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Agriculture Technology Podcast

Ep. 217 - Model Year 2026 Precision Upgrades for Planters and Air Seeders

Agriculture Technology Podcast

RDO Equipment Co.

Technology

4.248 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

From full planter rebuilds to simple meter swaps, John Deere’s 2026 Precision Upgrades offer more ways than ever for farmers to bring the latest technology to the equipment they already own. In this episode of the Agriculture Technology Podcast, host Tony Kramer sits down with Taryn Fischels, Product Marketing Manager at John Deere, to explore the new Model Year 2026 Precision Upgrade Kits for planters and air seeders.These upgrades are designed with flexibility in mind — whether you’re running a newer machine that just needs a meter update or an older unit ready for a complete overhaul. Taryn shares how each kit is built to meet farmers where they’re at, helping them stay current with evolving planting and seeding technology to improve performance and profitability. Topics We Cover: - What Precision Upgrade Kits are - Newly rebranded Ultimate Planter Upgrade for full planter transformations- Meter-Only Upgrades for MaxEmerge 5e and ExactEmerge - The 1910 Accurate Meter Upgrade for air seedersWhether you’re ready to refresh your planter or fine-tune your air seeder, this conversation covers everything you need to know about John Deere’s 2026 precision upgrades.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Tony Kramer, your host of the Agriculture Technology podcast, and I'm sitting down with

0:06.3

agriculture technology and equipment experts to help you enhance your operation for today, tomorrow,

0:12.6

and into the future. In this episode, we talk with Terran Fishhels about some of the new

0:18.7

John Deere Pre upgrade kit offerings.

0:23.7

With that, let's dive into the show. Like I said, we are sitting down with Taryn from

0:29.3

John Deere to talk about some of the new precision upgrade offerings that are coming to market

0:35.9

here in the month of June. So, Taryn, before we get

0:40.7

started, why don't you go ahead and introduce yourself. Tell us a little bit about who you are,

0:47.0

what you do, and how you got to where you are today. Thanks, Tony. First off, I wanted to say thank

0:53.1

you for having me here on this show. I've listened to many episodes over some of my long work drive, so I'm very excited to be here. Like you said, my name is Taryn Pistols, and I'm a product marketing manager for precision upgrades at John Deere, particularly our planting and air seeding precision upgrades. I've been with

1:12.9

John Deere for almost eight years now, which is pretty hard to believe, but come from northeast

1:20.5

Iowa, Denver in particular, we call it the mile wide city, not the mile high, like Denver,

1:26.9

Colorado. But like I said, I've been with

1:30.3

deer for eight years. I come from what I say is the John Deer family. My dad is actually a production

1:35.7

worker at the Waterloo Tractor Factory. And my uncle and my cousin worked for Deer too. So it's near and dear

1:41.4

to my heart and to my family but my journey at deer started started

1:47.1

after college and I've had a lot of really cool experiences I'll all say anything from precision

1:54.6

eggs so so you as a dealer or even a farmer troubleshooting some some I-G and precision ag equipment when you need to call

2:02.9

John Deere. You might have gotten me on the phone at one point in time. And after that, I went

2:07.9

into a training role where I helped create some videos for Operation Center there on YouTube.

2:14.4

And then after that, went and did some time with our cotton harvesting business, which

2:19.6

growing up in Iowa was super cool to learn about. And then most recently, I've been in our

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