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Topic: Understanding Precision Agriculture

Understanding precision agriculture

SUSTAINABLE FARMING CONTRIBUTIONS

October 2017 - SUSTAINABILITY IS BECOMING an important selling point, not only with a socially-conscious public, but with a growing number of end-users around the world. Take Unilever, for example, and their pledge to source 100 per cent…
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ARE YOU AND YOUR EQUIPMENT IN SYNC?

September 2017 - YOU CAN’T MANAGE what you don’t measure. The more accurate, useful yield data a grower can collect from their precision equipment each season, the better equipped they will be to make more informed management decisions…
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THE CHALLENGES OF ON-FARM PRECISION AG RESEARCH

August 2017 - YOU CAN BUY the equipment and software, bring on a consultant and start banking yield data, but what can you do once you’re up and running to ensure you’re getting useful information from your on-farm precision ag…
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HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T?

April 2017 - YOU’VE CRUNCHED THE data, identified your management zones and created nutrient and seed population prescription maps. Now, how can you be sure that you’re actually making a measureable, positive impact on your fields? This, according…
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EXPERIENCES FROM THE FIELD

March 2017 - PAST ARTICLES IN our Understanding Precision Agriculture series have focused on the main pieces — data collection, management zone creation, and prescription mapping — that form the foundation of a successful precision ag approach.
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A PERFECT PRESCRIPTION FOR EVERY ACRE

February 2017 - DOES THAT ONE “perfect” seed and nutrient prescription exist for every acre on a grower’s field? And could it be just a matter of dialing in that formula and letting the equipment do the legwork? …
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WHERE DO MANAGEMENT ZONES MAKE SENSE?

January 2017 - GROWERS MIGHT KNOW from experience that they have areas in their fields that consistently deliver high yields season after season — and other parts that just aren’t very productive at all. But is having that…
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DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR DATA

December 2016 - “I’VE BEEN COLLECTING all of this yield data from my combine… now what do I do with it?” It’s a question Dr. Mike Duncan hears often. But it’s one that he and his research team…
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STARTING TO MAP YIELD AND ELEVATION DATA

November 2016 - EVERY SINGLE FIELD has its own story to tell. And this story can be about the highly productive, organic matter-rich areas that supply high yields — and the droughty knolls that perform poorly every season.…
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LESSONS FROM THE FIELD

October 2016 - Precision Agriculture Advancement for Ontario: This article is part of a series dedicated to helping farmers understand and implement precision agriculture technology. Next month we focus on how to best utilize field maps and management…