Site Last Updated: 3/28/2023 9:25:56 AM

4275 County Road 22

Waterloo, IN  46793

Technology

One tool in agriculture’s quest for sustainability

Some of the latest technologies being used include:

• Real-time, cloud based records & map reporting of field operations
• GPS Autosteer
• RTK sub-inch accuracy
• Automatic on/off section controls for all planting, spraying, anhydrous, and fertilizer applications
• UAV (drone) technology
• Variable Rate Applications
• Seed, Lime, Fertilizer, Chemicals
• Variety tracking/mapping
• Precision Planting’s advanced planter monitoring and control
• Product Application Mapping
• Extensive On-The-Go Field Record Keeping
• Comprehensive Accounting, Field Record Keeping, and Data Analysis Software
• In-Season Aerial Crop Health Imagery to analyze the crop and diagnose problems real-time (NDVI & Thermal)
• Yield Mapping
• Nutrient Management
• Right Product, Right Place, Right Rate, Right Time
• Soil Testing
• In-Season Tissue Testing
• Product Application by Custom Created Management Zones
• Tile Mapping

To stay competitive in this fast changing and commodity driven industry, we must continue to be innovative. Adopting and implementing new technology is a critical part of becoming more efficient and is one tool that the management at Walker Farms uses to keep a competitive advantage. Many new technologies allow us to be more environmentally friendly by applying fewer products and placing them precisely where they need to go. Nobody knows our farms like we do and being able to analyze data and make decisions in-house allows us to maximize our use of technology.