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BetterFarming.comBetter Farming
September 2016
MACHINERY
AT
WORK
M
ention yield data collection to
a farmer and typically expect
to encounter either interest or
disgust. Some have embraced it and see
the benefit; others just think it is a
gimmick and a waste of time.
I have stood on the side of a corn
field with some people and the
statement was made: “that is a
180-bushels-to-the-acre corn crop.”
And their statement was right: the
trucker hauled away that total yield.
Great – no yield mapping technology
required, right? A trained farmer’s eye
was all that was needed!
Yield data collection shines light on crop
performance details
Replace assumptions and generalizations about how your crop has performed with
hard data obtained from mapping yields and experience the benefits.
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Yield monitors provide a great sense of the variance across fields and
the data is helpful for shaping crop management plans.