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PRECISION FARMING: ADOPTION, PROFITABILITY, AND MAKING BETTER USE OF DATA T.W. Griffin, J. Lowenberg-DeBoer, D.M. Lambert, and J. Peone Site Specific Management Center - Purdue University T. Payne and S.G. Daberkow USDA-ERS 3 part presentation 1) Adoption trends in the US and Worldwide 2) Review of PA profitability literature 3) Making better use of yield monitor data Adoption Trends Worldwide network of collaborators USDA ARMS study PA Services Dealership Survey Whipker and Akridge, 2004 Yield Map Actual Adoption Rates of U.S. Yield Monitors Actual Adoption Rates of U.S. Yield Mapping Yield Monitor plus a GPS European Yield Monitor Use Germany 4250 212 2003 United Kingdom 400 43 2000 Denmark 400 100 2000 Sweden 150 48 2000 France 50 2 2000 Holland 6 11 2000 Belgium 6 7 2000 Spain 5 0 2003 Portugal 4 3 2003 Latin American Yield Monitor Use Argentina 1000 17 2003 Brazil 100 1 2002 Chile 12 8 2000 Uruguay 4 3 2000 Soil Mapping Adoption Remote Sensing Adoption Adoption of VRT-Fertilizer Adoption of VRT in Corn Adoption of VRT in Soybean Adoption of VRT in Cotton VRT Offered by Ag Retailers 67% of service providers offer VRT 40% offer single-nutrient VRT Still less than 50% by 2006 23% offer multi-nutrient VRT in 2004 28% of providers expect to offer by 2006 10% offer VRT - seeding Service Providers Offering VRT fertilizer, lime, and pesticides VRT-Fertilizer by Region GPS Lightbar Guidance used by Service Providers 61% offer applications with GPS guidance 72% in Midwest 39% in other states GPS Auto-Guidance 5.3% of dealers use GPS auto-guidance 4.2% in Midwest and 7.4% in other states Regional difference? On-the-go Sensors Soil Dr – been around the longest Greenseeker Norsk Hydro N-sensor ~320 total units