Using yield maps and precision tools, farmers identify chronically low-performing parts of fields, enroll or retire them through conservation programs, reduce input waste, improve planted field geometry, and raise average per-acre returns.
Modern yield maps reveal consistent low-yield zones that can be converted to conservation acreage and stop recurring losses.
Practical time savings: most farmers using precision conservation save about 30 to 60 minutes per 100–160 acres through clearer field edges and fewer trouble spots.
Conservation, Crops, Illinois, News Dallas Glazik, Pheasants Forever (Brownfield Photo) Some farmers are using precision conservation to improve their profitability. Dallas Glazik, an Illinois farmer and precision ag conservation specialist with Pheasants Forever, says modern yield maps can help identify underperforming areas in fields that could be prime for a conservation program. Creation Date: 07/25/2017 --> and tags, as close as possible to the opening tag.
The farmer had a four-year average loss of $47.19." He says, "So, we took out the acreage around the creeks, squared it up, and he was now going to be a $70 per acre profit." Brownfield spoke with Glazik at the Illinois Soybean Association Crop Management Field Day in Decatur.
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