @FieldView Cab. It begins with field boundary acres and counts down while traveling through the field.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
3 years
Check out the latest @JohnDeere Operations Center Mobile release focused on adding easier ways to find what you are looking for on the map and significant improvements to equipment and work monitoring! Tracking what’s happening out in the field this spring just got a lot easier!
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
1 month
The latest version of @JohnDeere Operations Center Mobile shows you the location and details of each of the round bales you drop while harvesting.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
1 year
Did you know that @JohnDeere Operations Center Mobile can start and monitor autonomous work? Check out this clip of me starting autonomous tillage from my phone while standing at the edge of the field. This is just the beginning!
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
3 years
We’ve renamed the @JohnDeere MyOperations app to Operations Center mobile! Check out the first release of 2021. The new Plan tab allows you to create plans with all the key Work Setup details, send them to a Gen4, and the operator just confirms them when arriving at the field.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
6 years
The next version of @FieldView Cab adds a Sprayer Speed map. Track the impact of speed on application quality.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
5 years
8 years ago today. Thanks for sticking with me. I love you more than ever.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
6 years
In @FieldView Cab 7.7 growers with a Scale-Tec Bluetooth equipped weigh cart can show the last measured weight in the left Metrics Pane.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
5 years
I hope I can still be her hero in 10 years. God help me be half the dad she thinks I am.
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Kyle Plattner
6 years
The next version of @FieldView Cab adds a new way to create Field Regions by allowing you to select specific portions of planter or sprayer passes. Just tap to select, enter details, save it, and analyze after harvest. It's never been easier to document and evaluate field trials.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
6 years
Now it's possible to view your @FieldView maps in , including the ability to use SplitView.
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Kyle Plattner
4 years
Post-calibrating harvest data has never been easier. The latest release of the @JohnDeere MyOperations app allows you to correct yield by entering the total number of bushels or weight and moisture for any field you've harvested.
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Kyle Plattner
3 years
As you look back on how this last season went, check out the new maps and metrics recently added to Field Analyzer Beta in @JohnDeere Operations Center Web! Productivity (ac/hr) by machine, an Equipment map, a Date map, and more. Coming soon to mobile as well.
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Kyle Plattner
5 years
Coming soon in @FieldView Cab 8.2.7 is the option to add Estimated Time Remaining to the Metrics Pane while planting, spraying, or harvesting. It uses the number of acres remaining and the acres per hour average to estimate how much longer it will take to finish the field.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
6 years
Coming soon, @FieldView Cab 7.7 adds the ability to adjust yield for each combine that harvested in a field. Manually adjust weight for each combine or tap Auto-Adjust to automatically distribute yield more consistently and proportional to the area harvested by each combine.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
7 months
The latest release of @JohnDeere Operations Center Mobile adds a Tank Mix Calculator! And the ability to copy a Tank Mix so you can quickly build a new mix starting with an existing one. Creating and managing Tank Mixes on-the-go has never been easier!
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
3 years
Ten years ago today I made a promise to my best friend. No regrets. On to the next decade...
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Kyle Plattner
1 year
Receive an alert any time your equipment drives over a set speed or idles longer than a specified time threshold with Custom Alerts, now available in the latest release of @JohnDeere Operations Center Mobile. Stay on top of everything that's happening from anywhere. Check it out!
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
5 years
Crossed the @JohnDeere Pavilion in Moline off the list today. Girls enjoyed it. Definitely worth checking out.
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Kyle Plattner
2 months
Visualize prescriptions when adding them to work plans in the latest release of @JohnDeere Operations Center Mobile.
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Kyle Plattner
6 years
It's now possible to fix incorrectly entered Hybrid names in your @FieldView planting maps. Do this and more by clicking Fix Data under the Settings menu at . Learn more here:
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Kyle Plattner
4 years
Check out the latest @JohnDeere MyOperations release which introduces Home, the best way to stay connected to what's happening across the farm. Track seasonal progress, see where your equipment is, and look at all your notifications and field work in an infinitely scrolling feed.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
5 years
Based on your feedback, @FieldView Cab 8.2.7, adds the ability to get directions to a field in the next version of @FieldView Cab. Just tap on the field icon and then tap Get Field Directions or select that option that appears temporarily on screen when switching fields.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
6 years
Incredibly thankful for these girls. They are a huge blessing in my life and I'm grateful for the opportunity to be a husband and a father.
