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November 10, 2025
K. Elliott Nowels
K. Elliott Nowels, is a veteran ag journalist, publisher and entrepreneur who has covered ag trends and new technology for more than 30 years. He is the former vice president of business development for Meister Media Worldwide and co-founded PrecisionAg.com. He currently operates The Elliott Group, a business development and strategic communications firm, where he has led projects for Ag Gateway, Meristem Crop Performance, Ohio Agribusiness Association, J. R. Simplot, the US Soybean Export Council, and The Fertilizer Institute.
Global Ag Tech Alliance – North America
February 8, 2012
Field Resolution; Farmer Resolution
It was the low corner of a good-sized field. Not especially steep, but certainly subject to erosion, and Lon Bohn liked what he was seeing. He took a few steps into the field and stuck his toe into the...
Global Ag Tech Alliance – North America
January 25, 2012
PrecisionAg: Know More; Grow More
Three growers will share their precision agriculture success stories in a presentation, "PrecisionAg: Know More; Grow More," March 3 at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, TN, during the Commodity Classic.
Global Ag Tech Alliance – North America
November 23, 2011
Investing In What Matters
Representing the PrecisionAg Institute, I offered a 30,000-foot view of precision tools that was part primer, part advanced. As the name suggests, GAIN is about providing a forum for investors, inventors and innovators to connect on future possibilities. Some...
Global Ag Tech Alliance – North America
March 17, 2011
Thoughts From The Commodity Classic
We've long held that profitability from optimizing inputs was the key reason we're seeing more precision ag tools being adopted, but Dr. Tracy Blackmer, of the On-Farm Network and Iowa Soybean Association says that he's seeing an up-tick in...
Global Ag Tech Alliance – North America
December 15, 2008
Precision Agriculture: A Smart Investment
Recent swings of the stock market are shaking up the attitudes of many Americans toward our financial institutions. Many who made significant increases in their wealth through time now find it painful to see the numbers on their statements...
Farm to Fork
December 15, 2007
Precision Powers Profit
Show me the money. That was the challenge many crop producers issued to providers of precision agriculture technology in the 1990s.
Most farmers weren't about to be sucked in by new bells and whistles they felt didn't hold any real...
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