NOMINEE JACOB VAN DEN BORNE ▶▶▶


Helping others to use technology as a management tool


Jacob van den Borne is one of the farmers who was nominated as one of the 10 most innovative arable farmers worldwide. He and his brother started with precision farming in 2006 and they have an eye for the best technology available.


F 10 ▶ FUTURE FARMING | 27 August 2019 BY RENÉ KOERHUIS


or Dutch standards, Jacob van den Borne, his brother Jan and his father Louis run a big farm in Reusel, situated within a stone’s throw from the Bel-


gian border. The family farm employs five peo- ple and farms on a little over 600 hectares, of which they own 200 hectares. Their main crop is ware potatoes (500 hectares) and they grow 70 hectares of sugar beets and 40 hectares of cereals. They also do contract work for maize


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