Any new technology arises in response to the need of an existing production process. The appearance, cheapening and popularization of various kinds of computers has led to their widespread use. And as always, excesses are possible, for example, the very implementation of the «smart home» technology is not affordable for everyone today, although it promises some savings on payments for housing and communal services.
To start using the new product regularly, any enterprise will have to spend money, time and other resources. Only trained personnel can correctly use modern agricultural equipment. In addition, after its acquisition will need to change the approach to maintenance, buy new consumables.
The purpose of this article is to list the main technologies, the expected cost items for their implementation and the possible return after the start of use.
Parallel driving
Expenses
- Automatic control system (computer, thruster);
- Task map for a specific field;
- Software;
- The cost of staff training.
What gives
- Save fuel and time;
- The opportunity for the driver to engage in additional tasks during the movement of vehicles in the automatic mode;
- Improving the quality of work and reducing the cost of seed, fertilizer, plant protection products.
Differentiated sowing
Expenses
- Soil maps of the current region;
- Specially equipped seeder for sowing with different density and depth;
- DGPS/RTK positioning systems.
What gives
- Yield increase due to the rational use of nutrients in the soil;
- Reduced seed costs.
Differential Fertilizer Application
Expenses
- Differential fertilizer application system;
- Built-in GIS system;
- The cost of staff training;
- The system of analysis of aerial photographs, creating cartograms of the terrain.
What gives
- Yield increase;
- Saving time at work;
- Saving fertilizer.
Differential herbicide spraying on weed growth map
Expenses
- Complex injection sprayer;
- Territory cartograms;
- Equipment and software for mapping tasks with the display of weeds;
- The cost of staff training;
What gives
- Herbicide savings;
- Saving time;
- Yield increase.
Differential irrigation
Expenses
- Pipeline should be equipped with electronic actuators;
- Software that manages the specialized pipeline;
- Soil moisture sensors.
What gives
- Water saving;
- Saving electricity for water supply;
- Nutrient saving.
Differentiated tillage on soil maps
Expenses
- Soil maps;
- Sensors for determining the composition of the soil;
- Working arrangements.
What gives
- Yield increase;
- Saving time;
- Energy saving;
- Improving the efficiency of the use of technics.
Measuring the amount of chlorophyll in plants before harvest
Expenses
- Sensors and equipment for determining the amount of chlorophyll in plants;
- Yield mapping;
- Software;
- The cost of staff training.
What gives
- Improving product quality;
- Accurate determination of the optimal harvest time;
- The collected grain contains less moisture, which reduces the cost of further storage.
Harvest logistics
Expenses
- Unified vehicle control system;
- New vehicle system;
- Yield maps;
- Software for control system operation;
- The cost of staff training.
What gives
- Yield increase;
- Optimized harvesting costs;
- Fuel economy;
- Reduced moisture content in cereals;
- Saves time on transportation.
Enterprise Information Management
Expenses
- Software for processing field maps;
- The cost of staff training;
What gives
- Improving the quality of services provided;
- Reducing the time to search for labor;
- More precisely, accounting of work performed.
The process of introducing any technological innovations entails the need to train staff or even attract new employees. Part of the production process will be completely changed. The company needs to accurately determine its financial and personnel capabilities for the implementation of any new product and choose the best individual solution.
