GPS Soil Sampling and GPS soil Mapping by Willington Crop Services.
GPS Soil Sampling and GPS soil Mapping by Willington Crop ServicesAn example of service available is given as aCase Study. A Cambridgeshire farmer needed fields sampled for fertility and pcn (potato cyst nematodes) pre growing potato crop in 2002.Data collected during service includes field boundaries driven giving field areas, soil samples collected from each ha analysed for pcn, results presented on field outlines, with deepest colours showing worst areas for the attribute being tested, whether pH, P, K, Mg, S, Bo, Cu or pcn.Reasons why people may want this service are varied. Fromidentifying fertilizer requirements of field to supply fields needs to each area of field. To ensuring fields suitable for growing potatoes: fields with very high pcn counts to be eliminated. To aid choice of variety: choosing variety resistant to pcn species present. To to satisfy requirements of buyers and supermarket protocols.