Frederick Hiams Ltd using RTK to improve efficiency in Potato production.
Frederick Hiam Limited is a diverse Farming and Fresh Produce Business, with farms in Suffolk & Cambridgeshire.
Growing a wide range of crops including Potatoes, Onions, Parsnips, Parsley Root, Cereals, Sugar Beet, Maize, Grassland & Forestry. Introducing Precision Farming equipment and using the RTKF Net signal has allowed them to improve efficiencies in all their crop production.
Here’s what they have to say:
“We have been using RTKF Net for 5 years now and it is used across the board with all of our production. For our Potato crops we do all our ridging with RTK, this has allowed us to eliminate narrow beds and ensure that all beds are the same width, therefore maximising the number of beds in the field and maximising production. The accuracy and repeatability of RTK allows operators to concentrate on the operation behind the tractor ensuring depths are correct and ridges are perfect, confident in the knowledge that the tractor is exactly where it should be.
The RTK is then used on the planter to follow the AB lines created by the ridger, reducing initial in field setup and again ensuring that the operator can concentrate on the planting and not on the position of the tractor. This is time and energy efficient and greatly reduces driver fatigue.
Finally, we use RTK on the sprayer, combined with auto section control and shut off we have seen a reduction in inputs and the corresponding costs that come with this.”
You can read this update from RTKF Net on TFF's AGVendor...
Growing a wide range of crops including Potatoes, Onions, Parsnips, Parsley Root, Cereals, Sugar Beet, Maize, Grassland & Forestry. Introducing Precision Farming equipment and using the RTKF Net signal has allowed them to improve efficiencies in all their crop production.
Here’s what they have to say:
“We have been using RTKF Net for 5 years now and it is used across the board with all of our production. For our Potato crops we do all our ridging with RTK, this has allowed us to eliminate narrow beds and ensure that all beds are the same width, therefore maximising the number of beds in the field and maximising production. The accuracy and repeatability of RTK allows operators to concentrate on the operation behind the tractor ensuring depths are correct and ridges are perfect, confident in the knowledge that the tractor is exactly where it should be.
The RTK is then used on the planter to follow the AB lines created by the ridger, reducing initial in field setup and again ensuring that the operator can concentrate on the planting and not on the position of the tractor. This is time and energy efficient and greatly reduces driver fatigue.
Finally, we use RTK on the sprayer, combined with auto section control and shut off we have seen a reduction in inputs and the corresponding costs that come with this.”
You can read this update from RTKF Net on TFF's AGVendor...
