Autosteer and GPS

Farm Basics from Ag PhD Episode #1291 | 01/01/23 - It's a lot easier to get straight rows these days thanks to computers in the tractor cab. Brian & Darren talk about the way producers are using the latest technology to help improve many aspects on the farm.

[LtColDaddy]

You are so right about what a game changer auto steer is, and as far as it making farming easier, it could, but the smart money uses it as a force multiplier, increasing productivity. Autonomy is here in reality. I’d love to be able to spend more time behind my equipment, watching how well it’s doing the job.

[markriegler]

On my farm I e found that there is no more yield but product savings(spray and N). Way more savings then I thought. My only regret is I didnt do it years ago!

[greatmindbig]

Please is two bags npk of 27-13-13 okay for one hectare of sorghum, am in africa

[AgOpenGPSMagyarorszag]

Autosteer with AgOpenGPS is cheap. Around 1-2k $ per machine if you build it yourself.

[ShermanT.Potter]

All of the things that "can" add value, you didn't touch on. Eliminating guess row width variance to optimize sun utilization, auto row/boom shutoff reducing use of inputs, etc. Showing it has merit by being on a tractor running a soil finisher is precisely showing that farmers are lazy. Have it on a belly mount row cultivator where 1/2" side to side and a 1/10th of a mph can make a huge difference, THAT will make you mentally exhausted at the end of the day. I remember being so focused on my "gauge row" (you make one row ever so slightly tighter than the rest and watch that row to align yourself), when I looked away from it, the world would move...you're that locked in. Running a soil finisher is boring enough without autosteer.