Fort Hays Tech Northwest - Precision Agriculture

09/21/2026

We'll be at Flatlanders this Saturday September 26th! Stop by our booth to enter for a chance to win and hangout with the Precision Ag crew! It'll be a great day!

09/10/2026

Big thank you to all who came to our Agriculture Tech Day! Shout out to the experts who provided the live demonstrations for the day: Golden Plains AG Tech, Lazy T Precision Services LLC, American Implement, Dorn Seeds, Precision Planting, and Fort Hays Tech Northwest - Precision Agriculture We appreciate all you do to support agriculture and continued education in the industry!

Thank you to all of the schools that participated in our event!

Check out some photos of the day!

09/10/2026

Thank you everyone! It was a great day in agriculture!

08/26/2026

What a great event at Kelly Hills! We were able to see a lot of great technology coming into the ag industry and talk with some fantastic companies that are driving this forward! Thank you for having us! We learned a lot!

08/21/2026

Come out and join us! All are welcome! We have a fantastic group of local industry professionals that will be set up to talk about new technologies in agriculture!

🌾 Agriculture Tech Day is coming to the Fort Hays Tech | Northwest Water Technology Farm!

Join us Wednesday, September 9 from 9:00 AM–1:00 PM MT for a hands-on look at how technology is changing agriculture across our region.

See live demonstrations featuring:
• AI-powered spray technology
• Soil sampling and variable rate technology
• Moisture probe technology
• Combine technology and JD Operations Center
• Fertilizer alternatives and bio-organics
• Subsurface irrigation and water conservation

🚜 AREA HIGH SCHOOLS: Bring your students! This is a great opportunity for agriculture classes, FFA chapters, and students interested in ag careers to see today’s technology in action and connect with industry professionals.

The event is also open to the community, so producers, industry partners, alumni, and anyone interested in agriculture are encouraged to attend.

📍 Water Technology Farm
1200 E. 8th St., Goodland, KS
🕘 9:00 AM–1:00 PM MT
🍽 Lunch served at noon

Featuring experts from Golden Plains AG Tech, Lazy T Precision Services LLC, American Implement, Dorn Seeds, Precision Planting, and Fort Hays Tech Northwest - Precision Agriculture

Live demonstrations. Industry experts. Hands-on technology.

05/21/2026

With this school year officially at it's end, I would like to give one final Tiger thank you to all of the other individuals, business's, and partners that helped out our program this year that i have not mentioned in prior posts! If I forget to include anyone, please let me know. There were quite a few!

Thatcher Jones - Lazy-T Precision Ag
Vand Water
Woofter Construction
Hitchcocks
Shores
Hoovers
Andy Davis - Golden Plains Precision Ag
Central Plains Ag
Tim Franklin - Franklin Farms
Kansas Water Office
Jack Polifka - GMD4
Precision Planting
Steve Lehr - FESTO
Steve Evret
Meghan Thomas - Sherman County Farm Bureau / Black Hide Beef Company
Brooks Brenn - Channel Seed
Ag Leader
Eric Betschart - Aqua Spy
Hunter Irrigation
Rich Rundlet - Raindance LLC
Wheat Ridge Farms
Helena Agri-Enterprises
Hillside Seed
BTI

Thank you all for your support and knowledge to help guide our students into bright futures! We'll see you again in August!

05/17/2026

05/16/2026

2025-2026 school year at a glimpse. Congratulations Tyler Hill, Trevor Pleoger, Austin Keim, Fallon Bamford, Calvin Evins, and Tucker Baalman!!

05/15/2026

With our planting season wrapped up at the Tech Farm, I want to give a huge Tiger thank you to Michael & Kaden Dorn with Dorn Seed! Without their help and expertise, our season wouldn't have been what it was! Thank you gentleman!

I also want to give a shout out to Wilson Henry & Kenny with Becks Seed, and also to David Brachtenbach with DeKalb seed. Your plots went in without a hitch!

Every single one of these gentlemen are always quick to jump in and help teach our students something new and are eager to help where needed. Thank you so much for another great year!

05/15/2026

We want to give a massive Tiger shoutout to American Implement in Goodland, Kansas! They came out to demo a tractor and 24 row planter on our half pivot! Because of them our students got to witness first hand what today's technology has to offer in agriculture, and even got the opportunity to operate the equipment. Everyone at John Deere has been very accommodating this school year to our students. And hey! We got planting done early this year because of their support! So thank you American Implement & John Deere! We cannot wait to have you back at our farm again next school year!

I would also like to give a specific shoutout to Kyle Shimizu, Tucker Baalman, and Aaron Duell. Without them, this demo day wouldn't have happened! Thank you!

And one final shoutout to Wyatt! He stayed late with a couple of our 2nd year students to finish our fields! For that, I cannot give enough thanks! You all are rockstars!