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Download PDF Digital agronomy potentially offers more than just a step on from precision farming. CPM visits a Hants estate that’s made the most of the Rhiza platform to find out where the opportunities lie. As our confidence in the Contour yield predictions grows we will be able to push harder with nitrogen, fungicides and PGRs. By Rob Jones At Breamore Estate near Fordingbridge, Hants, farm manager David Northway has been precision farming for more than five years now and is an accomplished user of the Contour digital platform. It brings accurate precision input planning and management, he says – these and ‘hyper-local’ weather data available through the service help him and his Agrii agronomist, Roy Willis keep profitability on track. But they believe Rhiza digital agronomy offers far greater potential. In particular, there’s the opportunity to make the better use of high resolution satellite imaging, crop yield predictions claimed to be increasingly accurate, and ‘big data’ from the latest research and grower experience. More precise management means far more even crops at Breamore Estate. The estate’s 550 ha of arable ground was scanned by SoilQuest in 2012/13 to address the biggest challenge it presents – a vast range of…
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