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Precision Agriculture

Precision Agriculture. What Is Precision Agriculture?. The practice of managing each acre of your farm to reach it’s highest economic yield through the use of various tools and practices. Precision Agriculture Tools. G lobal P ositioning S ystem

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Precision Agriculture

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  1. Precision Agriculture

  2. What Is Precision Agriculture? • The practice of managing each acre of your farm to reach it’s highest economic yield through the use of various tools and practices.

  3. Precision Agriculture Tools • Global Positioning System • Collect soil samples and yield data from your fields and attach exact longitude and latitude coordinates to that data • Go back to the same locations to collect further data or apply inputs based on your data • Mapping software • Create colored maps of data collected • A Geographic Information System • Layer different maps for further analysis

  4. GlobalPositioning System

  5. GlobalPositioning System • Accuracy within 50 to 300 ft • Good for navigation for hunters, boats, airplanes and cars • Inexpensive • Not accurate enough for agriculture

  6. Coast Guard Correction Coast Guard Tower

  7. Coast Guard Correction • Sub meter accuracy • Great for agriculture • Free differential correction • Signal has not been real reliable in the past • With Louisville tower now in service reliability has been improved • It is a radio signal so hills and trees do have an effect on signal quality

  8. Satellite Correction Correction Signal

  9. Satellite Correction • Sub meter accuracy • Great for agriculture • Subscription fee • Most reliable GPS correction available • Signal comes from overhead so trees and hills do not interfere

  10. Uses for GPS • Grid soil sampling • VRA fertilizer and lime • VRA chemicals • VRA seed • Site specific tillage • Yield monitors • Guidance systems • Many more

  11. Mapping Software • Allows you to create maps of each variable within the field • Gives a graphic image of the variability within the field • Creates recommendation maps to apply different rates to each area of the field

  12. Geographic Information System • Allow you to layer several different maps of the same field to further analyze the data • Gives you a three dimensional look at your fields

  13. Aglink Software • Agris aglink software is our geographic information system • Industry standard • Provides us with the analytical tools needed to extract valuable information

  14. Point Data

  15. Grid Mapping

  16. Contoured Mapping

  17. Grid Vrs. Contoured Mapping

  18. Smart Sampling E

  19. Smart Sampling E

  20. Smart Sampling E

  21. Smart Sampling N

  22. Smart Sampling

  23. Benefits to the Farmer • Allows you to determine areas of high and low fertility levels within a field and apply fertilizer and lime to those areas accordingly. • Improve weed control by applying lime and chemicals at the proper rates for each area of the field. • Add value to your farm land and to you as a tenant. • Help obtain the maximum economic yield for every acre.

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