Investigations in precision agriculture in Latvia
2005
Vilde, A.(Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Engineering. Inst. of Agricultural Machinery)E-mail:[email protected] | Rucins, A.(Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Engineering. Inst. of Agricultural Machinery) | Skrastins, M.(Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Engineering. Inst. of Agricultural Machinery) | Cesnieks, S.(Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Engineering. Inst. of Agricultural Machinery) | Lapins, D.(Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Agriculture. Dept. of Soil Management)E-mail:[email protected] | Berzins, A.(Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Agriculture. Dept. of Soil Management) | Aizsilnieks, A.(Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Agriculture. Dept. of Soil Management) | Kopmanis, J.(Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Agriculture. Dept. of Soil Management) | Plume, A.(Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Agriculture. Dept. of Soil Management) | Upmacis, D.(Kesko Agro Latvija SIA, Riga (Latvia)) | Cers, J.(Kesko Agro Latvija SIA, Riga (Latvia))
A brief review of the current situation, activities, views and trends in precision agriculture in Latvia are given. Research Centre has been organised and experimental studies have started in the precision crop production. Latvian fields reveal great heterogeneity of spatial soil properties and yield variability. The energetic and agronomic assessment of machines and energy saving measures are carried out. The treatment of grain, its conditioning and storage on farms are purposeful.
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