Yield Mapping

Retrofitted onto your combine. Yield mapping will allow you to measure output and so control key inputs like P & K. If you can't measure it, you can't manage it.

Yield mapping is the essential management tool that will allow you to; asses level of variation, judge success of precision farming project, create management zones and accurately measure off take of vital nutrient supplies. Without knowing extent and stability of variation it is difficult to devise and asses a suitable precision farming program. It has been found that the soil P & K status is more closely linked (inversely) to yield (crop off take) than any other measurable factor.

The yield map gives you a nutrient off take map for replacement and naturally occurring management zones, to be used as the basis for a smart sampling  solution and potentially much more. The smart sampling concept uses a combination of crop and soil sensors alongside farmer knowledge to predict natural variation and create zones of naturally similar soils and agronomic histories. This then allows great accuracy when measuring soil nutrient status without excessive costly sampling. Sensors used include weigh cells in yield mapping, canopy sensors such as CropCircle and the EMI soil conductivity scanner.

These sensors and maps can also be useful for variable rate seeding. All the maps can be managed in house using desktop software or through Soilessentials office services.