Precision soil mapping

Title Precision soil mappingTitle (native language)

Category Recording or mapping technology

Short summary forpractitioners (Practiceabstract) in English)

Refer to press release and previously answered qquestions

Short summary forpractitionersWebsiteAudiovisual materialLinks to other websitesAdditional commentsKeywords Farming practice | Fertilisation and nutrients management | Soil management / functionalityAdditional keywordsGeographical location(NUTS) Anywhere that has soil survey data at a high resoution

Other geographicallocationCropping systems Arable crops | Open field vegetables | Vineyards | GrasslandField operations Sowing | FertilizationSFT users Farmer | Contractor | SupplierEducation level of users AllFarm size (ha) 10-50 | 50-100 | 100-200 | 200-500 | >500

Project infoProject name Precision soil mappingProject coordinator Lucy Bane: AgSpace AgricultureProject partners Courtyard Agriculture | Cranfield University | James Hutton Institute | Agri EPIProject period 2016 - 2018Project status ongoing

To combine soil brightness technology (using satellite data of bare soil to establish in-field variation)

Objective of the project(native language)

with Cranfield and James Hutton's detailed soil survey data to produce a precision soil map. This mapwill provide a gateway to arable farmers looking to get into precision farming but are put off by the costof soil scientist surveying.

Objective of the project(in English)

To combine soil brightness technology (using satellite data of bare soil to establish in-field variation)with Cranfield and James Hutton's detailed soil survey data to produce a precision soil map. This mapwill provide a gateway to arable farmers looking to get into precision farming but are put off by the costof soil scientist surveying.

Effects of this SFTProductivity (crop yield per ha) No effectQuality of product No effectRevenue profit farm income Some increaseSoil biodiversity Some increaseBiodiversity (other than soil) No effectInput costs Some decreaseVariable costs No effectPost-harvest crop wastage No effectEnergy use No effectCH4 (methane) emission No effectCO2 (carbon dioxide) emission No effectN2O (nitrous oxide) emission No effectNH3 (ammonia) emission No effectNO3 (nitrate) leaching No effectFertilizer use Some decreasePesticide use No effectIrrigation water use No effectLabor time No effectStress or fatigue for farmer No effectAmount of heavy physical labour No effectNumber and/or severity of personal injury accidents No effectNumber and/or severity of accidents resulting in spills property damage incorrectapplication of fertiliser/pesticides etc. No effect

Pesticide residue on product No effectWeed pressure No effectPest pressure (insects etc.) No effectDisease pressure (bacterial fungal viral etc.) No effect

Information related to how easy it is to start using the SFTThis SFT replaces a tool or technology that is currently used. The SFT is better than thecurrent tool agree

The SFT can be used without making major changes to the existing system no opinionThe SFT does not require significant learning before the farmer can use it agreeThe SFT can be used in other useful ways than intended by the inventor agreeThe SFT has effects that can be directly observed by the farmer agreeUsing the SFT requires a large time investment by farmer strongly disagreeThe SFT produces information that can be interpreted directly agree

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This factsheet was generated on 2018-Apr-03 11:57:20.