Transcript Monsanto`s Key Contributions to Precision Agriculture

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Monsanto’s Key
Contributions to Precision
Agriculture
By Kaitlyn Nelson
Monsanto, the seed company?
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Double yields by 2030
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Three focus areas:
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Breeding
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Biotechnology
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Agronomics
Integrated Farming Systems
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Precision Planting
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FieldScripts
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Integrated Farming Systems
Combines genetics and equipment technology to
maximize yields
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Integrated Farming Systems
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Step 1: Precision Planting
+ Acquired May 2012
+ Independent subsidiary of
Monsanto
+ Integral part of the
Integrated Farming
Systems
+ Products
+ Keeton Seed Firmer
+ WaveVision
+ 20/20 SeedSense Monitor
+ FieldView app for iPad
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20/20 SeedSense Monitor
+ Correct hidden
mechanical
problems
+ Adjust meters,
vacuum pressure,
transmissions and
speed
+ Improve productivity
with accuracy at
higher speeds
+ Adjust down force
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FieldView for iPad
+ Real time, row-by-row
maps of planter
performance
+ Connects straight to
20/20 SeedSense
monitor
+ FieldView Plus adds
sharing capabilties
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Step 2: FieldScripts
+ First product from IFS
platform
+ Creates yield
management zone map
based on yield history &
fertility test
+ Selects best hybrid
based on map & a
proprietary algorithm
+ Prescribes variable rate
seeding based on field &
hybrid
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FieldScripts: Yield Data
+ Focusing on plant density –
combining row spacing &
plant population
+ 40 hybrids at 5 populations
from 23,000 ppa to 43,000
ppa & 2 row spacings, 20” &
30” on 60 sites, varying in
yield potential
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FieldScripts: Equipment
+ 20/20 SeedSense monitor &
planter control system
+ FieldView app
+ Integration with other
companies in the future
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FieldScripts: How to Get Them
+ On-farm trials in 2013 in
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa &
Minnesota
+ Wide release to come in
2014
+ DeKalb dealers provide
technical support & act as
an advisor to each grower
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The Future for IFS
+ Beginning stages
+ Variable rate NPK based
on management zones
+ In-season fertility &
disease management
+ Yield monitoring
advances
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“Science and the world’s best genetics
married to the world’s best planter
technology. That’s going to be the key
to success.”
-Gregg Sauder
Founder of Precision Planting
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Any Questions?