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re: Question for the farmers on the OT
Posted on 6/27/20 at 10:17 pm to prostyleoffensetime
Posted on 6/27/20 at 10:17 pm to prostyleoffensetime
quote:
was a fungicide worth it
I know it is necessary, but as soon as they start spraying fungicide my head starts to kill me, and will continue until they stop.
So, in my opinion, it ain't worth it.
This post was edited on 6/27/20 at 10:18 pm
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Posted on 6/27/20 at 10:18 pm to prostyleoffensetime
quote:Nice. Sounds expensive but probably worth it, eh? (Edit: just looked up pricing, maybe $1k/year? Not bad at all)
Yeah, I’m a cotton, corn, and soybean farmer, and we use a couple different platforms to analyze data. We use a platform called Climate to log and analyze planting, application, and harvest data. You can analyze how all kinds of stuff affects yield. Seeding rates, amount of fertilizer applied, was a fungicide worth it, how planting slower or faster affected emergence and plant spacing... And about 1000 other things. A guy from LSU is the regional manager for Climate in the MidSouth.
We use another platform to analyze profit/loss of fields, enterprises, etc.
I've read about (near-)IR imaging via drones. Is that at all useful or just silly?
This post was edited on 6/27/20 at 10:27 pm
Posted on 6/27/20 at 10:19 pm to LegendInMyMind
quote:I don't know how to tell you this...
as soon as they start spraying fungicide my head starts to kill me
Posted on 6/27/20 at 10:20 pm to Korkstand
Yeah, we use drones to produce imagery and write prescriptions for a sprayer to apply variable rate plant growth regulators to cotton.
This post was edited on 6/27/20 at 10:23 pm
Posted on 6/27/20 at 10:33 pm to jamboybarry
quote:you forgot Mach shoe, baw.
I love corn. Corn dogs. Corn fritters. Creamed corn. Cornbread. Grilled corn. Corn salsa. Cornbread dressing. Corn nuts.
Posted on 6/27/20 at 10:33 pm to prostyleoffensetime
quote:Cool. Do you own and operate your own drones? Manual flight or scripted/gps? Manual or software image analysis? I'm interested in how automated it is. I would imagine it's all heading toward automatic periodic multispectral imaging, with software alerting to problems and predicting yields/etc.
Yeah, we use drones to produce imagery and write prescriptions for a sprayer to apply variable rate plant growth regulators to cotton.
Thank you for all the info!
Posted on 6/27/20 at 10:47 pm to Korkstand
Don’t own the drones. It’s hired out. We pooled acres with a group of other farmers and got a group rate for the imagery.
The drones fly on a scripted path.
Software analyzes it and then I just print off a pdf and go to spots that make me curious and confirm whether or not the image is correct or if something else is throwing it off. A flush of grass will distort the image and the drone will think the cotton’s biomass is greater than it actually is. You can then manually go in and edit something if you want to.
The drones fly on a scripted path.
Software analyzes it and then I just print off a pdf and go to spots that make me curious and confirm whether or not the image is correct or if something else is throwing it off. A flush of grass will distort the image and the drone will think the cotton’s biomass is greater than it actually is. You can then manually go in and edit something if you want to.
Posted on 6/27/20 at 10:49 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
frick you. I’ve been farming for 13 years. My family has been farming for 45 yrs. we’ve never tried to take advantage of the system you fricking scumbag.
Posted on 6/28/20 at 9:06 pm to SuperSaint
That depends — if you’re out of work trying to feed a family while still looking for a job YES. If someone is sitting on their as at home and fully able to work bit doesn't then not so much.
Posted on 6/28/20 at 9:18 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
In Missouri we do something called crop rotation. I’d say it’s pretty common nationwide. Also cotton prices Went to heck so the only cotton being grown here is to fill the gin up! Forced production by the land owner
Posted on 6/28/20 at 9:23 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Also in MO we get the privilege of spraying thrips once a week which as anyone could imagine isn’t cheap. High inputs.
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