TY - JOUR
T1 - Whole farm analysis of automatic section control for agricultural machinery
AU - Shockley, Jordan
AU - Dillon, Carl R.
AU - Stombaugh, Tim
AU - Shearer, Scott
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - Automatic section control was analyzed in a whole farm decision-making framework when implemented on an agricultural sprayer and/or planter. In addition, various field types and navigational scenarios were examined to determine their impact on profitability. It was determined that automatic section control increased net returns under all scenarios; up to $36/ha. This investigation highlighted the importance of considering field size in addition to field shape as well as initial navigational scenarios when determining the profitability of automatic section control.
AB - Automatic section control was analyzed in a whole farm decision-making framework when implemented on an agricultural sprayer and/or planter. In addition, various field types and navigational scenarios were examined to determine their impact on profitability. It was determined that automatic section control increased net returns under all scenarios; up to $36/ha. This investigation highlighted the importance of considering field size in addition to field shape as well as initial navigational scenarios when determining the profitability of automatic section control.
KW - Economics
KW - Farm management
KW - Precision agriculture
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U2 - 10.1007/s11119-011-9256-z
DO - 10.1007/s11119-011-9256-z
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84863444482
SN - 1385-2256
VL - 13
SP - 411
EP - 420
JO - Precision Agriculture
JF - Precision Agriculture
IS - 4
ER -