new features
and combinable crops at Terring- ton St Clement, King’s Lynn, in collaboration with neighbour Da- vid Means of DS Means Ltd. “I knew I needed to start digit- ising my business and was look- ing for a suitable platform,” says Mr Hurn. “I wantedsomething cost effective that would add val- ue but wouldn’t require duplicat- ing data input.” After researching the options, Mr Hurn chose Xarvio. “It’s com- prehensive, easy-to-use and has good cross terminal compatibility, making it ideal for smaller farm- ing businesses like mine.”
Input timings
Mr Hurn has linked Field Man- ager to his two Arable Lab weath- er stations. He has used it to plan crop input timings on a field of winter wheat – and also uses the Xarvio Scouting app. “We’ve found the disease and growth stage forecasts to be very accurate,” says Mr Hurn. “If all goes to plan, we’ll be using the new variable seed rate function- ality, together with the crop pro- tection.”
Mr Hurn uses the Scouting app whenever out crop walking to help identify and record weeds and diseases. He then transfers the digitised information into Field Manager to help plan crop protection applications. “Going forward this sort of information is almost certain- ly going to be required to jus- tify the use of crop protection products – and for fulfilling cri- teria around traceability and integrated pest management.”
‘Deep learning’ BASF says Field Man- ager and Scout- ing are simple and intuitive to use. But they are also highly so- phisticated tools – fuelled by a massive amount of data and driven by 150 computer- ised models to generate precise agronomic recom- mendations.
This makes for a powerful combination, says Xarvio head of agronomy Bjoern Kiepe. “Deep learning and artificial intelli- gence are not buzzwords – they are what drive our phenology models and buffer zone concepts.”
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It’s exciting how quickly Xarvio is developing
Growers need to input very
little information to get the best from Xarvia, says Mr Kiepe. This data is then merged with satellite information, soil maps, high-den- sity infection and weather data. In turn, this is then used to de- liver agronomic information and data-driven insights. Mr Kiepe says the future for Xarvio lies in even more sophis- ticated data analysis. This will see data sliced, diced, aggregat- ed and pivoted – enabling deep- er insights for growers and more advanced integrated crop man- agement.
Grow the Future
YaraBela AXAN ™
Strength • Confidence across the bout width
• Shatter resistant
Uniformity • Zero segregation • Even spread for even growth
Data is key to good decisions, says Bjoern Kiepe
Accuracy • Unrivalled accuracy up to 54m • Increased wind resistance
Environment • Half the ammonia emissions of urea + inhibitor*
*DEFRA, NT2605 ™
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