Over the last 100+ years several innovations have had substantial influence on farming practices. Innovations like the internal combustion engine, herbicides, and genetically modified plants have all greatly increased the efficiency and productivity of the agriculture industry. Within the last twenty years however, nothing has transformed agriculture as much as GPS systems.
Originally developed by the US military in the 70's, GPS is now available worldwide for civilian use, and is used in many aspects of our daily lives. One of the first uses of GPS systems for agriculture was to spatially map soil fertility levels and then variable rate apply fertilizer within a field. Another one of the first uses of GPS systems for agriculture was with tractor GPS guidance systems. The earliest of these systems, called a lightbar, would allow an operator to create a guidance line and then, based on an implement or spread width, would illuminate a set of lights to show the operator where each consecutive guidance pass was at.
Today, tractor GPS guidance systems are much more advanced and are common on most newer tractors. The systems of today can not only show a farmer where each consecutive guidance pass is located, they can also actually steer the tractor, greatly reducing the fatigue of the operator. Today's GPS systems for agriculture can also automate many other tasks and are also recording and mapping large amounts of data. We can now automate things like application rates, for both variable and flat rate applications and planting, planter row unit downforce control, to get the optimal seed depth and soil contact, and even section control on planters and sprayers to reduce overlap and wasted inputs.
These systems are very complex and changing every day. That is why we at Precision Farming Solutions are committed to helping farmers get the most out of their technology investments. Contact us today for help with any of your GPS systems for agriculture or tractor GPS guidance systems.
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Hello, I’m Rick Applegate, CEO of Precision Farming Solutions LLC of Huntingburg, Indiana, one of the state’s top leaders in the field of Precision Ag. If you farm anywhere in southwest Indiana or north central Kentucky, we are your local Precision Ag experts, dedicated to giving you the highest levels of product and personal support to keep you running at peak efficiency.
We provide the very latest in aftermarket Precision Ag products and services to help you become progressively more profitable. Our offerings include soil sampling services, field tile design, tile planning, variable rate planting and fertility recommendations, drones for ag, agcam cameras, auto steer systems, yield monitors, planter controls, tile plows, and comprehensive Data Management. We are passionate about both technology and agriculture and are deeply committed to showing forward-looking farmers exciting new ways of doing things.
We are known for our service and support. Everyone understands that if they purchase anything from Precision Farming Solutions LLC, we will be there to support them, literally day or night, seven days a week, making sure that at all times and in all situations they are completely covered.
That kind of support has led to intense customer loyalty, which has kept us steadily growing and expanding over the ten plus years that we have been in business. For more information, please call me at: (812) 684-9700.
Precision Ag, of course, is a rather broad term that encompasses many different products and activities, but in essence it boils down to one thing: it is a means of precisely measuring and reacting to spatial variations in plants and the soil. In the past crops were managed at the field level; fertilizers, seed, and chemicals were all applied at the same rate all across the field.*
(This is why it has often been said that “Precision Ag” could also be called “Site-Specific Ag”).
In today’s world however, thanks to satellite-based GPS, different areas of any given field can be managed in different ways, sometimes down to the foot or even inch by inch.
Using the techniques and practices of Precision Ag, you can take a very large field and manage it as if it were a group of very small fields. When you manage fields like that, both you and your soils work better, not harder. That is why Precision Ag is so good for your bottom line. And also so good for the environment.
