Part Article taken from the Agronomist & Arable Farmer Vegetable Guide
Visions for the Future
Agriculture and food production is constantly changing as technology advances – it always has and always will. This has been a given in an industry that has consistently improved performance in yield and quality.
The agricultural marketplace is probably experiencing its biggest change in crop production since the late 1960s. Companies such as Agrovista have to develop and invest in new ways of maintaining crop value and yield for the grower.
There is no ‘silver bullet’ to solve disease issues, weed resistance and the reduction of actives. Instead we have to look at whole farm economics and embrace new technologies to help manage crops in far more detailed ways.
Technology is now developing faster than it ever has. Computing power has jumped forward significantly and with more reliable networks, the farm office has become virtual and mobile.
Data capture is huge – harvester, tractors, drills, sprayers, un-manned aerial vehicles and phones are all used to capture field data and information – but how can a grower use it? This information comes in a variety of formats but what does it mean and what decisions can be made from it? Agrovista, under the banner of Plantsystems, is among the leaders in this technology.
This jigsaw puzzle of information is what we are looking to use to piece together the whole farm picture.
Investment in research UAV observations is high on our priority list, as is developing a way of formatting collected data from one machine to allow it to be accessed by a second machine. The information exchange is now available as AXIS is allowing the uploading of data and information, and overlaying over farm maps.
This intelligent technology is now available to growers. It is very easy to gather masses of information about the land, crops and nutrition but interpretation, knowledge and understanding will be far more important than simply gathering raw data. After all, it has to add to the growers bottom line.
Visions for the Future
Agriculture and food production is constantly changing as technology advances – it always has and always will. This has been a given in an industry that has consistently improved performance in yield and quality.
The agricultural marketplace is probably experiencing its biggest change in crop production since the late 1960s. Companies such as Agrovista have to develop and invest in new ways of maintaining crop value and yield for the grower.
There is no ‘silver bullet’ to solve disease issues, weed resistance and the reduction of actives. Instead we have to look at whole farm economics and embrace new technologies to help manage crops in far more detailed ways.
Technology is now developing faster than it ever has. Computing power has jumped forward significantly and with more reliable networks, the farm office has become virtual and mobile.
Data capture is huge – harvester, tractors, drills, sprayers, un-manned aerial vehicles and phones are all used to capture field data and information – but how can a grower use it? This information comes in a variety of formats but what does it mean and what decisions can be made from it? Agrovista, under the banner of Plantsystems, is among the leaders in this technology.
This jigsaw puzzle of information is what we are looking to use to piece together the whole farm picture.
Investment in research UAV observations is high on our priority list, as is developing a way of formatting collected data from one machine to allow it to be accessed by a second machine. The information exchange is now available as AXIS is allowing the uploading of data and information, and overlaying over farm maps.
This intelligent technology is now available to growers. It is very easy to gather masses of information about the land, crops and nutrition but interpretation, knowledge and understanding will be far more important than simply gathering raw data. After all, it has to add to the growers bottom line.