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Indiana Growers Into the Future A culture of cutting-edge technology helps growers Curt & Christopher Hudson stay ahead of the industry curve.
Christopher Hudson and his father, Curt, check their electronic tablet to assess the performance of their 48-row planter. Mark Parker, Contributing Writer F
arming by the inch is what propels no-till farmers Curt and Christopher Hudson closer to higher yields and increased profitability. The father and son partnership sharpens the cutting edge
of precision-agriculture management of their 2,600 acres of corn and soybeans grown near Crawfordsville in west- central Indiana.
“When we see opportunities to push the upper limits of production, we’re very interested,” says Curt, who began no-tilling their farm ground in 1980. “Our goal is to gather every bit of information we can — soil, hybrids, herbicides and populations. We want to know what’s going on in the field, and we want our decisions and our choices to be veri- fied with data.” Christopher says his dad has always been an early adopter,
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but Curt readily admits that his son’s technological savvy has been a large help in moving the operation forward. “We certainly wouldn’t be doing a lot of the things we’re doing without him taking the lead,” Curt says.
Tablet in the Cab A recent addition to the Hudsons’ precision-farming tool- box is a third-generation Apple iPad tablet that has proven to be a valuable asset. As an extension of the Hudsons’ Precision Planting 20/20 SeedSense monitor, a FieldView app enables the iPad to present a high-resolution Google map image of the field, overlaid with critical data from the planter. The 20/20 provides plenty of row-by-row information
— singulation percentage with skips and doubles, popula- tion, row-unit weight, ground contact and more. Precise seed placement in a high-residue environment is a critical compo-
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