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Quality data = best return on investment
Jan 30, 2017, 13:41 PM
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A precision ag specialist says quality data has the best return on investment.
John Fulton with Ohio State University tells Brownfield yield monitors need to be properly calibrated in order to collect the best data for management decisions. “Seventy bushel corn at five miles an hour or even six miles an hour—that pounds per second is tremendously different than a 250 plus corn at five miles an hour—so you’ve got to calibrate over that range of expected flow rates.” He says yield data can be skewed up to 15 percent if harvesting in rough conditions or without proper calibration which can offset the precision of site specific management.
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