At FieldView™, we place effectivity and profitability at the forefront of everything we do and are continuously developing new technologies to assist you in farming more sustainably. With the launch of FieldView’s new scripting feature, we are solidifying FieldView’s position as a global leading platform, committed to helping farmers address recent and future challenges in agriculture.
We have recently expanded on the capabilities of our scripting tool, in our first year we provided our growers with a manual scripting tool where the grower could draw his own zones as well as use existing scripts to merge/split and define zones per field. This new scripting tool allows for auto-zoning based on multiple FHA (Field Health Advisory) satellite scouting maps to auto-generate the zones based on our unique algorithm. The auto-zoning feature is now available for satellite imagery as well as yield maps for seed scripting.
The automated generation of scripting zones for fertility not only saves valuable time, but also optimizes the effective application of fertilizer inputs. This feature helps farmers boost the use of high-priced inputs like nitrogen to ultimately increase their return on investment and maximize the benefits that come from using high-quality products and technology.
When examining a field, inherent differences in soil types, water retention abilities, fertility, soil depth etc. all contribute to defining soil potential. South Africa is well-known for its varying soil types and for soil differences that can often be found within the scope of a few meters. These soil differences must be considered when calculating your investment in a specific field. In this regard scripting and variable-rate application play a key role.
Companies offering scripting today base their scripts on soil chemical and physical data from one- or two-hectare grid samples analyzed and zoned to showcase corrections required for pH, phosphate, and potassium. FieldView, however, makes use of satellite imagery and along with our proprietary algorithm to provide a 5 m x 5 m zoned grid to calculate statistically and output the biomass index and accumulation from week to week in the scouting map feature. When using these maps in the universal scripting tool, the grower can decide on the number of zones he/she wants to manage, and this tool will automatically generate zones based on the statistical differences between biomass areas in the field. Scripting based on the Field Health Advisory (scouting maps) or the yield maps, with the appropriate amount of data, can be used to zone fields for variable rate application in fertilizer like nitrogen. A grower can benefit by applying nitrogen at variable-rate according to soil texture and available moisture.
Not only does this feature save a lot of time as zones are now automated rather than drawn manually, but it is also much more accurate. It allows farmers to make an accurate calculation of their inputs to generate the maximum return on investment.
Furthermore, when using the fertilizer script completed on the web, you are able to pre-load your tank mix on the FieldView™ Cab App and allocate it to the corresponding field along with the prescription. This way, you are able to optimise your operation production and save on inputs. .
How do I access this feature?
1. Visit www.fieldview.co.za.
2. Enter your username and password.
3. Click on the button at the top of the account called “Prescription”.
4. This will take you to the scripting tool.
This new feature has now been launched globally and is available to all FieldView™ Plus users.
For more information on this feature, please contact Karyn Koekemoer at karyn.koekemoer@bayer.com or Lehanka Coetzer at lehanka.coetzer@bayer.com.