Digital control of the farm

Digitalization in agriculture is not a concept of the future. On the contrary — it is happening now and is increasingly polar among farmers in Bulgaria. Innovative technologies are increasingly gaining ground because they increase work efficiency, optimize costs and enable better control.

Digitalization by itself would not be possible without specialized software, through which the progress that we have been observing in recent years in Bulgarian farms can be realized.

These new technologies can be used in addition to digital controlin real time, as well as to keep a history of the events held on a farm. However, which solutions are among the preferred ones to increase the level of digitalization and automation of processes in field data management?

Innovative software for automatic data transfer

Effective management of a farm is a laborious and responsible task. To be able to improve productivity, farmers spend time and resources to achieve better control over all operations within the farm.

But regardless of the size of the farm, the data obtained from all machines can be difficult to analyze.

A major part of Trimble's vision is focused on improving digital transferof data on the farm, for several years now farmers have been able to manage information more easily from all connected devices through the software Trimble AutoSync.

With Trimble AutoSync, navigation lines, block boundaries, location, VRA maps, and other important flight, machine, inventory, material, and operator information are fully automatically synchronized.

Through AutoSync, data added to one display is automatically reproduced on all other connected displays. Data created and added through the office computer is also automatically synchronized on the connected displays. So, for example, when one operator sets an AB line, the other operators and employees in the office can get it. When entering the parcel, the other operators simply follow the initially set navigation line.

In this way eliminates manual data transfer through flash memory, as well as the errors that can be made with this method of information transfer. During or at the end of the working day, each operator sends data on the performed processing operations completely automatically to the office employees. Thus, it is easy to track the implementation of a specific task and take timely action if necessary.

This software solution is an indicator that digitization is the key to optimizing uptime, higher productivity and more precise cost control for each processing.

Platforms for tracking and analyzing data from agricultural machinery

Another part of the digitalization of farms is the tracking and analysis of data from agricultural machinery. Such a solution is the platform developed by NIK with which it is carried outdigital monitoring and control of the agricultural vehicle fleet

With the system, monitoring and control of agricultural machinery, trucks, cars and stationary objects is carried out. The integration between GPS devices (hardware) and software allows real-time tracking of the location of the object, the current consumption and the amount of fuel loaded, the visited separated geozones and the fuel consumption in them.

Through driver identification, information is obtained about the activity performed by a driver, the blocks visited and the distance traveled. The communication between the inventory and the machine is solved by wireless connection via Bluetooth, through which we can monitor the operation of the inventory and the processed acres.

Another main functionality of the system is the possibility of video surveillance of agricultural and transport machinery, through mobile DVRs and cameras with durability certificate. The data is obtained in real time and for a period.

In this way, all the information from the field, machinery and inventory is generated and analyzed in one place. And this serves to take timely action when cases occur and keep a kind of digital diary of the farm.

Farm Administration Farming Software

However, work on a farm is not limited to field activities. Administration can become a serious challenge for farmers, regardless of their seniority, experience or farm size.

Digital technologies in agriculture are playing an increasing role in the management and administration of farms.

One of the solutions is the Bulgarian agricultural software — TechnoFarm.

TechnoFarm is a web-based software system for complete farm management.

It allows it to be used at any time and from any place, without limitation in the number of devices or people working simultaneously. The platform has a mobile application, which further facilitates access to information about each property.

TechnoFarm is divided into 4 modules, each of which is responsible for different activities, and in combination they fully provide for all administrative and economic activities during the year.

In addition to administering the processes of conclusion and renewal of contracts, finding the boundaries of the plots, analyzing and tracking the costs invested in plots or incurred to pay rents, TechnoFarm is also indispensable in refining the treatments of the field through the possibility of pre-drawing AV lines for navigation, sending them to the machines and the events that have already been carried out.

The system also has a warehouse module through which to effectively monitor and manage the costs of fertilizers, preparations, etc.

TechnoFarm farming software saves time on manual work and protects against errors in any farm campaign during the year.

More information related to digital control solutions can be obtained from the NIC team.