Introducing the Morral Companies, LLC Precision Agriculture Program

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IntroducingtheMorral Companies, LLCPrecision
Agriculture Program

• Available Now !!!

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Complete Precision Ag Program

• Grid Soil Sampling
• Soil Sample every 2 1/2 acres.
• Every fifth sample will include micro nutrients.
• Precision Ag Binder
• Tract, Phosphate, Potassium, pH, Buffer pH, and
  Organic Matter Maps for each field enrolled in
  our program.
• Application maps for everything we apply using
  VRA.
• Recommendations
• Recommendations tailor made, by a Certified Crop
  Advisor, to meet the specific needs of your
  farming operation.
• Variable Rate Application
• Variable rate application of fertilizer and lime
  will be provided at the same low price as our
  regular custom application rates.
• Continuous Follow-up and Evaluation

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Complete Precision Ag ProgramTerms and Conditions

• Duration of the program will be for 3 years.
• Soil samples will be taken at the beginning of
  the program and will be used for the duration of
  the program.
• Fee will be the same for all three years.
• You and Morral Companies, LLC will be the only
  ones with access to the data collected from your
  farm.

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Additional Services

• Soil Type Layer
• Compaction Layer
• VRA of Herbicides
• Field Boundary Mapping
• Yield Mapping
• Non Program Fields
• Program Fields

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Morral Companies, LLCNow Official AgLeader
Dealers

• Factory Authorized Dealers for AgLeader Precision
  Farming Systems
• Local Source for Sales and Service.
• Ask for a quote for your specific needs

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Where do we start?
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Is Precision Ag for You?

• Is there a benefit to the customer?
• Is there a benefit to the Co-op?
• Is there a benefit to the environment?
• Do you have the support of the staff?
• Do you have the manpower?
• Where is the competition?
• Can you gain market share?

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Start with a plan.A good plan should answer the
following questions.

• What is your objective?
• What are your goals?
• What services should you do yourselves?
• Who is going to be responsible?
• What kind of equipment are you going to use?
• What kind of software are you going to use?
• Are you going to partner with anyone?
• Marketing Plan
• Time line

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Equipment Recommendations

• GPS Equipment
• Ag Leader Satellite or Coast Guard
• Satloc Satellite only
• Trimble Satellite or Coast Guard
• Computer Hardware
• Local computer store you can trust.
• Micro Center
• Gateway

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Equipment Recommendations

• Mobil Computers
• Fujitsu Stylistic 1200
• Satloc Triton T6
• Links Field Mark

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Fujitsu Stylistic 1200

• 1 year warrantee
• 120 Meg.
• Transdeflective Screen
• 32 Meg RAM
• 2 Gig hard drive

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Software Recommended

• Ag-Chem SGIS
• Comes with Falcon Controller
• per acre charge for recommendations
• AG Link
• Ag Link Field Link
• annual support fee
• Farm Works

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Raster Vrs.Vector
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Raster Vrs.Vector

• Raster is faster, Vector is Correcter

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Ag Link Software

• Data is well organized
• Fully customizable
• Uses your formulas
• Uses Raster and Vector
• Alliance with Land O Lakes
• ESRI based
• Good analytical tool

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How can Morral Companies help?

• We can provide the following services.
• Grid Soil Sampling
• Data Processing
• GPS Equipment
• Set up Hardware and Software
• Consulting
• Training
• Marketing

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Grid Soil Sampling

• We can provide 1 acre, 2.5 acre, or 5 acre grids.
• We do try to smart sample so one end of the field
  may be more intense than the other.

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Data Processing

• Manage your GIS database
• Create your fertility maps and make your
  recommendations.
• Process yield maps
• Analyze data
• Create Maps
• Write VRA perscriptions
• Yield maps and analysis maps

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GPS Equipment

• Provide you with Ag Leader GPS receivers light
  bars at 10 below retail.

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Setup Hardware Software

• We have an source to purchase Fujitsu products at
  a 50 cost savings.
• We can set up your laptop software
• Save you 1,000.00s
• Save you time

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Consulting Training

• Help you choose the proper controllers and help
  troubleshoot any problems.
• Train your staff at our facility or in the field.

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Marketing

• Help with Precision Ag Meetings and
  presentations.
• Create brochures.
• Have a combined meeting
• Pricing will vary.

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Choose your soil lab wisely

• Contact Morral Companies for a lab recommendation
• Choose a reputable soil lab
• Visit the lab to check their quality control
• Make sure that they can dry the whole soil sample
• Make sure that the lab can send the results
  through E-mail
• Make sure that your software will support your
  lab