GPS Systems

Geographic Positioning Systems are no longer a luxury item to agrologists and farmers, they are an essential item. As the ability to micro-manage crop inputs increases, the role of this equipment becomes vital. 

We currently use portable Handheld GPS, backpack GPS, and a truck mounted autosteer mapping system. We also work with many clients who use GPS to facilitate yield mapping, variable-rate fertilization, and guidance/autosteer. We are also a dealer for RTK autosteer and other GPS products available through OnSite GPS.

How we use GPS in the Field

Ruggedized tablet computers and GPS devices are used for field scouting and GreenSeeker analysis. As the tablets are used for daily data entry, it is valuable to be able to use the same device to quickly mark the location of a potentially resistant wild oat patch or to bring up the coordinates of a previous years herbicide trial. The GreenSeeker can quickly record geo-referenced NDVI results from a fertilizer trial.

The guidance system is used with the truck sprayer in order to lay out fertilizer and pesticide strip trials straight and parallel to one another.

Backpack GPS is used to for field borders, leaf-cutter bee shelter layouts, measuring acres for crop damage claims, and other applications where sub-meter accuracy is required.

GPS is also mounted on the soil sampling truck to geo-reference soil sampling points in order to sample the same locations every year.

Real time kinetic (RTK) GPS and autosteer are a critical component of our Veris mapping unit and drainage services.

Without GPS, accurate micro-management is impossible.