HGCA

Ian Beecher-JonesBe Precise Facilitator

Precision Agriculture – An overview

The uses of Precision Agriculture

• To help improve the profitability of the business

• To help improve timeliness and accuracy of operation

• To help improve the environmental impact of crop production

What does PF look like?

Joining it together

Investing in precision farming

Investing in precision farming

How wide is this drill? The exact width

Investing in precision farming

How much is it costing by not filling a full header?

Inaccuracy – how much is it costing?

Overlapping

6m drill on a 24m tramline

Manual No

guidance

Effective drill width m 5.75

Effective tramlines m 23

Overlap% 4

25cm

10cm

25cm

Overlapping

6m drill on a 24m tramline

Manual No

guidance

MediumSF2/HP 10cm

+/- 5cm

Effective drill width m 5.75 5.9

Effective tramlines m 23 23.6

Overlap% 4 1.6

10cm

Overlapping

6m drill on a 24m tramline

Manual No

guidance

MediumSF2/HP 10cm

+/- 5cm

RTK+/- 2cm

Effective drill width m 5.75 5.9 5.98

Effective tramlines m 23 23.6 23.92

Overlap% 4 1.6 0.33

2cm

25cm

In a field

Manual steering1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

5.75 per drill width – 300m/5.75m

13 tramlines

52 runs with the drill

Medium guidance – SF2 / Hp +/- 10cm1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12.7

5.9 per drill width – 300m/5.9m

12.7 tramlines

51 runs with the drill

RTK guidance – +/- 2cm1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12.5

5.98 per drill width – 300m/5.98m

12.5 tramlines

50 runs with the drill

Does it add up?

ManualNo guidance

% overlap 4

Effective drill width(drill runs)

5.75(52)

Effective area drilled based on a 12.6ha field 13.1

Fuel (50ppl),

Labour (£15/hr) & machine value / field

NA

Figures from HGCA Research Review 71 – page 27

Does it add up?

ManualNo guidance

MediumSF2/HP 10cm

+/- 5cm

% overlap 4 1.6

Effective drill width(drill runs)

5.75(52)

5.9(51)

Effective area drilled based on a 12.6ha field 13.1 12.89

Fuel (50ppl),

Labour (£15/hr) & machine value / field

NA £74.12

Figures from HGCA Research Review 71 – page 27

Does it add up?

ManualNo guidance

MediumSF2/HP 10cm

+/- 5cm

HighRTK 4cm+/- 2cm

% overlap 4 1.6 0.33

Effective drill width(drill runs)

5.75(52)

5.9(51)

5.98(50)

Effective area drilled based on a 12.6ha field 13.1 12.89 12.6

Fuel (50ppl),

Labour (£15/hr) & machine value / field

NA £74.12 £91.35

Figures from HGCA Research Review 71 – page 27

ManualNo guidance

% overlap 4

Effective drill width 5.75

Effective area drilled based on a 12.6ha field

13.1

Seed costs @£54/ha £707.4

Fertilizer costs NPK£252/ha nutrition cost

£3,301.2

Total cost £4008.6

Variable cost savingsfor field

Figures from HGCA Research Review 71 – page 27

Does it add up?

ManualNo guidance

MediumSF2/HP 10cm

+/- 5cm

% overlap 4 1.6

Effective drill width 5.75 5.9

Effective area drilled based on a 12.6ha field

13.1 12.89

Seed costs @£54/ha £707.4 £696.06

Fertilizer costs NPK£252/ha nutrition cost

£3,301.2 £3,248.28

Total cost £4008.6 £3,944.34

Variable cost savingsfor field

£64.26

Figures from HGCA Research Review 71 – page 27

Does it add up?

ManualNo guidance

MediumSF2/HP 10cm

+/- 5cm

HighRTK 4cm+/- 2cm

% overlap 4 1.6 0.33

Effective drill width 5.75 5.9 5.98

Effective area drilled based on a 12.6ha field

13.1 12.89 12.6

Seed costs @£54/ha £707.4 £696.06 £680.4

Fertilizer costs NPK£252/ha nutrition cost

£3,301.2 £3,248.28 £3175.2

Total cost £4008.6 £3,944.34 £3855.6

Variable cost savingsfor field

£64.26 £153

Figures from HGCA Research Review 71 – page 27

Does it add up?

Does it add up?

ManualNo guidance

MediumSF2/HP 10cm

+/- 5cm

Fuel (50ppl),

Labour (£15/hr) & machine value / field

NA £74.12

Variable cost savings£64.26

Total for the 12.6ha field £138.38

Figures from HGCA Research Review 71 – page 27

Does it add up?

ManualNo guidance

MediumSF2/HP 10cm

+/- 5cm

HighRTK 4cm+/- 2cm

Fuel (50ppl),

Labour (£15/hr) & machine value / field

NA £74.12 £91.35

Variable cost savings£64.26 £153

Total for the 12.6ha field £138.38 £244.35

Figures from HGCA Research Review 71 – page 27

Does it add up?

ManualNo guidance

MediumSF2/HP 10cm

+/- 5cm

Fuel (50ppl),

Labour (£15/hr) & machine value / field

NA £74.12

Variable cost savings£64.26

Total for the 12.6ha field £138.38

Across a 500ha farm£5491.51

Figures from HGCA Research Review 71 – page 27

Does it add up?

ManualNo guidance

MediumSF2/HP 10cm

+/- 5cm

HighRTK 4cm+/- 2cm

Fuel (50ppl),

Labour (£15/hr) & machine value / field

NA £74.12 £91.35

Variable cost savings£64.26 £153

Total for the 12.6ha field £138.38 £244.35

Across a 500ha farm£5491.51 £9696.43

Figures from HGCA Research Review 71 – page 27

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Background to GPS/DGPS

GPSGLONASSGalileo

GNSS(Global Navigation Satellite System)

USA

24 Satellite Constellation

Russia24 Satellite

Constellation

2 TestPlanned 22

Satellite Constellation

35 Satellite Constellation

China

The way satellites work

Correction signals

Spray controller

Fertiliser spreader control

The operator is the key

Targeting Agronomy

Mapping and Sensing

Remedial / CompensatoryTreatments

Variable RateInputs

Google – a good place to start

Yield mapping

Too much detail

Yield mapping

Too little detail

Yield mapping

About right

1

2

3

Soil texture map

Increasingconductivity

ElectricalConductivity

Profile: 0-120 cm

< 12

> 51

Soil texture map

1) = sandy loam over open clay subsoil

5) = med sandy clay loam over sandy clay

8) = heavy clay loam over clay

18

5

Establishment map

75

9060

Seed rate map

165

135

110

Tramline direction

Traditional methods

Managing canopy variation

• Image of poor establishment & good establishment

Same Field on the same day

Satellite sensing

Satellite image GAI map Application map

Tractor mounted sensing

Canopy management

HGCA: Auto N project

Managing nutrients

Replacing off takes

Replacement map

Creating application map

Yield / Offtake map

+

P Nutrient

= ?Application map

Soil zoning

Cost:benefit

When to collect information

Weed mapping

Nutrient mapping

Canopy mapping Yield mapping

Nutrient mapping

EC mapping

Weed mapping

EC mapping

Do you measure up?

Cost:Benefit tool

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