Precision Farming

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Precision Farming

• Mikkel Nilars
• Mikkel Seierø
• Hardi International A/S

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Precision Farming Management Cycle
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Site Specific Application

• A good tool in Precision Farming

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Hardi solutions

• HARDI PILOT 3880 GPS
• Spraying with GPS since 1996.
• Getting application rate from PF - Terminals
• RS232 Serial Interface with
• Claas ACT
• FieldStar (Massey Ferguson)
• Rinex
• New Nova Can Bus compatible with ACT and
  FieldStar

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CLAAS ACT and Pilot 3880 in Hardi Alpha
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Hardi Pilot and FieldStar
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Rinex
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New Hardi Nova Can Bus compatible controller
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Variable Rate Technology (VRT)

• Dose - rate regulation
• Pressure regulation (nozzle limited)
• Conventional /- 25
• Twin /- 40-50
• Spot Spray, On / Off

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Hardi Nova system

• Cabin controls
• LBS plug
• Spray Com

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Hardi Nova system

• Can bus (data protocol)
• LBS, ISO w.h.
• Compatible with
• Claas ACT
• MF FieldStar
• ? More to come
• Only one control unit in the cabin.

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Test of technical solutions

• Injection systems, monitoring techniques

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Direct injection, Giesegaard 1998
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Injection systems, The Raven System
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Direct injection on suction side
Water
Pressure regulation
Pumps
Boom sections
Pesticide
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Direct injection on pressure side
Pressure regulation
Injection point
Water
Pumps
Boom sections
Pesticide
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Direct injection at the nozzles
Sprayer tank
Pressure regulation
Water
Pumps
Boom sections
Pesticide
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Raven injection point
Injection point
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Direct Injection

• No limitations in the applied dosage
• No changes in the application technique
• Possible to mix active ingredients
• Weed-, Pest- and Diseasecontrol
• Technically complicated
• Special demands on formulations
• Long and uneven response time
• Handling concentrated chemicals
• Cleaning complicated

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HARDI ISO nozzle throughputs
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Injection vs traditionel systems
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Monitoring Techniques

• WeedEye a vision system in development.
• Monitoring weeds on sidewalks
• Weed control on railroad tracks (WeedEye 1)

Weed Eye 3
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WeedEye1 (Railroad sprayer)
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CropEye

• Vision system for weed monitoring in the crop.
• Not image analysis

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The Future

• The Farmer is in control consumer
• An experience map may be the future.
• Better monitoring techniques needed
• Farmers are using GPS more frequently.
• Connection to other industries / Mil.
• Concentration of dose rate min / max.
• Politics ?

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Contact

• For further information please contact
• Application Technology Group
• HARDI INTERNATIONAL
• Helgeshoj Allé 38
• DK-2630 Taastrup
• DENMARK
• ? 45 43 58 83 00
• ? 45 43 71 33 55
• E-mail
• Per Gummer Andersen pga_at_hardi-international.com
• Mikkel Nilars min_at_hardi-international.com
• Christian Delcomyn Holst cdh_at_hardi-international.
  com
• Homepage http//www.hardi-international.com