Chapter 1 Precision Agriculture – from Mapping to Site-specific Application Søren Marcus Pedersen and Kim Martin Lind 1.1. Introduction 1.2 Current PF technologies 1.3 Variable rate application 1.4 Adoption of precision farming systems 1.5 The aim and organisation of this book 1.6 Summary and main findings
Chapter 2 Smart Farming Technologies – Description, Taxonomy, Economic Impact Athanasios T. Balafoutis, Bert Beck, Spyros Fountas, Zisis Tsiropoulos, Jürgen Vangeyte, Tamme van der Wal, I. Soto-Embodas, Manuel Gómez-Barbero, Søren Marcus Pedersen 2.1. Precision Agriculture as a cyclic optimisation process 2.2. Smart Farming Technologies Types 2.3. Smart Farming Technologies Taxonomy 2.4. Smart Farming Technologies economic impact
Chapter 3 Economic potential of site-specific fertiliser application and harvest management Markus Gandorfer, Andreas Meyer-Aurich 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Framework for economic assessment 3.3. Analysis of studies 3.4 Site-specific management with respect to crop quality 3.5. Conclusions
Chapter 4 Economics of site specific and variable rate herbicide application Jens Erik Ørum, Per Kudsk and Peter Kryger Jensen 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Application technologies 4.3 Planning and low dose DSS 4.4 Weed detection 4.5 Conclusion
Chapter 5 The Economics and Perspectives of Site Specific Irrigation Management in Australia Robert Farquharson and Jon Welsh 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Irrigation and cotton growing in Australia 5.3. Cotton Nutrition and Managing Nitrous Oxide Emissions 5.4. Method of analysis 5.5. Results 5.6. Discussion 5.7. Conclusions
Chapter 6 Auto-steering and Controlled Traffic Farming – Route planning and economics Claus G. Sørensen, Efthymios Rodias and Dionysis Bochtis 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Route planning design 6.3 Results 6.4 Conclusion
Chapter 7 Profitability of controlled traffic in grass silage production Hans Alvemar, Hans Andersson, Hans Henrik Pedersen 7.1. Introduction 7.2. Machinery system design 7.3. Problem definition 7.4. A model for economic evaluation of CTF 7.5. Results 7.6. Discussion 7.7. Conclusions
Chapter 8 Robotic seeding – economic perspectives Søren Marcus Pedersen, Spyros Fountas., Claus G Sorensen, Frits Van Evert.,Simon Blackmore 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Economic performance 8.3 Robotic system for crop seeding 8.4 Economic assessment of early seeding and re-seeding with robots in sugar beet 8.5 Early seeding 8.6 Re-seeding 8.7 Creating re-seeding maps with UAVs 8.8 Results 8.9 Sensitivity analysis 8.10 Conclusions
Chapter 9 Future perspectives of Farm Management Information Systems Zisis Tsiropoulos, Giacomo Carli, Erika Pignatti, Spyros Fountas 9.1 Introduction to Farm Management Information Systems 9.2 Farm management information systems functionalities and applications 9.3 Costing functionalities of FMIS 9.4 Adoption of FMIS 9.5 Discussion and conclusions
Chapter 10 Sustainable intensification in crop farming – a case from Estonia Rando Värnik, Raiko Aster, Jelena Ariva 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Material and method 10.3 Results 10.4 Discussion 10.5 Conclusion
Chapter 11 How to model the Adoption and Perception of Precision Agriculture Technologies Giacomo Carli , Vilma Xhakollari and Maria Rita Tagliaventi 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Theoretical Models 11.3 Behavioural models and their application in Agricultural Sciences 11.4 Discussions and conclusion
Chapter 12 Perspectives of Precision Agriculture in a Broader Policy Context Kim Martin Lind and Søren Marcus Pedersen 12.1 Introduction 12.2 PA and wider societal trends 12.3 Policy trends in Europe 12.4 Stakeholder involvement 12.5 Opportunities for small and medium size companies 12.6 Concluding remarks Abbreviations and glossary List of Authors Index
This book presents cases from different countries with a main focus on the perspectives of using precision farming in Europe. Divided into 12 chapters it addresses some of the most recent developments and aspects of precision farming. The intention of this book is to provide an overview of some of the most promising technologies with precision agriculture from an economic point of view. Each chapter has been put together so that it can be read individually should the reader wish to focus on one particular topic. Precision Farming as a farm technology benefits from large-scale advantages due to relatively high investment costs and is primarily adopted on farms with medium to large field areas.
The book is intended for readers who have an interest in precision farming and the economic potential for applying modern technology in arable farming. The book will provide a broad economic and technical insight into the area of advanced farming and cropping systems.