Wednesday, August 24, 2011

New for the Trimble Harvest Solution:

Yield Monitoring

 

Trimble® is pleased to announce the expansion of the Trimble harvest solution to now include yield monitoring, which enables farmers to accurately monitor, map, gather, and analyze their crop yield.
Yield Monitoring

The Trimble Yield Monitoring system enables farmers to collect crop yield and moisture data as they harvest, through sensors connected to the Trimble FmX® integrated display. Farmers can instantly see how well the field performed, and can keep accurate field records for insurance and planning. By adding the Trimble Connected Farm™ software, yield data can be shared between the FmX display on the combine, mobile handheld device, and the office for easy mapping and analysis. Yield and moisture summary reports can be generated for all farms and fields harvested through the season to help farmers determine profit per acre to assess input costs and price paid for land rent.

Features and benefits

• Real-time variety tracking on the display gathers yield and moisture data for seed varieties throughout the field. Farmers can conduct independent field trials by splitting the planter or using different regions of the field. The resulting data can be used to compare the performance of each seed variety and determine the optimal type to buy the next year.
• Load tracking records the amount of grain harvested and loaded onto the trucks. Farmers can use load tracking to match actual truck scale ticket weights to the recorded yield map values, and adjust their yield maps within Farm Works Site software to reflect the crop weight and moisture recorded by the elevator.
• Autocut width helps avoid inaccurate area and yield calculations by automatically adjusting the cut width when harvesting odd-shaped fields, point rows, or partial passes.
• Flexible installation options enable yield monitoring on most combines. Trimble can install yield monitoring sensors, use existing sensors, or interface directly with the combine factory direct, depending on the combine set up. Installation options include:
• Complete sensor kit: If the combine does not have yield or moisture sensors, Trimble offers a complete yield monitoring kit that includes the installation of yield and moisture sensors on most late-model combines.

Partial sensor kit: If the combine has a shark-fin style moisture sensor, Trimble will use the existing moisture sensor on the combine and install a Trimble yield sensor.
• OEM interface kit: For select combines, Trimble will interface directly with the combine to capture the yield and moisture data gathered by the OEM systems and sensors.
• Ease of calibration by reviewing on the screen previously harvested loads and entering the actual load weight and moisture. A simple calibration using one load, or an advanced option for multiple loads, are available.

New for the Trimble Harvest Solution: RG-100 Row Guidance

 

Trimble® is pleased to announce the expansion of the Trimble harvest solution to now include row guidance, which enables farmers to maximize their efficiency when harvesting crops.
RG-100 row guidance

The Trimble RG-100 row guidance system uses row sensors to signal the Autopilot™ automated steering system to center the combine head on straight, curved, or hillside rows.

Features and benefits

• Increase corn yield through reduced ear loss. Row guidance sensors mounted on the header help the Autopilot system follow shifted corn rows caused by the planter drifting down a hillside or through curves in the field.
• Reduce operator fatigue in difficult conditions such as down corn, curved rows, long passes, and other poor visibility conditions.
• Benefit from Autopilot functionality in corn fields that were planted with any steering system.

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