There's more to smart farming than steering tractors

There is now so much more to Smart Farming than simply using satellites to steer tractors or combines, according to organisers of the Agritechnica 2015 machinery trade fair in Hanover, Germany, this week.

“We are now truly at the stage where digital records can be used to make the most important strategic decisions about how crops are managed,” according to the Digital Cropping team at Agritechnica, the world’s leading trade fair for farm machinery.

Compared to Digital Cropping, the traditional farm notebook, where crop data was recorded and used to inform future growing plans, can be likened to managing your business by looking in the rear-view mirror, say promoters of the new methods.