Presentation by David Blacker at the Profiting from Sustainability Feedback Session in York organised by Future Food Solutions Ltd

1. PROFITING FROM
SUSTAINABILITY
FARM TECHNOLOGY
DAVID BLACKER

2. TECHNOLOGY
• SOIL COMPACTION TESTER
• SPADE
• GPS SOIL SAMPLING
• TOPCON RTK AUTOSTEER
• YARA N SENSOR
• YIELD MAPPING

3. K Index Map

4. PH

5. OM – LOI %

6. GPS SAMPLE MAP
2014 2011

7. RTK AUTOSTEER
• MANY DIFFERENT SYSTEMS
• RANGE FROM 30CM – 2CM ACCURACY
• GREATER ACCURACY = GREATER COST
• 30 CM LIGHTBAR £ 750
• RTK 2CM ACCURACY £ 5000-15000 ISH
• 24M TRAMLINES ARE 24M NOT 22M
• NO WASTED SEED, FERTILIZER OR SPRAYS

8. MOBILE BASE STATION

11. NIGHT TIME DRILLING

12. YARA N-SENSOR

13. N-SENSOR
BIOMASS MAP 5 APRIL 2014 SPREADER MAP 5 APRIL 2014

14. N SENSOR MAP
BIOMASS 15 APRIL 2014 BIOMASS 29 APRIL 2014

15. PLACING NITROGEN WHERE THE CROP
NEEDS IT.

17. YIELD MAP

18. NETT MARGIN MAP

19. VARIABLITY

20. RESTRICTING FACTORS
DRAINAGE CLAY SOILS

21. SOIL HEALTH
• BEST YIELDING AREAS ARE MOST FERTILE
AREAS.
• USEING COMPOST AND COVERCROPS TO
IMPROVE SOIL HEALTH AND FERTILITY
• CHANGED MY ROTATION
• CHANGED CROP ESTABLISHMENT TECHNIQUE
• NOW TESTING SOIL MICROBIOLOGY LEVELS.

22. STILL LOTS TO LEARN

23. THANK YOU