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No-Till enthousiast J.P. van Reenen Weigh-cell tech improves spreader Five soil scanners compared MPT scans soil while planting Internet of Things in sugar cane Latest news on SIMA show


14 SPOT ON SPRAYING


Plant detection is improving by the day and sprayers can switch nozzles on and off in miliseconds. So why waste chemicals blan- keting the field when you can hit weeds right on the head?


30 DRONE DETECTS DROUGHT


Professor Jeff Walker from Melbourne’s Monash Uni- versity and his team use autonomous drones for soil moisture mapping. Currently they are testing with L-band microwave technology, with equipment weighing 25kg. P-band would be better, but is too heavy for drones.


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10 MOST INNOVATIVE FARMERS


Manfred Hurtz is one of the farmers that was nominated for the 10 most innovative arable farmers worldwide. He started in precision farming with a camera fitted prototype sprayer to apply three different types of herbicides.


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▶ FUTURE FARMING | 24 May 2019


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