EDMONTON – Farmers interested in the latest global positioning technology should forget about the expensive gadgets and invest only in a combine yield monitor, said a Viking, Alta. farmer.
“Invest $4,000 for a yield monitor and do nothing else. Sit there and watch it and then make decisions from there,” Allan Andrukow said.
Andrukow told those at a precision farming conference here last week that they should invest in a monitor that measures yield going into the hopper, and study the results to see what’s really happening on the farm.
“Let’s get a report card to make more management decisions.”
From a yield monitor, farmers can see the results of fertilizer applications, seeding rates or compare different varieties of canola.
The former Canadian Forces fighter pilot isn’t counting on the new technology to increase profits, but is using it to get accurate readings of his farm’s crops.
“The four grand is well worth it to get a report card of your farm.”
