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Video: variable sowing maize in Hengelo
Digitization and precision farming help improve crop yield and quality with reduced inputs of starting material and crop protection. The first applications are ready for practical use in arable farming and tools are also on the way in forage cultivation. Contractor Bosch Hengelo BV will sow the first plots of maize variably this year based on task cards from Agrility, the new smart-farming platform of maize breeder LG.
As Europe's largest breeder and supplier of agricultural crops, LG is strongly committed to developing supporting tools and technology for growers. Agrility is an online platform in which cultivation-supporting data comes together. Through satellite monitoring, growers can monitor crop growth and plan the optimal harvest time, supported by growth models.
In addition, the 'Density' module provides task cards for variable maize sowing. Based on historical and current field data and weather conditions, this module provides a task map with the sowing densities, which vary between 85.000 and 105.000 seeds per hectare. In this way, no more seed is used than necessary and every seed has the opportunity to grow into a full-fledged plant, even in the lesser places in the plot.
Loonbedrijf Bosch Hengelo BV is gaining first experience with variable maize sowing and the Agrility platform this season:
