HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1996-03-20, Page 46As technology moves into the agriculture sector, farmers are being offered the opportunity to
utilize global position satellite systems as well as yield monitors and, eventually, variable
rate equipment.
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Agriculture 1996
Monitors allow easier yield measurements
Continued from A-21
applications. This will indicate
field sections which will respond to
fertilizers and ones which show lit-
tle increased yield.
University of Guelph research
also indicates it is best to vary one
component at a time to better deter-
mine the resulting yields.
Monitors allow easier measure-
ments of yields and better crop
management.
The next step in advance technol-
ogy may include the use of global
positioning satellite (GPS) equip-
ment. This allows each field to be
mapped, in great detail, with over-
lays of specific yield information
and topography.
John Deere introduced the
GreenStar combine mapping sys-
tem recently, a complete precision-
farming package.
As more farmers utilize precision
farming techniques, says Baker, the
availability of variable rate equip-
ment to make use of the informa-
tion obtained, will also improve.
Variable rate planters will be avail-
able next year while spreaders and
sprayers may be two or three years
down the road.
With a few years of good data
gathered from yield monitors and
analyzed, farmers will be able to
decide if variable rate equipment
will solve their problem, says
Baker.
Other new members of the John
Deere family for 1996 inClude
equipment for 20 inch corn plant-
ing instead of having to retrofit
older planters, a new line of utility
tractors in the 40 to 60 horsepower
range with factory installed cabs, a
loader tractor in the 5500 series and
a road baler with a wider pickup.
Ford also has a new line of trac-
tors coming out, which will not be
available until fall, however. They,
too, have seen an increase in
demand for GPS systems, says Neil
McGavin of McGavin Farm Equip-
ment, Walton.
Radford Farm Equipment, Lon-
desboro, the dealer for Agco White
and Massey equipment, has several
new tractors available for this sea-
son.
In the Massey lineup, the entire
line of 6000 and 8000 series trac-
tors have been overhauled, says
Neil Salverda.
The 6000 series, available with
two or four-wheel drive, eight-
speed transmission and four-speed
dynashift comes in a 6150 with 86
pto hp, 6170 and 97 pto hp and the
6180 at 110 pto hp.
The 8000 series, with a revamped
hydraulics system facilitating a
flow of 29 gallons per minute,
ranges in size from the 8120 at 130
pto hp to the 8160 with 180 pto hp.
The 40 to 60s in the series have the
Valmet engine out of Finland, says
Salverda. "They are a really reli-
able engine.
"Agco spent $60 million in
research, developing this line of
tractors."
White has added a smaller mem-
ber to the family with the 6045. It
has a low profile, good for working
in the barn, and less than 50 pto hp.
Both lines have developed a new
loader system which is quick
attaching, self-leveling and has a
heavier frame to deal with the
round bales, says Salverda. The
units are interchangeable with any
Agco product.
Radfords will also be handling
Marliss drills, no-till row cultiva-
tors which are very heavy duty and
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