A new collaboration between Taylored-Agri and Yara has reportedly opened further development options for the precision agri-tool, the N-Sensor.
Taylored-Agri will now be the customer-facing party for all UK and Ireland N-Sensor users and will look after sales, training and servicing. Around 1.25 million hectares are currently scanned with the N-Sensor each year and the two companies hope that this development will provide a tangible boost to UK farming.
Oliver Taylor, managing director at Taylored-Agri, said: “The better use of the data generated is something we’re really looking forward to focusing on – to make the tool as tailored to each customer’s individual needs as possible.
“We intend to go through the application and the maps to show farmers and operators alike, where it’s working and where they can make better use of it, to provide the best return on investment for the season ahead.”
Simon Robbins, sales and support manager for Taylored-Agri, added that he’s looking forward to giving the N-Sensor a year-round focus, as opposed to seasonal, so that Taylored-Agri can really concentrate on its development, and users can make the best possible use of its evolving capabilities:
“We want to sit down with farmers in the off-season to find out how we can help them use their data to improve in-field efficiency, improve performance and look at what changes can be made.”
Alan Rix, sales manager at Yara, concluded: “Satellite imagery is undoubtedly the entrée to precision farming. The N-sensor however takes this to another level allowing farmers to measure a crop’s nitrogen requirement in real-time and variably adjust the fertiliser rate to suit the development of the crop.
“With partnerships like the one with Taylored-Agri, we are confident that the data collected by the N-sensor will prove to be of even greater benefit to farm efficiency and productivity.”