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Kyle Plattner
6 years
Based on your feedback, the next version of @FieldView Cab, version 7.6 adds Estimated Bushels Remaining and Estimated Weight Remaining as options in the Metrics Pane.
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Kyle Plattner
5 years
Beta for Teragator 9300, Rogator 1300, or Deere R4045 owners: install an Airmar weather station on your applicator and see a live Wind Speed / Direction map in @FieldView Cab. Also Temperature, Humidity, and Relative Wind Direction in the Metrics Pane w/ alerts. DM if interested.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
2 years
See an accurate estimate of how much longer it will take to finish the current field in @JohnDeere Operations Center Mobile. The estimate uses both historical & current productivity, factoring in things like turn times. Requires a field boundary & Gen4 displays in each machine.
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Kyle Plattner
4 years
Oldest daughter turns six today. Opinions shared increased 10x since our last birthday date.
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Kyle Plattner
1 year
The latest version of @JohnDeere Operations Center Mobile adds a Setup tab—for on the go edits to your organization's equipment, fields, and varieties, products, and tank mixes! With Data Sync enabled, all changes sync to your Gen4 displays seamlessly. More to come!
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Kyle Plattner
10 months
By popular request, we've improved the Land section of the Setup tab in the latest release of @JohnDeere Operations Center Mobile, like the ability to quickly reference the heading of Guidance lines!
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
6 years
Coming soon in @FieldView Cab 7.6, the Season Summary provides an easy way to view every pass through the field over a season, quickly add new activities manually, and create a Summary PDF report.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
2 years
Zone Analysis in @JohnDeere Operations Center Mobile allows you to use simple drawing tools to analyze yield by variety and yield by target seeding rate in just a selected area within a field. It's an easy way to evaluate the results of trials after harvest.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
6 years
We just released @FieldView Cab 7.4, which includes new Drive Sprayer compatibility with Raven and Ag Leader rate controllers (), real-time weather in the Metrics Pane, MapAnything for Sprayers (), and more:
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Kyle Plattner
7 years
Based on your feedback, the next @FieldView Cab release keeps the last used legend settings when moving to the next field of the same crop.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
6 years
View tiling maps in @FieldView Cab by uploading them as line-based Shapefiles using the Import page at .
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
5 years
Switch Accounts is coming soon in @FieldView Cab 8.1. Be logged into multiple accounts at the same time and switch between them without redownloading data.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
9 months
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Kyle Plattner
6 years
The next version of @FieldView Cab includes a Log Out button on the Settings page.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
5 years
Dinner date with my birthday girl. Four years old today.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
3 years
The latest @JohnDeere Operations Center Mobile release brings powerful improvements to equipment monitoring. See exactly what each piece of equipment in your organization is doing and how it's performing, either right now or in the past. Check it out!
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Kyle Plattner
10 months
Just added to the Setup tab in @JohnDeere Operations Center Mobile: a new Team section, with the ability to Add Staff, Partners, and Operators right from within the app! The easiest and quickest way to manage who has access to your organization while on the go!
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
4 years
Merry Christmas!
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
4 years
The latest release of the @JohnDeere MyOperations app just made it easier to make corrections to Application data. Have the wrong Product or Tank Mix get documented across several fields? Now you can batch correct them all at once from anywhere right from your phone or tablet.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
6 years
Excited to have released @FieldView Cab 7.6 this morning with Spreader and Silage Harvester compatibility, the Season Summary, lbs/ac yield reporting, and more. More details about 7.6: The Season Summary:
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Kyle Plattner
3 years
See speed next to the equipment icon in the latest release of @JohnDeere Operations Center Mobile. We'd like to add more options to show there besides just speed. What would be the top options you'd like to see there?
