New technology helps record data taken from each farm. Compiling harvest information got a lot easier 'for Beau Romsey when he used the Digi-Star Grain Tracker system during last year's harvest. Romsey, from Gilbert, Iowa, likes downloading harvest information from his scale in the cab to his computer through a USB flash drive. "It is nice to store the information on a thumb drive and put it right on my computer," Romsey says. "It's also helpful for crop insurance since I'm able to say how many bushels were from which field and where they are stored." The system tracks the weight of the grain, the date and time of harvest, the field the grain comes from, the truck that hauls it away, and the accumulated load values. Another added benefit is it allows farmers to ensure that trucks aren't overloaded when leaving the field.
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