With harvest finally over for most producers throughout Ontario, many farmers will reflect on how to improve on the results of last year. These points are often over looked ways to improve harvest efficiency. I have listed what my experience shows as the most overlooked, but still very important.
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After many years of precision agricultural use, many questions still exist of what is the correct correction for each operation. I have listed the corrections available and a brief description of their uses.
Wide Area Augmentation Signal (WAAS) –
Accuracy: < 6-8”
Initialization/Convergence: Standard*
This free service provides performance suitable for agriculture applications in which accuracy and repeatability are not of the highest…
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Before Planting
• Select fields that are best suited for growing potatoes and are free from excessive rocks. Investigate the soil conditioning technics presently adopted throughout Europe, if unavoidable.
• Avoid tillage practices that create clods that will not break down during the growing season. Rotary tillage methods prevent clods in clod prone soils.
During the Growing Season
• Use a balanced fertility program to keep vines green…
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Inputs prices are high and so are crop prices. Managing costs and yields is critical to success on your farm. With commodity prices high you cannot settle for average yields. The use of variable rate precision ag products and services helps farmers to do just that. Placing the inputs in the intended prescribed areas has become very popular and makes a tremendous amount of sense for many producers. With the use of satellite imagery, plant health data, soil testing and harvest data, some very…
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Veris Technologies has become a name known as the go to tool for advanced soil information. Offering 3 different sensing systems Veris Technologies can provide information on Soil Type, Organic Matter and PH levels individually or in any combination of the 3. Here is the 3 types of soil sampling systems available and how you can benefit from knowedge gained.
Soil EC Sensing- Is soil electrical conductivity, a measurement of how much current your soil…
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