Precision farming brings 2cm accuracy in 10,000 trial plots at Teagasc Oak Park

More than 10,000 plots of ground are planted, monitored, and harvested annually in crop research trials at the Teagasc Oak Park centre in Co Carlow.

These field trials are a labour intensive and time critical part of research work on crops which include cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, bioenergy crops, beet, and potatoes.

However, Teagasc has now put in place a GPS-based positioning solution to make the crop research trials at Oak Park more efficient.