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Kyle Plattner
4 years
We've heard your feedback. You've asked for more ways to edit your data from anywhere. The latest release of the @JohnDeere MyOperations mobile app adds the ability to quickly and easily edit the recorded area of any seeding, application, harvest, or tillage work.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
5 years
Walking FPS19 with the oldest.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
6 years
Looks like it’s girl round three.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
5 years
I would keep all three this age for at least another year if I had the ability.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
5 years
With @FieldView Cab 8.1 you can map any application being made while planting even if the rate controller isn't Drive compatible. Just manually enter the application rate and the map and reports will be collected along with the rest of your planting maps.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
6 years
Based on your feedback @FieldView Cab 7.7 adds a Harvest Date Field Report which quickly gives you a breakdown of acres and bushels harvested for each day.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
6 years
Based on your feedback, we've added a new Current Hybrid Avg Yield option to the Metrics Pane in @FieldView Cab 7.5.3. It shows the average yield for the hybrid you are currently harvesting. Great for the operator or someone using RemoteView.
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Kyle Plattner
6 years
We've been seeing about a 4x to 6x speed increase when testing the new 2018 iPad Pro against the iPad Air 2 in @FieldView Cab map building comparisons. Pretty impressive upgrade.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
5 years
We released @FieldView Cab 8.2.7 which includes the ability to get directions to a field, adds Planted and Applied Date columns to Planting and Application Analysis, added Estimated Time Remaining as a Metrics Pane option, added a Remove All button for Prescriptions, and more.
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Kyle Plattner
7 years
The next release of @FieldView Cab adds the ability to easily create and share a Field Region Report in a printable PDF.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
6 years
Excited to release @FieldView Cab 7.5 this morning. It includes new Drive compatibility, Yield by Seed Treatment, Pass-based Field Regions, Manual Harvest Maps, and more. Check out the details here:
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Kyle Plattner
5 years
Excited to have released @FieldView Cab 8.0 this morning which includes Analysis operation wide reports and animated radar on the map. See more details here:
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Kyle Plattner
2 years
It’s been a good year. Here’s to another.
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Kyle Plattner
6 years
We've added a new GPS Adjustment tool in @FieldView Cab to help address situations where your combine head is not lining up with your planting pass due to GPS drift. Here is an article explaining how it works:
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Kyle Plattner
7 years
Interesting to see the strong correlations between Organic Matter and Yield when looking at SmartFirmer maps from 2017 in SplitView. The next @FieldView Cab release adds five new SmartFirmer maps for the 2018 planting season.
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Kyle Plattner
6 years
I'm always impressed by the detail shown in the @FieldView maps made with @precision_plant SmartFirmers.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
5 years
Salvage a yield map ruined by uncalibrated combines in a few seconds using Auto-Adjust in @FieldView Cab. See how here:
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Kyle Plattner
5 years
Daddy daughter date night to celebrate her birthday. Hard to believe it’s been five years.
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Kyle Plattner
2 years
Eleven years ago today she said yes. Now we are a family of six and I couldn't be more grateful. Grace upon grace.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
6 years
The next release of @FieldView Cab, version 7.3, is focused on adding tools that make it easier to analyze and report on the Application data collected with sprayers. Here is a short video showing a preview of what's coming soon.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
3 months
View Rainfall Since Midnight and Rainfall Yesterday for every field in your field list in the latest release of @JohnDeere Operations Center Mobile. More options coming in the future!
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
3 years
We just made Fields, Equipment, and Flags much easier to find in the @JohnDeere Operations Center Mobile app! Type in a search term and see the results highlighted on the Map for clear visibility and quick selection.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
6 years
Don't have a combine that's compatible with the Drive? The next version of @FieldView Cab adds the ability to create Harvest maps by entering the total weight, average moisture, and harvest date along with the option to base yield variability off a selected Field Health image.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
2 years
We've listened and responded to your feedback. With the latest release of @JohnDeere Operations Center Mobile it's now possible to customize what metric is displayed in the Equipment Status bubbles. Configure under Map Settings, Equipment Status. Keep the feedback coming!
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
3 years
See exactly where your equipment is with the latest @JohnDeere Operations Center Mobile release! The location of all equipment with a 4G MTG will update on the map every 5 seconds.
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@kyleplattner
Kyle Plattner
6 years
The @FieldView Cab 7.0 release adds the ability to map liquid Applications while planting. Collect data on every product in the planting pass.
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