Functions and systems developed by Horsch below the basis of intelligent agriculture

Precision agriculture has already been discussed for more than a decade. The progress of technology has allowed the changes to take place in agriculture, one of the areas that would subsequently benefit from it. The German manufacturer Horses It is a pioneer in Europe in terms of development and implementation of new technologies, the first steps in the direction of the processing of information are the IsoBus systems, with which it is equipped in the standard configuration, for 15 years ago, most of the agricultural equipment produced by the Gemina company.

«Starting from the growing necessity for farmers to have the quality of the soil or the quality of the sowing, more equipment, systems and functions have been developed. These were of great help for farmers who, for example, had a relatively small area of ​​several hundred hectares and now have areas of several thousand hectares, which must be supervised. As necessary logistics and time, it is almost impossible in another way to supervise a farm of great demissions. These new systems help sowing extremely, reducing the quantities of seeds and fertilizers used«Says Costantin Curcrip, the Horsch representative in Romania, who, in the following lines, presents some of the solutions developed and implemented by the German company and their advantages.

The most popular tracking and control systems

One of these is the system SecationControlwhich was developed to avoid overlap, both for sowing treatments and phytosanitary or application of fertilizers. Consequently: the consumption of materials is considerably reduced, which means a reduction in costs /has more responsibility and care for the environment respectively.

«SecationControl It is one of the simplest but most effective functions, which we find both in the sowing of cereals and prey. Avoid overlap or overlap in the final areas or angles, where a very high density is created, from which it is possible to start or can start various diseases or represent a outbreak for the rest of the culture. Another advantage is the ecomony of materials. It is extremely effective in the case of small and non -uniform terrestrial areas.«(Costantina Curcrm)

Another intelligent system that facilitates the work of farmers is Variablewhich allows both seeds and dosage of fertilizers depending on the area of ​​the area and the stadium of development of crops.

«Apply up to three individual components, depending on the characteristics of the soil and can be found in the configuration of any Horsch sowing. For example, as we have often said, in its description, farmers in the south of the country that irrigate their crops, use this system to sow corn with a density of 85,000 plants/ha and 250 kg of fertilizers/has inside the irrigated area with the help of the pivot and a density of 75,000 plants/ha and 190 kg.«

Multicontrol It is a control system of different components of the sowers, which allows the independent start and the arrest of seeds and fertilizers. The sowers have developed over time with up to four basins, or a basin divided into four, in order to cope with the requests imposed by certain situations. For example, when a farmer wants, for soil protection or to improve his quality, to sow a green culture – a mixture of different types of cereals, to increase the degree of soil.

«There is an absolutely direct correlation and to understand these systems it is necessary to consider the following configurations. These are activations that are available for any farmer who has Horsch's agricultural equipment: IsoBus PC – facilitates communication with a system that takes information and can be found for all sowing; Track leader II – an activation that controls the walk in parallel and saves tasks; Section control. For the multicontrol system, the first three are essential. This logical order is absolutely necessary.«

A further step forward: Sowing Sowing System and Bob-Cu-Bob

These systems have shown their efficiency in practice, so we find them in most agricultural equipment producers. However, Horsch took a further step forward and developed a technology to help the optimal growth of plants in soil conditions with different densities. We are talking AutopopalA system initially developed for the master who prays the sowers, therefore extended to the sowing of cereals, respectively to I feel.

«A terrestrial area can have a different soil structure, which influences the growth and development of plants. Autopopal It measures the density of the soil, which is the degree of response to penetration with the double disc and therefore adapts the pressure on each shed or through sections, so that a perfect sowing depth is preserved. The simplest example is a very difficult ground, in which a pressure of 300 kg may be needed to penetrate the ground. The section is tense with this weight, but immediately over 100 meters, follows an area with sandy ground, in which the 300 kg required previously are too much and even if the sowing depth will not change, the high pressure on the Coul will influence the growth and development of the roots.«, Indicates C. Curcrm.

A state -des intelligent system -Art is e The sowing of Bob-Cu-Bob al Pio. Within the agricultural investments that have the production of seed material as their subject of activity, the bob sowing system in the earth is probably the greatest help with which farmers can optimize their seed productions. Basically, the genetic potential for the twinning and the development of each plant is used to the maximum, so that the plants are healthy, develop, develop and will be less influenced by external factors, such as lack or excess rainfall.

«We have some very interesting experiments, including in Romania, carried out last year, during the farm on the large island of Braila and a farm of Ianca, Braila, and we can't wait for the results. There are several tens of hectares sown with a ready sowing, with this dosage system. There are customers who closely follow the evolution of crops and are sure that the results will be as expected«, Says C. Curcross.

An increasing number of Romanian farmers choose to use these efficient functions, but after the above discussion we discover that more than half of Romanian farmers do not use technological paths, an element necessary to benefit from all the advantages of technology.

«The path that seems the simplest, can lead exactly to the creation of those complications we are trying to avoid. My opinion is that before thinking about all these options that all producers make available to us, we should start with simple things. It is a shame not to use agricultural equipment that are equipped and prepared for maximum potential«, Concluded Costantin Curcross.