5 WAYS DIGITAL AGRICULTURE GEARS HELPED FARMERS

 

5 WAYS DIGITAL AGRICULTURE GEARS HELPED FARMERS

Digital agricultural tools aren't all razzle-dazzle. They gleaned dust-beneath-the-fingernails agronomic and farm management facts in 2020, according to Joe Haas, Holdrege, Nebraska; Nathan Reed, Sedalia, Kentucky; and Seth Lawrence, Brook, Indiana.

1. DIGITAL AG TOOLS ENABLED FARMERS TO BETTER MANAGE COVID-19 HAZARDS.

"For us, 2020 may additionally have been a bit little bit of a blessing in hiding," says Haas. "We have three 24-row planters and three tenders, and during planting, I deliver seed and keep our planter men going.

"This 12 months threw an additional wrinkle into all this in that we've got a couple of older gents operating with us," says Haas. "With all of the [COVID-19] fitness concerns popping out in March, it was just sincerely, sincerely unsure what turned into going to manifest. We all needed to distance ourselves to stay secure. My spouse works in fitness care, so I had to be mainly careful."

To speak and keep tabs on everything, Haas relied on FieldView's RemoteView function. This function

establishes a wireless connection between a far-off iPad and the in-cab iPad. This is

linked to both a 20/20 display or FieldView Drive. It lets the viewer look

at live planting and harvest records within the

FieldView App as if it were cab linked.

"I also talked at the cellular phone and used FaceTime," Haas provides. "It labored out nicely, based totally on all the digital equipment we've got, and made sure they [operators] have been planting the right hybrid or variety. I think we're probably going to do the same aspect [in 2021] because it allowed me to be in two locations immediately. I may be running on one planter and FaceTiming with the alternative operator."

2. DIGITAL TOOLS HELPED FARMERS DECIPHER ON-FARM TRIALS AND BETTER SECURE PRODUCTS.

"We have a variety of distinctive trials happening the farm, trying to be greater efficient, trying to increase yields," says Reed. "Many are large experiments on several acres. When harvest-

time rolls around, and we're in the integrate, accumulating the information. We can verify that the entirety is ready nicely, quick see the consequences of these trials proper in the discipline, and start making choices for the subsequent year."

3. DATA TOOLS INCREASINGLY INTEGRATED WITH EACH OTHER.

Lawrence says he teams FieldView facts with a farm control software product called Harvest Profit.

"When we file the information, whether it's a planting application or harvest, the facts will circulate into the Harvest Profit platform," he says. "We can make use of that to simply be that much more accurate on our financial numbers and analytics."

4. DIGITAL TOOLS HELPED FARMERS DOCUMENT SPECIFIC PRACTICES THAT MAY HELP THEM ACCESS NEW MARKETS.

"There are a few applications out there with the intention to advantage [such as paying] growers doing positive practices which might be very precision-ag orientated," says Lawrence. Examples consist of taking pictures of data showing insecticides aren't being overapplied because of sprayer shut-off phase management, he provides.

5. DIGITAL TOOLS HELPED STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH LANDLORDS.

FieldView lets landlords view agronomic facts concerning their land, says Lawrence.

"It provides a degree of transparency, too, understanding their land is being taken care of in a right manner," he says.

STRONG BROADBAND SERVICE NEEDED

The biggest venture to the use of digital agricultural tools, although, is the spotty broadband provider. It's simply nonexistent in the southern regions of the farm.

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