Using technology to take care of the land at Lake Erie
Company Size
11-200
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- Agworld
Tech Stack
- Data Analytics
- Collaboration Platform
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Environmental Impact Reduction
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries
- Agriculture
Applicable Functions
- Logistics & Transportation
- Quality Assurance
Use Cases
- Farm Monitoring & Precision Farming
- Remote Asset Management
Services
- Data Science Services
About The Customer
Ryan and Chad Gargas are fifth-generation farmers in Ohio who, together with their father Richard, farm 2,500 acres of highly fertile land close to Lake Erie. Their great-great-grandfather started to farm in 1892 and, with a team of horses, began a threshing operation in 1910. The farming operation has evolved over the years and the Gargas family is very aware of the role that technology has played throughout the different generations. They grow a range of crops from corn, soybeans, wheat, hay, straw, barley and cover crops. The Gargas family decided to buy their own self-propelled sprayer two years ago, so they have better control over their operation. However, they also realized that, with this extra workload, they would have an increased need for visibility of their outstanding jobs.
The Challenge
The Gargas family, fifth-generation farmers in Ohio, were looking to adopt new technology to improve their business practices. They wanted to avoid using a range of different programs for different parts of the business. They had recently purchased their own self-propelled sprayer, which increased their workload and need for visibility of their outstanding jobs. The family farm is located close to Lake Erie, which brings some challenges with it as environmental management laws are getting stricter every year. They were also looking for a way to be proactive in their farming practices to prevent runoff of nitrogen and phosphates, and wind erosion, which could harm Lake Erie.
The Solution
The Gargas family decided to adopt Agworld, a data management platform, so they could collaborate with Luckey Farmers Inc on the same platform and start using data to drive their decision-making process. Agworld provided them with increased visibility of Luckey’s recommendations on what has been applied to each field already and what worked well historically. This allowed the Gargas family to work more efficiently as a team and take the guesswork out of much of their operation. The increased visibility also allowed them to be better stewards of their land. They were able to use Agworld to keep track of their tasks, see what everyone was doing, and have their orders lined up from their agronomist.
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