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A new climate module on Hutchinsons precision platform – Omnia – means growers are now able to benefit from a number of crop modelling systems, tried and tested at the company’s Helix farm in Northants. CPM finds out more. We’re really keen to ensure that all data collected has a practical use. By Charlotte Cunningham In the early 90s, boyband Crowded House famously sang the lyrics: “Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you”. But what happens if we change the word ‘go’ for ‘grow’? Taking the weather everywhere you grow is exactly what Omnia aims to do thanks to its latest update – a new climate module based on data collected from virtual weather stations. Through the new feature – launched in April – the climate module is set to provide Omnia users with weather data accurate to 1km 2, and access to historic and forecast weather and soil data – as well as a whole host of crop modelling facilities. “This whole module has been developed from our Helix farm project and fits in with our aims of utilising the Omnia technology to increase our effectiveness – particularly around decision making by agronomists and growers,” explains…
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