Lessiter Media’s Jack Zemlicka will be delivering the first presentation during the 2019 Central Ohio Precision Ag Symposium. Zemlicka will address the current adoption trends in precision ag and insights gained from farmers, dealers and manufacturers on where the industry is headed.

The event, sponsored by Ohio State University and Ag Info Tech, the 2015 Precision Farming Dealer Most Valuable Dealership, will take place Jan. 16 in Waldo, Ohio, at All Occasions Catering. Doors for registration will open at 8:30 a.m. Zemlicka’s presentation, Precision Agriculture Adoption, will follow the 9 a.m. welcome address. Following him, there will be three more presentations in the first half of the day:

• Data Considerations in Today’s Crop Production, Dr. John Fulton
• What Will New Datum Changes Mean to Precision Agriculture, Jeff Jalbrzikowski
• Artificial Intelligence – How is it going to change Our Industry, Tim Norris

Included between these presentations will be time for attendees to meet with sponsors of the events. Following the last presentation, there will be an hour-long lunch break.

After lunch, attendees will be able to go to breakout sessions on topics ranging from manufacturing and technology to data/software updates. The event will finish with a closing presentation from Dr. Scott Shearer on the future of precision agriculture. Shearer will also be presenting the keynote presentation at the 2019 Precision Farming Dealer Summit Jan. 7-8 in Indianapolis.