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MyAgData Leader: Getting to Know German Mendoza
We launched our MyAgData leadership series in 2019 to spotlight the people behind our brand. Our series began with a look at women in agriculture as we introduced our COO and co-founder Deb Casurella. We dug into life on the tech side as we spotlighted Ken Ullsperger,...
A New Era For Agriculture Begins April 26th
Mark your calendars: in less than one hundred days, history is being made in the agriculture industry. In the recently signed FY 2021 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, Congress set a deadline of April 26th, 2021 for the USDA to implement Acreage Crop Reporting Streamlining...
Biden Ag Transition Team Can Protect Farmers Starting Day 1
The American agriculture industry has a problem. As COVID-19 surges through the country, setting devastating records, farmers are still being required to submit yearly acreage reports to the USDA, exposing a key component of our economy to a deadly virus. The solution...
One Easy Way to Protect American Agriculture Workers From COVID-19
COVID-19 cases are currently surging in America’s heartland, putting the backbone of our agricultural industry in a perilous position. Though record numbers of people are inundating our hospitals, the work of America’s agricultural industry must press on. Crops still...
Using MyAgData Increases Accuracy and Efficiency
One of the things we’re often told by our customers is that using MyAgData dramatically increases the accuracy and efficiency of their acreage reporting. Here are some of the many reasons our customers say MyAgData is revolutionizing acreage reporting: Eliminates...
MyAgData and Climate FieldView Plus Work Together To Help Growers
How does the MyAgData® and Climate FieldView Plus relationship benefit growers? Climate FieldView Plus users can share planting, harvest maps and field boundaries with MyAgData® to help streamline the crop insurance reporting process and ensure they only pay crop...
7 Easy Steps to Reporting Your Acreage
With MyAgData, you can report your acreage from home in 7 easy steps. Yes, it's that easy! Learn more or reach out and schedule a demo. Step 1: Register to use MyAgData. It's free!Step 2: Select the reporting season.Step 3: Set up your crop preferences and cropping...
MyAgData’s E-Signature Saves Time, Money and…Lives
As insurance agents, we either visit insureds in their homes or have them come to our office when it’s time to complete and review their acreage reports. But in this era of COVID-19 and social distancing, the old way of doing business is no longer feasible...or safe....
Report Acreage From Home? There’s an App for That!
One day, we might compare working in an office to remembering someone's home phone number—something we don't have to do anymore. And someday, someone’s going to figure out how to automate the entire acreage reporting process. No more having to leave your farm. No more...
Meet the 2020 MyAgData Interns
Meet the MyAgData interns. Clockwise from top left: Catherine Largent, Geena Stoll, Madelyn Luke, Dalton Cross. Last week, MyAgData welcomed four dynamic and talented interns to the office. We’d like you to meet them: Dalton Cross Dalton is a rising junior at the...
Make Mom Happy. Report Your Acreage From Home.
Between the global pandemic, Kim Jong-un’s mysterious disappearance and reappearance and the arrival of the “murder hornet,” this quarantine sure hasn’t been a lot of fun. But, we’ve got a weekend event for you to put on your radar...(unless you have something better...
Times are Tough. Safely Reporting Acreage Shouldn’t Be.
Pants aren’t a top priority for many Americans right now. And that’s fine. Comfort is important. Just remember to put them on before checking your mailbox. Last thing you want to do is give your neighbors a new take on the term “junk mail.” Lucky for you, MyAgData has...
Report Your Acreage From Home
Well, we have officially reached day 112 of the year, which is more of an accomplishment than we ever thought it would be back on January 1. We still can’t decide whether time is moving ridiculously slowly or really fast. By the way, today is Tuesday, just in case you...
Stay Safe. Stay Healthy. Report Your Acreage From Home.
Been wearing the same pair of jeans all week? No problem. Can’t pull yourself away from Tiger King? Trust us, we totally get it. MyAgData has been supporting social distancing with robust digital reporting tools since 2012. Submit your acreage report from your couch...
Acreage Reporting Help in a Social Distancing World
Providing exceptional acreage reporting has always been our top priority, but now social distancing means we're focused on the health and safety of our clients, their families and our community. At MyAgData, we already have a very strong digital platform in place, so...
Keep Your Social Distance With Electronic Acreage Reporting
Even in these uncertain times, crops still need to be planted and acres still need to be reported. Fortunately, MyAgData enables producers and crop insurance agents to maintain social distance and handle electronic acreage reporting from the comfort and safety of your...
5 Tips for Accurate Harvest Yield Monitor Calibration
#Harvest19 is in full swing throughout most of the United States and farmers are heads-down, focused on completing harvest before the next rain (or snow!). It’s tempting to allow the “busy work” of harvest distract you from the importance of collecting accurate...
MyAgData Leader: Getting to Know Deb Casurella
When people make the decision to purchase a product or service, they are also investing in the people behind the brand. This theory is no different in the ag industry. It’s important that farmers, service providers and crop insurance agents trust the product or...
Prevented Planting: Make Reporting Acres Easier with MyAgData
What an awful Spring 2019 planting season! Excessive rain and flooding have prevented planting on farms across Farm Country. Many producers have been unable to plant crops by a final planting date or have experienced significant delays in planting. It’s a tough...
MyAgData Leader: Getting to Know Ken Ullsperger
When we launched our ag tech leadership series, we did so with the intention of spotlighting the people behind our brand. Why? Because consumers are more likely to trust a company when they know more about the team behind the brand. Our series began with a look at...
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