Costs can be slashed and crop yields increased

Precision agriculture is used most and is most advanced amongst arable farms, particularly large ones with large field sizes in the main grain growing areas of Europe, and where a business approach (to maximise profitability) has long been practiced.

Hence the European Commissio’s conclusion that the size and diversity of farms in the EU make widespread adoption of ‘precision agriculture’ challenging.

The most successful example of precision agriculture (PA) on arable land is the use of Controlled Traffic Farming (CTF), which has been able to reduce machinery and input costs up to 75% in some cases, whilst also increasing crop yields.