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Ben Pederson

Benjamin Pederson is a 3rd generation row crop farmer from Lake Mills, Iowa. He also owns and operates Sprout Ag Enterprises, a Precision Planting & 360 Yield Center dealership which specializes in the application of new technologies to farm operations. He and his wife Brooke have 4 children, two girls and twin boys, ages 2 – 6.


Articles Tools And Technology

A Self-Driving Tractor To Nowhere

Mar 11, 2017

by Ben Pederson

What the future of farm technology can tell us about that from which we came. As I approach two decades of being a farmer, there are many good memories to look back on.  The earthy, familiar smell behind that first combine pass. The feel of warming soil in my hands as I dig behind a planter. The sig