[farmshop]

Hi everyone we have been using variable rate planting for corn for 3 years. We have been having our seed dealer make our prescriptions. We want to start making more in depth maps and start maping fertilizer and manure applications. What programs are people using to make these prescriptions and what is the approx cost per year Thanks

 

[cat man]

I like ag leaders SMS advanced software. If I remember right the software maintainence is $575.:5: there is great instructional videos on you tube. Creating variable rate prescriptions is fairly straight forward. Advanced is very in depth. I am using it to set up agleader controllers, green star controllers and ag leader auto steers.
You could get by with the basic version also, I think software maintance is about half of advanced. And you can still do variable rate prescriptions.

 

[redline73]

I use sms to make variable rate fertilizer prescriptions. Its pretty easy to do with the youtube vids as cat man said.

 

[madcow]

I will +3 the sms !!

 

[hiway mike]

I also use SMS. Try the free trial before you buy it.

 

[farmshop]

Thanks guys will look into this. Always seems confusing till you dive into it

 

[khigerd]

OK, I'll be the odd duck, I use FarmWorks. USP is $300 annual. I do gride sampling and have variable rate fertilized for 5 years now. This year I am also going to start trying variable rate planting.

 

[lanwickum]

I use farm works. Played with SMS a tiny bit once. Did not want to learn something all new so I stuck with farm works. I have heard that SMS is a better program for doing this sort of thing. I would like to try grid sampling. Our problem is it takes a hydraulic prob to get into the ground. It costs $100 per sample to hire someone. Trimble SIS has my attention at the moment. I have not heard what it will cost to get it done. I may need to simply build or buy a sampling vehicle and start grid sampling.

 

[robmgrig]

I'm Using Mapshot's AgStudio. I write seeding, fertilizer, and lime prescriptions with it based on yield data, soil tests, crop removal, etc. My subscription with the options I have runs about $1300/year. But if you just want to use the agronomy side of it, it's quite a bit cheaper. I looked at SMS but i didn't like the layout and it didn't deal with the business part of the farm real well

 

[farmshop]

Thanks for the help guys. Giving me lots of info to look at