In today’s Ag operations, every inch matters. Whether you’re putting the crop in, applying fertilizer or managing drainage, precision machine control minimizes inputs and maximizes profitability. For sub-inch accuracy you can count on 24-hours a day, trust your RTK GPS signal service to Rural Tower Network. Our ever-expanding tower network brings the precision and repeatability of RTK to nearly 20 million acres of farmland in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Utilized by the top guidance system manufactures in the world – Agco/Challenger (Trimble), CaseIH (Trimble) and John Deere (AMS) – Real Time Kinematic (RTK) satellite navigation is the leading methodology for agriculture equipment and implement positioning. Through the use of dual frequency mobile receivers and radio transmitters, RTK provides differential signal correction that is accurate within an inch in both horizontal and vertical axes. Today growers utilize RTK technology in nearly ever facet of their operations, from planting to harvest and everything in between.
Rural Tower Network is the exclusive network provider of the RTK signal in the Upper Midwest. Taking the place of owner-operated base stations that are costly to purchase and maintain, Rural Tower Network provides the most affordable, reliable way of adopting RTK technology to reduce inputs in the spring and bump yields in the fall.