GPS farming ????

Northeast Puller · Jun 20, 2009

If you farm odd shaped fields.Does the GPS help you split the field in thirds or what ever to help to help you with short rows. Missed spots because you can not plant because of spacing. Will it help with wasted time riding the head lands and stuff like that. I am just wondering . You all can not have those 500 acre square fields like I see in all of your picture you guys post.

GeneMO · Jun 20, 2009

To answer your question, yes. You can go around the field to establish the end rows. Then start across the field to establish you A-B line they call it. The GPS remembers this. Then you can go way down the field and the GPS will line you up so there is no lap over. Pretty slick.

Gene

IaGary · Jun 20, 2009

GPS can give you a line to follow if you strike thru the middle of the field. It could even be curved and if you follow a lite bar or use GPS with auto steer you can run rows evenly spaced beside them. But markers on the planter will do the same thing.

It is not going to make the rows any longer than what you can see would make the longest rows.

The main reasons for GPS is to use with auto steer to relieve the fatigue factor while farming. And placement of fertilizer to increase the yields. That way you only apply the fertilizer where it is needed according to soil samples.

Gary

IAOliverTeen · Jun 20, 2009

The money that it cost to farm with GPS will pay for itself very quickly.
At the farm that I would out we put auto shut offs on our 16 row Kinze for corn. We didn't notice the seed savings on the corn, but now that we have got to beans and didn't put hte shut offs on the front pushers we have seen the difference. The back rows still shut off on like the point rows and the end rows but the fronts don't and everytime the front boxes will run out before the backs.
Now, not only does the monitor go in the planter, but we also have it set up in the combine, and will soon have it set up in the sprayer. It is nice.
We have had hardly no trouble at all with the monitor and the system. Just a few operator errors!

Anonymous-0 · Jun 20, 2009

With enough seasons/times I would agree but it will require quite a few years on less than 1000 acres. We also have row shutoffs but they are operator controlled rocker switches. Just requires that the operator be more experienced and attentive. A GPS sprayer setup is nearly ideal but even better is to hire someone whom has one. This is the path we choose.

Northeast Puller · Jun 21, 2009

Thanks guys. I new about the spray and fertilizer thing but not the rest. In the north east we farmed in the 70 and 80 on side hills and small fields some a whopping 3 acres.I planted corn with a JD 494A 4 row planter and a Farmall M. After barn work was dun if you got 20 25 acres planted in a day it was a long day and considered a good days work.

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