9-29 IAN Farm Smart Phones

 I have to confess that in the last several years I have been amazed by how many growers that I know are wearing holsters. But they aren’t loaded with 38’s nor 44’s or any six gun or for that matter. These holsters are clipped to a belts and carry the latest in cellular technology. Let’s talk about the benefits of that in a minute.

 Pioneer is a DuPont Company that is offering a mobile optimized version of www. Pioneer. com. The site is optimized for iPhone, iPod Touch, Android, Blackberry and feature phones. Monica Patterson - Pioneer Senior Marketing Manager - says growers simply type the URL into their mobile device to get routed to the optimized mobile site for their device. That allows growers to access crop management resources, customized information and other tools from the field.  “They can access crop production information to help them make management decisions while they are on the go. There’s a tremendous amount of value to our customers being able to access all the key components that we are offering on mobile pioneer.com. It’s a touch of the finger while they’re standing out in the field. For example, a grower can access his local weather information in his local markets as well as a wealth of agronomy information, I think there is a tremendous amount of value in Pioneer offering all of that information for growers to access while they are on the go everywhere they grow.