Agri-tech Precision Farming Open Day - Arbroath Scotland

Hamish Wilkie who runs the Scotland operation for Agri-tech, organised a successful Open Day for a group of 15 key arable farmers in and around the Fife and Angus region. Growers that attended the day came with clear interests in to how get involved with Precision Farming from a Nutrient Management viewpoint. Our thanks go to Blair Hardy of Farmworks and Alistair Dickson from KRM Ltd, who both braved the cold to talk with growers. Blair demonstrated the hardware that "reads" GPS fertiliser application files whilst Alistair demonstrated the functionality of KRM's new range of fertiliser spreaders. Our thanks also go to the host farmer of the day Graham Neill of Grange of Conon Farm Arbroath for allowing us to invade the farm and make use of his excellent facilities.

Agri-tech provides a range of Precision Farming Services, but often growers are unsure how the process of Nutrient Mapping and Vari-rate fertiliser spreading "slots together". By demonstrating the chain of events from soil sampling through to vari-rate spreading, and technology used to achieve this concept, growers left the day with a clear understanding in terms of how the various processes fit together.

Issued 11th February 2009.