Precision Farming

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Precision Farming

• The Title is a Misnomer
• Precise to a Degree

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• Technology Continues to Evolve
• 1. Equipment
• 2. Software
• 3. Integration with Machinery
• 4. Reports and Records

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Production Uses Continue to Develop 1. Field
Boundaries 2. Soil Type Maps 3. Crop
Histories 4. Nutrient Maps 5. Variable Rate
Application 6. Yield Maps 7. Manure
Management 8. RTK Steering
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Who Benefits from this type of
Management

• Farmer
• Consumer
• Environment

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Country Spring Farmers Co-op
Hopewell Loudon School
Grid Soil Sampling Maps
1997 pH Levels
1997 pH Contour Map
Lime Rates-East West
2001 pH Levels
1997 P1 Levels
1997 K Levels
1997 Variable Rate K map
Break-Down of Fertilizers spread in 1997
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1997 pH Levels
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1997 pH Contour Map
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Lime Rates-West
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2001 pH Levels
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1997 P1 Levels
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1997 K Levels
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Variable Rate K Map
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0-0-60
21-0-0
0-46-0
18-46-0