If you are visiting my site and wondering a little more about my company and who I am, this blog post hopefully answers those questions for you. My name is Mark Hewitt. I grew up on a farm by Cleveland, MN. It’s one of those towns you can blink and miss it while you drive through. We grow corn and soybeans on my family’s farm. I grew up working alongside my Dad, learning how to fix equipment, grow crops, and take care of animals. Also like most farm kids, I couldn’t wait to leave. After high school I left the farm for the big city of Grand Forks, ND. I had always loved airplanes and flying so it seemed like a good fit to learn how to fly them. I went to a 4-year university and studied to bec
Why would I hire a drone company when I can buy one myself? This tends to be a question farmers ask themselves when trying to decide to hire aerial imagery for their operations or invest in a physical drone for their operation. As a farmer myself, I focus my business on agriculture. I know that farmers have enough rules and regulations to follow and keep track of. I’m also aware that every farmer has more projects and tasks to do than there are hours in a day. I also know that impact to your bottom line is always a factor in investing in a piece of equipment versus hiring the task done. Regulations, licensing, cost, and time are some of the major key factors in hiring your aerial imagery. Th
It is that time of year again! Combines are heading to the field to begin harvest after a season of praying for rain and then praying for heat. It’s shaping up to look like a good harvest in southern MN, so it’s important to make sure you are capturing good data from your monitors. I always say, “Garbage in, Garbage out” when it comes to yield data. The most important factor in valuable harvest data is calibration. Your yield monitors and scaled grain carts need to be calibrated to bring in beneficial data to your operation. Let’s start with grain cart scales. It’s important to make sure your cart’s scale is zeroing out when empty. An effective pre-season check if you have the equipment avai
