1. 2009 Ag Leader Technology Scholarship
Wade Sohm
2009 Ag Leader Technology Scholarship

2. Background From small farm Graduated high school May 2005
Danbury, IA
Gained general farm experience
Almost no precision agriculture experience
Graduated high school May 2005
Attended ISU from August 2005-Present
Worked on three internships

3. Cyclone Harvesting Second summer on the wheat harvest Summer of 2007
Small custom harvesting company
Harvested wheat, canola, & field peas from southern Oklahoma to Central North Dakota

4. Duties Combine operation Machinery maintenance Logistics planning
Customer focus

5. Iowa State University Summer and Fall of 2008
Worked for the ABE department under Dr. Stuart Birrell
Biomass harvester project
Joint project with John Deere
Development of a biomass / cob collection system

6. Duties New part design Fabrication Testing
Machine operation and maintenance
Data collection

7. Ag Leader Technology Summer of 2009
Worked in the mechanical design department
Worked mainly on development of harvest related products

8. Duties Yield monitor testing Test stand fabrication Data collection
Technical documentation
Problem resolution

9. Precision Ag Huge implementation Necessary for future of agriculture
Efficiency
VRA, autosteer, section control, data collection
High input cost
Seed, fertilizer, fuel, equipment hours
Environmental concerns

10. Future Plans Will be graduating in May, 2010
Looking for full-time career in ag equipment or precision ag industry
Looking at some ground to rent and farm in the next few years

11. Questions?