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Marshalltown Location
3006 S Center St
Marshalltown, IA 50158

Phone: (641) 752-1527
Toll Free: (800) 542-7803
Fax: (641) 752-7087

Main contact
Larry Southard
Email: lsouthard@southards.com



Grinnell Location
1318 West St S
Grinnell, IA 50112

Phone: (641) 236-6514
Toll Free: (888) 524-4020
Fax: (641) 236-8339

Main Contact
Dave Gibbs
Email: dgibbs@southards.com



Tama Location
1702 E 5th St
Tama, IA 52339

Phone: (641) 484-5225
Toll Free: (800)-873-5855
Fax: (641) 484-3386

Main Contact
Harold “Herk” Schmidt
Email: hschmidt@southards.com





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Marshalltown
Eric Engle
Eric Engle
641-750-0084
eengle@southards.com
 
Tama

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Daniel Parizek
641-751-3716
dparizek@southards.com


Grinnell

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Jared Herzberg
641-990-6629
kquinlan@southards.com


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For your information:
 
Green Star 2 System
The Green Star Display provides:
  • Automatic Field guidance
  • Aerial view of your field
  • On-screen mapping
  • Field documentation
Scalable Accuracy
The StarFire iTC dual-frequency receiver gives you “scalable accuracy” with three levels.
  • SF1: +/- 13 inches pass-to-pass accuracy – Free Signal
  • SF2: +/-   4 inches pass-to-pass accuracy at the receiver.Requires subscription for corrected signal.
  • StarFire RTK: +/- inch pass-to-pass accuracy continually repeatable year after year. Requires corrected signal from your own base station or signal rental from Southard’s RTK tower network
Universal Steering System
Add a Universal Steering System to your older John Deere or non-John Deere vehicles.

John Deere’s AutoTrac Universal Steering Kit can be installed on nearly all models of tractors and vehicles.

John Deere’s AutoTrac universal Steering Kit works with either the Original GreenStar System component, or the all-new GreenStar 2 display.
 


All Components Move Easily from Machine to Machine
 
GreenStar 2 2600
Display Features
  • Easy to read, vivid color
  • On-screen mapping
  • Touch-screen navigation (GSD 2600)
  • Configurable “home page”
  • Compact Flash card slot
  • USB port – keyboard access
  • Two RS232 ports for non-John Deere receivers and rate controllers
  • Display control with three mounting locations (option on GSD 2600)
Guidance Views
  • Viewable headland boundaries
  • Boundary proximity signal
  • Perspective and Overhead views
  • Multiple A-B lines per field
  • Guidance path accuracy indicator
GreenStar 2 1800
  • ISO virtual terminal
  • Manual guidance on-screen mapping
  • USB data port
  • Available Pro Modules include AutoTrac, Swath Control Pro, and PivotPro
Software Modules
  • GreenStar Basics pre-installed on both displays
  • GreenStar AutoTrac with Curve Track
  • PivotPro for concentric circles
  • Parallel Tracking
  • Documentation & Farm Data Management
  •  Asset Management
 
John Deere GreenStar™ Apex


 
 
GreenStar Apex is the latest desktop field mapping software from John Deere AMS. Built all new from the ground up, it includes the latest technology in mapping in a user friendly format. Here are just some of the features that Apex will bring to your farm:
  • Multi-client: Every copy of Apex will be multi-client capable.
  • Tree Structure: All data in Apex is organized in an easy to navigate format to allow you to get to the maps you want quickly and easily.
  • Backwards Compatibility: Apex will have the ability to unload Combine Yield Mapping files (.GSY), Field Doc and Harvest Doc files (.GSD), boundary files (.GSB), as well as any data collected with the GS2 system.
  • Easy Unloading: There is no cumbersome editing of data with Apex. With the click of a button the data seamlessly unloads.
  • Easy Saving to Data Card: Apex will allow you to choose which Fields, Products and Machines will be saved to the card.
  • Auto-Legends: Apex will automatically build legends from your collected data.
  • Reference Data: Apex uses GSDNet to access a list of the industries latest crop, chemical, and variety names so you don’t have to enter them manually.
  • Shape File Import: Apex’s open architecture is capable of importing point and polygon shape files in the industry’s most common projections.
  • A/B Line Management: Apex allows you to store and even create you’re a/B lines under their appropriate fields for later use in the GS2 System.
  • Aerial Photos: Apex is capable of accessing aerial photos of your fields with a click of a button via GSDNet.
  • Split Screens: View more than one map layer at once with Apex’s split screen function.
Rate Controller Upgrade
  • Documents pesticide application rates, locations, and other important application information.
  • Target and actual rates are recorded to the compact flash card and can be downloaded in Apex Farm Management Software.
  • Can also be used to apply crop protection prescription rates to pull-type sprayer & planter operations.
  • Minimizes skips and overlaps.
  • Enables automatic boom section control with pull-type sprayers, fertilizers & planters.
     
Swath Controller Upgrade
  • Product is only applied where and when it is intended for extremely efficient chemical application.
  • When used with AutoTrac eliminates skips and reduces overlap in the field.
  • More precise field passes allows coverage of more acres in less time.
  • Swath controllers on self-propelled sprayers controls individual boom sections and their spray nozzles by turning them on and off automatically.
  • Control planter sections to minimize over planting.
Itec Pro, iGuide
  • Used on 8030 Series Wheel Tractors with integrated AutoTrac.
  • Automates implement controls, ground speed, and end turns at headland and interior boundaries.
  • Slows down the tractor, raises implements, controls PTO engagement, and operates other functions to allow complete automation of the tractor at the headland boundary.
AutoTrac Row Sense
  • The system accurately guides the combine down the row at optimal harvesting speeds and even helps maneuver around curves, through waterways, or in weedy areas. Steering is handled by the AutoTrac system while the corn head, with Row Sense, makes small adjustments to keep the machine on the row to maximize harvest, even in down corn.
     
JDLink™ Machine Messenger
Also available from John Deere Ag Management Solutions for your John Deere tractors is a wireless communications system, JDLink Machine Messenger. This cellular and Web-based communications system enables effective management of a fleet of equipment—whether it is a fleet of two, 20, or 200 machines. The system will report machine location, usage, and productivity information along with diagnostic codes. JDLink Machine Messenger is one of many system solutions from John Deere to enhance the productivity of your machines.
 
Two levels of JDLink functionality exist.

JDLink Select is an all-makes solution that provides equipment hours, location, and maintenance alerts features. JDLink Ultimate is compatible with certain John Deere vehicles and adds the features of diagnostic trouble codes and machine utilization data.
 

Stellar Support RTK Tower Locator
shows where all the RTK towers are located within the United States. This link will take you to the John Deere website.