Ag Ingenuity|Chemical|Seed|Precision Planting
PHX Data
Our PHX drone allows growers to get a real time data analysis of field and crop health.
The PHX effortlessly captures high-precision, high-resolution color, NIR, and NDVI data. It shows the best and worst areas of a field allowing the grower to see what areas of the field are doing the best and worst. The PHX can fly an entire field in less the 60 minutes.
The PHX can show areas of hail and flood damage. It is also used for stand and weed count. Not sure where to replant? The PHX can show you areas that have low stand count.
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Singulation
Uneven Seed to Soil Contact
Residue in Seed Trench
Singulation is the accuracy/errors from the meter = skips and doubles
Residue in Seed Trench
Uneven Seed to Soil Contact
Residue in Seed Trench
The amount of residue can affect the moisture and how quickly your soil temperature warms up in the spring. The capture and maintaining of moisture can be a positive, but also create challenges when preparing to plant. Plant debris can harbor fungi and diseases that can harm young seedlings.
Uneven Seed to Soil Contact
Uneven Seed to Soil Contact
Uneven Seed to Soil Contact
An airgap beneath the seed causes
moisture to soften and penetrate the
pericarp at varying rates through the
trench leading to non-uniform
emergence
Late Emerger
Late Emerger
Uneven Seed to Soil Contact
Late Emergers = LE’s. These must be manually identified. They are plants that have emerged 1-2 leaves/collars behind, stating that they did not come up evenly and emerged late. These are a result of either shallow planted seeds or sidewall compaction.
To Heavy
Late Emerger
Too Light
Excess weight on the gauge wheels causes smearing of the seed trench
side wall. In corn this will trap early crown roots in the furrow and in cotton can cause big shank.
Too Light
Late Emerger
Too Light
Too Light (shallow seed depth, emergence errors): Insufficient weight on
planter gauge wheels presents a challenge to maintaining consistent seeding
depth. This inconsistent depth leaves seeds in varying temperature and
moisture which in turn will rob us of yield through non-uniform emergence.
Meter Service - Let's optimize your singulation!
MeterMax Ultra Meter Testing
Bring your meters to us and we will test them on our MeterMax Ultra test stand. We do yearly testing, calibration and cleaning of all brands of meters. You will recieve a printout for each meter of the following: singulation, spacing, meter torque. We want you fully confident in your meters before you head to the field!
In Field Pogo Service
Measuring Planter Performance
How much row to row variation do you have in your fields from weight management issues, drive system inconsistencies, metering problems, residue in furrow and DO YOU KNOW? While monitors are extremely important to set maximum yield, the pogo provides growers an infield evaluation of true planter performance. This tool allows us to determine singuation, spacing, misplaced seeds, late emergers and economic loss based on planter performance. Let us help you diagnose and correct planter errors before we see them reappear next planting season.
POGO REPORT
Planting Metric Definitions
- Planted Population: The actual population planted.
- Nominal Population: What the population should have been based on the nominal spacing (see nominal spacing below).
- Singulation %: (100 %-skip %-double %).
- Misplaced Total: Total seeds that are categorized MP1 and MP2
- MP1: Less than 4” to previous seed
- MP2: Less than 2.5” to previous seed
- Good Spacing %: Percentage of seeds not MP1 or MP2
- Nominal Spacing: Average spacing with worst plants thrown out (singulation errors thrown out). In other words, it is the average spacing of the properly singulated plants.
- SRI (Seed Release Index): Standard deviation divided by nominal spacing (multiplied by 100 to get a whole number). SRI is greatly affected by the physical location of the sensor. At meter, middle of tube, bottom of tube, or in field will get progressively worse. What is 10% SRI at the meter could be 15% in the middle of the tube, 20% at the bottom of the tube, and 25% in the field). A good SRI in field would be 25% or less.
- Standard Deviation: Statistical calculation of error – includes all three error types (spacing, skips, and doubles).
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Channel Field Check Service
1 Track field history
2 Discuss planting expectations
3 Evaluate field and soil conditions
4 Conduct stand counts
5 Note insect issues
SERVICE AREA
Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, NE New Mexico, and NW Oklahoma.