Is Your Farm as Efficient as It Should Be?
Every farmer wishes that they could be more efficient. No-one likes wasting resources such as fertiliser or planting crops that aren't going to grow. One of the greatest problems that farmers have historically faced is that much of farming is done by guesswork. You can plan your crop rotation, you can plant the crops and do your best to ensure that they are irrigated properly and get all of the nutrients that they need, but you can't know or control what is going on in the soil.
Is there a better way of farming?
While farmers have often operated by 'gut instinct' or what they know has previously worked in a particular field, they could never be certain what conditions prevailed in the field at the time their crop was growing, and the results would only become apparent as the crop either flourished or didn't. Today, precision agriculture products provide the opportunity to observe and measure the conditions in the soil, allowing direct interventions to be made in a field, or even a part of a field as needed. These precision agriculture products help to ensure that your farm can remain viable in a competitive environment by ensuring that the maximum yield possible is produced.
What precision agriculture products do?
A large part of precision farming involves the use of sensors placed in the ground, which can provide real-time feedback to the farmer and can tell you what nutrients are needed, exactly where they are needed and how much is needed. They can record everything from moisture levels to the prevailing temperature so that you can take exactly the right action at the right time. Of course, as a farmer, you will already be checking your crops and making certain that they have what they need, but you can't be everywhere all the time, nor can you be certain without conducting a detailed analysis.
In addition to sensors, other precision agriculture products could include predictive analytics software and drone technology so that you can gain pictures of your crops from the air and observe what you could never see from ground-level. Precision agriculture products do all the hard work for you. They can constantly cover all your farm and provide actual data rather than guesswork based on external appearances.
To find out more about how precision agriculture products could increase the profitability of your farm, talk to your local supplier today and find out what they can offer you.
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