The evolution of the agricultural technologies took the production sector to a higher level, providing smart solutions to optimize the grain crop yield.
Using sensors, agricultural controllers, and Artificial Intelligence on the agricultural machines along with the Precision Agriculture has been one of the main strategies to boost the yields and reduce input.
In this article, we highlighted five agricultural technologies for Precision Agriculture that are transforming the agribusiness and the main Stara highlighted products in this area, such as Telemetria Stara, Topper agricultural controller, and Syncro.
What’s the purpose of the agricultural technology?
Technology in agriculture optimizes the rural production by means of automation and digitalization of the field processes.
There are numerous examples in all growing steps, such as spreading, planting, and spraying, allowing to use the inputs more efficiently and reducing costs.
Thanks to the high technology in the field, the farmers have access to tools that enable a detailed control of the operations, boosting the yield and implementing more sustainable management in the crop field.
Operators: the impact of technology in operation daily basis
Using agricultural technology in the field not only eases the operation in the field, but impacts directly in the daily basis of the operators.
With the pieces of equipment developed for Precision Agriculture, the operators perform a more strategic role in the field, making decisions based on precise data collected and analysed with the help of agricultural controllers in the own machine cab.
It reduces the operating fatigue, improves the operator’s safety, provides more control on the agricultural processes and good operation yield.
Main agricultural technologies for grain crops
To ensure a good operation day in the crop field, in addition to having agricultural machines always ready for operations, it’s more and more necessary to have connectivity in the field to obtain the maximum potential of the agricultural technology available today for grain growing.
As more and more people have Internet access in the rural area and the usage of agricultural sensors, the farmers can follow, in real time, the performance of the machines, soil humidity, weather conditions, and other critical factors, receiving alerts in the machine cab and on the cell phone thanks to the systems integrated.
Check out the main innovations for Precision Agriculture currently available for the farmer:
1. High-resolution cameras on the agricultural pieces of equipment
High-resolution cameras are usually fastened to the front spray booms of the agricultural machines, allowing the area reading, detecting, and processing images in real time in the crop field.
Depending on the agricultural technology installed, each camera coupled to the pieces of equipment is able to register and process at least 500 images per second. After processing the information, the equipment suggests technical recommendations based on data, which can be executed by the operator immediately.
2. Variable Rate Maps
The variable rate map is one of the main applications of Precision Agriculture, allowing that fertilizer and chemicals to be applied as the specific need of each crop field area. It avoids excessive applications and improve the input efficiency.
Main advantages:
- Optimization of the usage of agricultural inputs.
- Reduction of costs
- Less environmental impact
3. Agricultural controller in the machine cab
The GPS systems on-board on the agricultural machines enable an automated guide with high precision. It improves the operating efficiency and reduces the fuel consumption. Additionally, it minimizes the application overlap or irregular spacing during spreading, planting, and harvesting.
Main advantages:
- Higher precision in agricultural operations
- Time saving in mapping and crop field control
- Taking the most out of the growing area
4. Artificial Intelligence on agricultural machines
Using Big Data and Artificial Intelligence on agricultural machines allows the analysis of variables, indicating the best practice for management to each season of the year.
When identifying weeds through the Stara Eco Spray self-propelled machine, the Artificial Intelligence system sends the command to open the spray nozzles individually, activating the jet of product only on the targeted plant and turning it off afterwards. In addition to protecting the soil, it avoids the excessive usage of agricultural inputs.
5. Application technologies of agricultural chemicals
Using sensors and Artificial Intelligence and agricultural sprayer in grain crops can be performed selectively, applying only to areas with pests or weeds.
Main advantages:
- Saving agricultural chemicals
- Less environmental impact
- More safety for operators and consumers
Stara agricultural technology: constant evolution
Stara is a reference in innovation in Agribusiness and in Precision Agriculture, so it developed its own technologies that integrate several technology solutions in the same product or service. Among the ones that stand out the most are:
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Telemetria Stara
Managing the operations in real time, providing better logistics and less costs.
Additionally, it is possible to check the path travelled by the Stara agricultural machines in the crop field and view operation maps to ease the control of machines in the field.
Telemetria Stara enables the connection with partner software, and the data can be seen on the platform that the customer already uses.
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Zero Crop Damage
It’s the exclusive Stara system that reduces seed waste and improves the planting efficiency.
The Zero Crop Damage automatically shuts off the planting row units at the exact place where sprayers and spreaders will further pass over. The system provides seed savings of up to 4% regardless of the planting row unit travelling direction.
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Syncro
Syncro is an exclusive system that allows communication between up to four agricultural machines with the same function.
It provides standard management and eases the communication between operators. The technology can be used for planting, spreading, and spraying.
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Topper agricultural controller
Modern and interactive agricultural controller that eases the agricultural machine operation and speeds up the decision making.
By means of the Machine Monitoring service, the pieces of equipment are monitored in real time.
When some monitored feature is not according to what was set up, alerts are displayed on the Topper screen and sent to Telemetria Stara. If the alert is not solved, Stara warns the farmer through WhatsApp.
With all these innovations, Stara reassures its innovative DNA and commitment to the Precision Agriculture evolution, ensuring higher yields, sustainability, and efficiency for farmers.
Conclusion
Precision Agriculture has evolved the grain crops, providing agricultural technologies to optimize productivity and reduce waste. In this article, five innovations that speed up the crop field operations have been listed. Investing in this type of tool is essential to increase the field efficiency, ensuring higher profit and more sustainable management in agribusiness.
Did you like the hints and want to find out the agricultural technology that best suits your crop field?
Stop by a Stara dealer and find the most suitable equipment to boost your crop production.
