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Precision AgricultureSpring 2014
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Topics• Cell phone apps• Unmanned aerial systems (UAVs)• New seed hoppers & tubes• ‘Real time’ harvester tracking
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Cell Phone Apps• Many growers now have smart phones that give access to many useful tools including apps
• Many different categories– Weed identification– Fuel usage– Perimeter measurement– Plat book
Precision Laboratories Mix Tank App
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Cell Phone Apps• Ag staff has identified a list of useful apps
– Listed under the agronomy section of the Crystal website in agronomy tools
– Please let the staff know of other apps that you might use so we can add them to our list
– List availability for both Android and iPhone platforms
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Cell Phone Apps
App List will be located in Ag Tools
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UAVs
• Very big topic in the agricultural community• Can take pictures and video with GPS reference for use in GIS programs i.e. Ag Data Viewer, ArcMap
• Possible uses– Field scouting– Spraying– Yield predictions– Field drainage– Many others as well
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Types of UAVs
• Two main types that come in all sizes and designs– Multicopter
• Many rotors– Fixed wing
• Looks more like traditional aircraft
• Predator and Globalhawk systems
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Types of UAVs
• Multicopter– Hover– Simple to operate– No runway needed– Low endurance– Usually just video not pictures
– Cannot map a whole quarter section
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Types of UAVs• Fixed Wing
– Used for mapping– Longer endurance– Faster forward velocity– Hand launched– Landing challenges – More affected by wind
Fixed wing UAV flown in St. Thomas, ND over a rhizoctonia research plot in 2012.
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Visible vs. InfraredSt. Thomas ND Field
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Future for UAV• Regulations
– FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012• Requires a plan to be develop for UAV integration by Sept. 2015• Until rules are passed through Congress model airplane and research are the only legal means of operation
• In Japan UAV’s already spray fertilizer and herbicides over farms
• “Unmanned aircraft holds tremendous potential for North Dakota and will provide new opportunities for agriculture, education and border security,” – Rick Berg, former US Congressman
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Precision Planting Readies Metering System and New Seed Tube
• Precision Planting announced (Jan 2014) that it is developing a "retrofittable" multi‐hybrid metering system that uses vSetmeter technology and the new vDrive electric meter control system to allow for instantaneous switching between hybrids as a planter moves from zone to zone. Copied from farmfutures.com
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'SpeedTube' means faster planting• According to Jason Stoller, Precision Planting
Engineering Product Manager for the new SpeedTube, time for planting is limited, and larger planters aren't the answer for larger farms.
• "Planting speed is limited by the constraints of the seed tube, because high speeds lead to poor spacing," he explains.
• The SpeedTube will control the seed all the way from the meter to the furrow.
• More testing is needed to evaluate the performance of the tube on the planter test stands and trials
Copied from farmfutures.com
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Real Time Beet Harvester Tracking
• Concept: Actively track ‘real time’ harvested acres to provide valuable information to decision makers in ACSC and on the farm
Harvester GPS Tracking Device & Sensors Data Processing Data Visualization(Web GIS)
Source: E. Harnisch and K. Knapp 2/2014
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Why Real Time Beet Harvester Tracking?• Help manage the “lag time” in managing at risk acre decisions
• ACSC and growers have significant costs associated with a harvest disruption– Employee retention
• Potentially better quality beets if decisions can be made more timely– Less mud– Less frost
• Help to better manage space at piling sites– Pile heights based on real time harvest information
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Real Time Beet Harvester Tracking
• Many precision Ag companies are interested in real‐time harvested acre tracking
• Many different concepts of how to implement a system (wireless unit, plug and play)
• We have met with two companies that have a functioning prototype tested in the RRV – Pulsar Operational Boundaries, Inc., Eric Harnisch – VP
– Tierra Plan, LLC, Kevin Knapp, CEO
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Proof of Concept Approach
• Worked with a Crookston grower to track harvested acres
• Used different types of equipment with different types of data transmitting abilities
• Integrated the GPS and GIS web platform for data analysis and visualization
• Wanted to keep equipment and mounting simple
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Harvester Monitoring Home Page
Crookston
Source: E. Harnisch and K. Knapp 2/2014
Key Information- 9 parcels- xxx acres- GIS Layer for beet fields
Color coding available- Yellow fields go to
Crookston station andpink/red to Eldred
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• Key Information• ‐12 row harvester progress shown• ‐6 row harvester area high‐lighted in orange‐open area• Note: 12 row did 2/3 of the harvesting & 6 row 1/3
Source: E. Harnisch and K. Knapp 2/2014
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Lessons Learned
• Actively tracking harvest progress seems very reasonable with a few modifications in equipment and programming
• Some equipment transmitted data better than others
• GPS data points will need to be collected more frequently for better accuracy on odd shaped fields
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Future Plans• Determine outcome to achieve how it can be incorporated with what we currently do or where we want to go
• Look into a possible pilot project• Use upgraded equipment that address problems encountered from 2013 concept project
• Continue to investigate different options for real time harvest progress reports
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Questions?