Precision Ag - the future

Imagine: Driverless vehicles equipped with safe detection technology that will lower the overall cost of operation and increase return on investment.

Imagine: Dramatically lowering your labour force costs.

Imagine: Demanding more from your equipment and becoming more than a machinery operator.

These are not idle daydreams. Commercially viable driverless vehicles are just around the corner, thanks to Case IH. With shortages of skilled farm labour and ever increasing competition, the demand for this kind of technology is high. Vehicles will soon be able to think for themselves and complete condition-responsive tasks like automatically adjusting rotor and fan speed, sieve opening and header operation in combines. By automating as many processes as possible, it becomes easier to avoid operator error while ensuring greater accuracy and lower fuel consumption.

What's available now?

Case IH offers a wide range of precision ag equipment, from the Ez Guide 500 lightbar, to AFS AccuGuideTM and the AFS Pro 600 Colour Screen. Case IH dealers are also actively installing RTK networks to ensure you get the accuracy you demand.

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RTK networks

Real Time Kinematic (RTK) GPS stations deliver a signal with repeatable accuracy to within two centimetres, making them ideal for precision ag guidance systems. The stations are situated within overlapping radii of approximately 12 kilometres of one another to provide a stronger and cleaner signal. Access to the RTK base station network is charged by a set fee regardless of how many tractors, combine harvesters or sprayers are being used with the precision ag technology. The fees are very competitive and are often cheaper than independent providers.

JJ O’Connor & Sons (with locations in Birchip, Warracknabeal and Horsham, Victoria) was the first dealer in Australia to install an RTK network. Western Australia dealer Purcher International has just announced that its RTK network is up and running, and a New South Wales network is underway thanks to Kenway & Clark at Moree.

You’ve seen the proof – Now are you ready to demand more ?