Precision Agriculture – Today and Tomorrow

Higher Technology for Higher Profits

Where are you?     Startup….Intermediate….Advanced?
As Precision Agriculture moves from an innovative specialty idea of a few years ago to a mainstream farming practice today growers are finding themselves in one of three major groups:

• Startup
• Intermediate
• Advanced

You’re the only person who can assign your place on the growing adoption curve.  You know exactly where you are today when it comes to using the tools of adopted and which ones you’d like to use – all to boost profit margins and increase the value of your farming operation.

If you’re like other farmers, you also have a good idea of where you want this new science of agriculture to take you.

That’s the major purpose of this issue of our “FIELDSTAR®Field Report” – to help you get to your desired level of skill in Precision Agriculture (PA) so you can harvest more of the rewards and benefits this management approach has to offer.

Eye on the Big Picture
When you think about it, Precision Agriculture is not really new.  Your grandfather practiced it long ago when he found certain fields produced better yields on certain crops than others, and decided where to place the permanent pasture. Then, he planted crops that yielded higher on more fertile land.

Through the years, this process of continuous improvement has been the hallmark of Agriculture – hybrids, fertilizers, crop protection tools, equipment advances and more.

What is new today, though, is the scientific advancements that have been made to literally put space-age technology in your hands…concepts that your grandfather probably never even dreamed about (or if he did, he kept them to himself).

Also, what’s important today is that whatever stage you’re at in applying Precision Agriculture to your operations, it’ll pay you to step back and look at the big picture.  Study, review and understand the tools that are available for your farming operation.  Then, set your goals and take off.

Tools of Precision Agriculture Yield monitor tied to DGPS Variable rate equipment for fertilizer, pesticides, seed (VRT) Satellite images, high and low resolution Soil conductivity analysis and mapping Digital soil maps Topographic maps Yield maps Computer software GPS navigation – lightbar guidance for parallel swathing Farmer’s own knowledge of the field

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