Precision Upgrades to Boost Your Harvest Season

Jul 01, 2022

Make the most of this harvest season and boost your potential crop yield next year with data-driven solutions. Today’s latest agronomic software allows you to keep a close eye on what’s occurring both on top of and underneath the soil.

Increase the accuracy of your guidance tools and access in-depth information about your operation all from your computer, tablet or smartphone. Boost your efficiency and your profits by making the most of every field pass, application and minute spent in the field, home and office.

Take your operation to the next level with these harvest season software upgrades:

AFS RTK⁺

Boost your tractor’s guidance correction and reduce skips and overlaps in all your farming tasks with Advanced Farming Systems (AFS) RTK⁺. AFS RTK⁺ correction signals provide enhanced accuracy by using cellular networks instead of traditional radio-delivered real-time kinematic (RTK) networks. Higher accuracy for your tractor’s guidance system means increased product use efficiency, including during seeding fertilization and spraying.

Field-IQ

Increase the productivity and efficiency of your planting, nutrient and pest management operations with the Field-IQ^™ crop input control system. Save on input costs and limit overapplication with variable rate application control, automatic section control, boom height control, seed monitoring and spinner speed control. Field-IQ is ISOBUS-compatible.

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Video: Dicamba Returns for Georgia Farmers: What the New EPA Ruling Means for Cotton Growers

After being unavailable in 2024 due to registration issues, dicamba products are returning for Georgia farmers this growing season — but under strict new conditions.

In this report from Tifton, Extension Weed Specialist Stanley Culpepper explains the updated EPA ruling, including new application limits, mandatory training requirements, and the need for a restricted use pesticide license. Among the key changes: a cap of two ½-pound applications per year and the required use of an approved volatility reduction agent with every application.

For Georgia cotton producers, the ruling is significant. According to Taylor Sills with the Georgia Cotton Commission, the vast majority of cotton planted in the state carries the dicamba-tolerant trait — meaning farmers had been paying for technology they couldn’t use.

While environmental groups have expressed concerns over spray drift, Georgia growers have reduced off-target pesticide movement by more than 91% over the past decade. Still, this two-year registration period will come with increased scrutiny, making stewardship and compliance more important than ever.