Precision Agriculture Solutions
for all seasons
Presenter: Scott Reinert
About Trimble
 Trimble Agriculture develops innovative
technology that transforms the crop
production cycle, driving efficiency,
sustainability and profitability while
protecting the environment
Variable Rate Application
 Varying rates across the field is not
new, technology is making it easier and
more precise
 Two Types
– Map based VRA (prescription)
– Sensor based VRA
Trimble Solutions for Map
Based VRA
Trimble product solutions for VRA.
 Rawson Controls
 EZ-Guide 500
 FmX
EZ-Guide 500 Serial Direct Connect
 Connects to the following popular rate
controllers
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Raven 4xx & 6xx
Rawson
Hardi HC 5500
D & E Aqua
 EZ-Boom 2010
Trimble AgGPS FmX
 Prescription import via industry standard
Shapefile
 EZ-Boom
– Single Product VRA
 Tru Application Control (TAC)
– Up to 4 product VRA control
 Serial Direct Connect
– VRA (Raven, etc)
– Section Control (Hardi)
Trimble Solutions for Sensor
Based VRA
Vigor-Based Nitrogen Management
• 2 Bands of Light: Red/NIR
• Red absorbed by plant tissue
• NIR reflected by plant tissue
• Sensor Output: NDVI (Range: 0-1.0)
• NDVI = (NIR-Red)/(NIR+Red)
• Operate Day or Night
NDVI = Normalized Difference Vegetative Index
GreenSeeker® Systems
GreenSeeker Capabilities
 Measures differences in crop health and vigor
in real time, not a service.
 Facilitates real time variable rate applications.
 Maps crop condition, targeted prescriptions
and as-applied data.
 Available for repetitive use throughout the
year.
Automatic Section Control
Simple idea, huge payback
 Keeps track of
where you’ve
applied and of noapply zones
 Shuts-off sections
or rows precisely
 Works with seed,
liquid, granular
and anhydrous
 5%+ savings, one
year payback
likely
Manual shutoff is wasteful
Automatic section control minimizes overlap and slow down
Headland
Reaction time
Overlap
area
Overlap cut down
by 75%
Overlap
eliminated
Overlap on manual shutoff really adds up
Planter/NH3 @ 5mph
Sprayer @ 15 mph
45ft
60ft
90ft
60ft
90ft
120ft
Rectangle w.
straight rows
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
1.5%
1.5%
1.5%
Rectangle w.
angled rows
2.6%
3.8%
4.9%
4.4%
5.8%
7.3%
Parallelogram/
trapezium
1.6%
2.2%
2.7%
3%
3.7%
4.4%
Angled with
water way
4.2%
5.9%
7.6%
7.4%
9.2% 11.7%
Pivot
3.2%
4%
5.8%
5.2%
6.9%
8.6%
Odd shaped /
contours
8.7%
8.7%
16%
13%
18%
23%
Based on KSU work by Terry Kastens: “KSU-GPSguidance.xls”
EZ-Boom 2010
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Automatically Control up to 10 sections
Works with EZ-Guide 500, FMD and FmX
Upgrade to variable rate application (VRA)
Automatic section control and single channel rate
control
Tru Application Control
 Tru Application Control (TAC)
– Trimble and DICKEY-john components
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Control upto 24 sections
Works with FMD and FmX
Monitor seed and control upto 4 products
4 channel VRA capable
Tru Count Planter Row Shutoff
Tru count solves the problem
 Individual row control eliminates wasteful
overlap during planting
 Works with almost all planters built in
North America
 Deere, Kinze, Case, White, etc
Impressive results
 Field NOT Using Air
clutches
 Field Using Air
Clutches
Tru Count system components
Tru Count air
clutch – need
one per row
Compressor
Tank
Four section air
valve module
Trimble advantages in section control
 Polygon based detection allows Trimble to control up to 24
individual sections and control overlap to the inch level
– Competitors use less accurate grid based systems – typically with 1 - 3
ft resolution. If using a 3 ft grid, you need to overlap by the full grid least
(3 ft) before the system will shut off a section
 Best real time display of what is going on in the field
 Trimble offers products that range from entry to high end
Precision Positioning
What is ‘GPS’?
 GPS = The Global Positioning System
 A collection of 24-32 satellites that provide
accurate position information worldwide
Copied from “GPS Navstar User’s Overview” prepared by GPS
Joint Program Office, 1984
What is GNSS?
 Global Navigation
Satellite System
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GPS
WAAS
EGNOS
GLONASS
GALILEO
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How does GPS work?
 Satellites are used as reference points to
calculate your current position
 GPS receiver times how long it takes a radio
signal to reach us from a satellite and uses that
time to calculate distance to the satellite
 At least 4 satellites needed to compute a 3
dimensional position (latitude, longitude, and
altitude)
Transcend Family
 Accurate positioning is at the core of every
precision Ag operation
 The most complete GPS family line-up
 Transcend is more than just a GPS chip…
– It is the dedicated investment in positioning
development that makes GPS work specifically for
Agriculture
– It is features only found in Trimble receivers:
 OnPath™ Advance Filter Technology
 Trimble™ RTK
 And many more to come…
AgGPS 162 Receiver
 Smart antenna
 L1, WAAS, SBAS
 Radar pulse output for
ground speed
 1 & 5Hz output
 12 channel
AgGPS 262 Receiver
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L1/L2
L2C Ready!
SBAS, Omnistar, RTK
Radar pulse output for
ground speed
– No More Separate GPS or
radar needed
Controlling the Implement
Two Problems……….
Two Solutions!
#1 – Move the Tractor
 TrueGuide
– “Passive” implement
Guidance
– Tractor:
 Autopilot
 Display
 NavController II
 GPS
– Implement
 GPS receiver
#2 – Move the Implement
 TrueTracker
– Active Implement Steering
– 5 types of applications
– Repeatable performance
“at the ground level”
New for 2009 AgGPS TrueGuide
 Passive Implement Steering
– Control the tractor based on combined input of
tractor and implement location
– Applications
 Broadacre crops
 Strip Tillage
 Hillsides
 Anywhere Autopilot goes, plus more.
Increase Performance
 TrueTracker Implement
Steering
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Active steering
Independent IMU
Single display
Operates while in reverse
Precision Control of the
implement
 TrueGuide
– “Passive” implement
Guidance
– Inexpensive
– Simple installation
– 50% more accurate on
large implements
Drainage and Land Preparation
FieldLevel ll
 Trimble has a long history in Water
Management
– 40 Year Old Customer Base
– Multiple Generations
 Trimble 3D control was first introduced in
1995
FieldLevel ll
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GPS Yield Maps
Equipment Sizes increading
Input Costs rising
RTK – GNSS
Need for Guidance
 GPS Awareness Is Growing
 Managing Water Is Still The #1 challenge for
many growers
 Tile and Surface
Drainage
 Leveling
Applications
 Tandem Scraper Option
 Dual Scraper Option
New Functions
Powerful new features in FieldLevel II
 Point to Slope
 Ideal for farm
tile drainage
installation
 AutoSlope
– Ideal for land
leveling
New Features
AutoSlope – design profile
 Single slope
 Smooth fit
w/ bounds
Trimble is committed to make farmers
more productive across all farm
operations
 Trimble has expanded its solutions across the
entire farming cycle
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Automatic Section Control
Variable Rate Application and Prescriptions
Land Preparation and Drainage management
Vehicle and implement guidance