Thinking About Putting Data to Work on Your Farm?
When the time is right to make a move to add data into a farm operation, setting up precision agriculture systems, software and sensors the right way is critical. It is helpful to consult an expert to ensure the data is useful.Scott Shearer, Ph.D., a professor and chair of the department of food, agriculture and biological engineering at the Ohio State University recommends five considerations before adding data:
- Yield monitors are must-have tools.
- Auto-steer, planter row-shutoff and auto-boom section control in sprayers are technologies farmers should strongly consider.
- Yield can be influence with precision planters to control seed and placement depth.
- Dual hybrid meters can help one plant varieties that match field data to plant the optimal variety in each field to maximize yield.
- Regulations on unmanned aerial vehicles will determine how useful they are.
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