Introduction Many row crop operations such as tillage, planting, spraying, and spreading require that a tractor and implement make multiple, equal-width parallel swaths through the field. To maximize field efficiency and crop yields, operators must drive accurately to avoid excessive overlaps or gaps in field coverage. Traditionally, visual guidance systems such as mechanical and foam… read more »
Introduction Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is a satellite navigation system with global coverage that uses satellites to provide autonomous geo-spatial positioning.[1] The satellites provide signals from space that transmit positioning and timing data to GNSS receivers. The receivers then use this data to determine location[2] and also provide navigation or tracking the position of… read more »
Introduction Many row crop operations such as tillage, planting, spraying, and spreading require that a tractor and implement make multiple, equal-width parallel swaths through the field. To maximize field efficiency and crop yields, operators must drive accurately to avoid excessive overlaps or gaps in field coverage. Traditionally, visual guidance systems such as mechanical and foam… read more »
Introduction Many row crop operations such as tillage, planting, spraying, and spreading require that a tractor and implement make multiple, equal-width parallel swaths through the field. To maximize field efficiency and crop yields, operators must drive accurately to avoid excessive overlaps or gaps in field coverage. Traditionally, visual guidance systems such as mechanical and foam… read more »
Introduction Improved GNSS ground-based augmentation systems can enable cost-effective precision agriculture services to farmers, especially those with small and medium-sized businesses in areas of Europe where EGNOS availability may be poor under certain conditions. In several areas of Eastern and South Europe GPS accuracy is much less than the standard provided by existing augmentation services. This… read more »
Introduction Improved GNSS ground-based augmentation systems can enable cost-effective precision agriculture services to farmers, especially those with small and medium-sized businesses in areas of Europe where EGNOS availability may be poor under certain conditions. This technology offers better accuracy with faster convergence times. Related Project The goal of AUDITOR project is the implementation… read more »
Introduction Improved GNSS ground-based augmentation systems can enable cost-effective precision agriculture services to farmers, especially those with small and medium-sized businesses in areas of Europe where EGNOS availability may be poor under certain conditions. In several areas of Eastern and South Europe GPS accuracy is much less than the standard provided by existing augmentation services. This… read more »
Scientific Article Development and field evaluation of a completely automatic system for intra-row weed control in tomato fields. This system uses an automatically generated GPS crop plant map to automatically control the path of a set of mechanical intra-row weed knives in order to kill weeds growing between tomato plants in the seedline. The… read more »
Scientific Article Researchers at UC Davis and elsewhere have demonstrated the technical feasibility of using RTK-GPS technology to automatically create crop plant maps at planting (Sun et al., 2010; Perez-Ruiz, 2011). This paper describes the development and field evaluation of a completely automatic system for intra-row weed control in tomato fields. This system uses… read more »
Scientific Article Researchers at UC Davis and elsewhere have demonstrated the technical feasibility of using RTK-GPS technology to automatically create crop plant maps at planting (Sun et al., 2010; Perez-Ruiz, 2011). This paper describes the development and field evaluation of a completely automatic system for intra-row weed control in tomato fields. This system uses… read more »