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Since John Deere first introduced GPS mapping to tractors in the 1990s, precision ag technology has become the backbone of nearly every successful large-scale farming operation.
In an industry where climate makes farming unpredictable, precision agriculture gives you control with data-driven insights on soil conditions, weather patterns, and crop health. You can use these insights to make adjustments and more informed decisions about planting, fertilization, harvesting, irrigation, and overall operations.
At Green Tractors, our precision ag specialists know firsthand how much of a difference precision ag technology can make for Canadian farmers navigating vast landscapes, diverse soil types, and often short growing seasons that require precision and efficiency for a successful season. As your Ontario John Deere dealer, we’re here to guide you through the John Deere precision ag products that can unlock the maximum potential of your operations.
What Is Precision Ag Technology, and How Can Precision Ag Help Producers
Precision ag is a farming management approach informed by advanced technologies such as sensors, GPS guidance, and variable rate application systems that collect all the data you need to make informed decisions across your operations. The key benefits include:
- Farming Data Collection and Analysis: Get a better understanding of current conditions and overarching patterns in field variability, soil moisture conditions, and crop health so you can make informed, real-time decisions and use what you learn to adjust your plans for next season, from identifying optimal planting windows and seed depth to optimal tilling settings and spraying applications.
- Increase Yields and Maximize Productivity: Increase crop yields with data that enables you to fully optimize planting, fertilization, spraying, and harvesting processes while managing resource allocation and automating repetitive tasks so you don’t miss any crops or cover ground you’ve already reached.
- Reduce Waste and Lower Costs: Precisely place seeds, fertilizer, and pesticides, minimizing waste and saving you money.
With three decades of innovation in precision ag, John Deere precision ag technology can optimize nearly every aspect of your operations, whether you’re new to the software or upgrading your equipment solutions.
Getting Started With the Precision Ag Essentials Kit
The Precision Ag Essentials Kit provides the core equipment that enables you to equip the precision ag products you need with the G5Plus Display, Starfire™ 7000 Receiver, and JDLink™ M or R Modem, plus a choice between two renewable software licenses that include essential precision ag software such as:
- AutoTrac™: GPS-guided steering designed to reduce overlap, optimize input applications, and reduce operator fatigue.
- Section Control: Automatically turns implement and machine sections on and off to minimize product application overlap.
- RowSense™: Ensures your equipment stays on the correct row even in challenging conditions, reducing crop damage and enabling increased operating speeds.
- AutoTrac™ Implement Guidance: Automatically directs your tractor to the correct location to keep your implement on the guidance line, increasing your ability to use implements with different widths on the same field.
- AutoTrac™ Turn Automation: Plans and automates precise, repeatable, and efficient turns at the end of each pass so you can focus on the job at hand.
- AutoPath™: Uses data from your first pass during tilling or planting to create field guidance lines you can use for precise secondary passes during planting, spraying, and harvesting.
- In-Field Data Sharing: Shares crop documentation, field maps, and guidance lines across machines to ensure uniform inputs across planting, spraying, and harvesting.
- Machine Sync: Shares and synchronizes operations between multiple machines working at the same time.
No matter which licensing package you choose, you’ll have access to JDLink™ connectivity, which connects and shares data from your entire fleet (including older machines and other brands) and access to the John Deere Operations Center™, which allows you to access all your data and manage your operations from virtually anywhere. It also provides weather information for each field, monitors equipment health, enables remote support, and more.
Expanding Your Precision Ag Portfolio Across Applications
With the right precision ag upgrades, you don’t have to buy brand-new equipment to maximize the potential of your operations with precision ag solutions across planting, spraying, and harvesting.
Precision Ag for Planting Equipment
Higher yields start with a perfectly executed planting season, and Deere has the precision ag upgrades that ensure planting windows are met, uniform seed placement and spacing, and proper nutrient placement:
- ExactEmergeTM: Accurately places seeds at up to 16 km/h speeds and covers more acres per day without sacrificing quality or yield.
- MaxEmergeTM 5e: Suited for variable rate planting, accurately places seeds even in curved or oddly shaped fields.
- ExactShotTM: Places starter fertilizer only where needed, promotes early root development, and reduces fertilizer costs.
- ExactRateTM Liquid Fertilizer System: Adds liquid fertilizer as you plant.
- FurrowVision™: Enables you to verify seed depth without ever leaving the cab.
- Individual Row Hydraulic Downforce: Reacts to soil conditions in each row and increases ground contact for improved seed depth.
Precision Ag for Spraying Equipment
Prevent crop damage and reduce costs with precise, consistent spraying applications from the latest precision ag upgrades:
- See & Spray Premium: Sees, targets, sprays, and kills in-season weeds using advanced cameras that distinguish weeds from crops.
- ExactApply™: Maintains your target rate over a broader range of speeds and acres with precise droplet sizes and accurate sprays that reduce overapplication and save on herbicides and pesticide costs.
- Individual Nozzle Control Pro: Controls smaller sections and improves application accuracy over standard spraying systems.
- Pressure Recirculation/Product Reclaim: Delivers a more consistent solution to ensure crops get the correct spraying application.
- Individual Nozzle Control Heavy Duty: Reduces overapplication during heavier chemical applications.
Precision Ag for Harvesting Equipment
Keep up with tight harvesting windows, prevent downtime, reduce crop loss, and produce bigger loads with precision harvest upgrades:
- Cross Auger Shutoff: Automatically empties your full load to reduce the weight in and the stress on your combine, reducing sheer pin breakages that cause downtime.
- Adjustable Auger Spout: Allows you to adjust auger positions without leaving the cab, improving unloading accuracy, reducing spillage, and quickly loading carts and trailers on the go.
- Remote Separator Grate Covers: Allows you to open and close grates without getting in and out of the cab.
How Green Tractors Can Support You
With so many precision ag services on the market, choosing where to start and how to best use precision ag in your operations can be challenging. At Green Tractors, our integrated solutions experts work with you closely to understand your unique needs and recommend the precision ag products that will best support your operations.
Whether you’re new to precision ag or brushing up on the latest technology, we’ll make sure you have the training and knowledge you need to get the most out of your equipment. Investing in precision ag equipment solutions is a significant investment. That's why our team is readily available to answer questions, troubleshoot, and provide support as you integrate new precision ag technology into your routines.
Visit Green Tractors today and learn how precision ag can maximize your productivity and profits.
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