Des Moines, Iowa
August 28, 2008
Growers benefit from repeated
use of system; more crop history
Exciting new information will be available to growers this fall
using the FIT® mapping service from
Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont
business. Growers who used GPS data and FIT mapping for both
planting and harvest operations will receive detailed
product-specific performance information for making improved
hybrid and variety decisions for next year's crop. Additionally,
if growers conducted a split-planter comparison trial on their
farm, they will automatically receive the split-planter
difference map for each comparison.
"Growers using the mapping system for both spring planting and
fall harvest will benefit from even more information from
Pioneer this fall," says Todd Peterson, Pioneer emerging
technologies manager. "We will offer those growers a
product-specific yield report within each field and across all
fields in their operation. We also have made it very easy to get
the maps showing the results of split-planter type comparisons."
The Pioneer FIT yield mapping system provides growers a harvest
summary report, including high-quality yield maps for each field
with soil type overlays, a farm overview map with a
high-resolution aerial image and a tabular harvest report
showing yield statistics for each field.
This service is provided free of charge to growers through
Pioneer sales professionals. Once harvest is complete, sales
professionals collect growers' data from the yield monitors and
send the information to Pioneer to be mapped. Producers receive
the information about two weeks following harvest. Any grower
can take part, even those who are not Pioneer customers.
However, they must be a customer to view the maps online with
Pioneer's record-keeping system.
Yield reports provide growers a map of each hybrid or variety.
If growers have two or more products in one field, they now are
able to see which hybrid or variety performs better. "This
mapping service helps growers see each product on a
field-by-field basis and, building on their crop history, will
help them make adjustments accordingly for the next season,"
Peterson says.
These services can help growers make better management decisions
and analyze their crop record information using a secure online
system.
"Pioneer FIT mapping is integrated with the GrowingPoint® online
record-keeping system," Peterson says. "Once field maps are
complete, they are synchronized with a grower's online records.
If needed, growers also can go to the site to print additional
copies of their field maps for landlords, custom sprayers,
harvesters or for other needs.
"FIT mapping is becoming available more widely as more and more
people are realizing the benefits of the service," says
Peterson. "To participate in the FIT yield mapping program,
growers need a combine equipped with a yield mapping system – a
yield monitor equipped with a GPS receiver."
To learn more about FIT mapping or record keeping, please
contact your local sales professional or go to
www.pioneer.com/growingpoint, log in, then click on the "My
Field and Farms" tab.
The Pioneer FIT mapping system is available to most Pioneer
customers in the U.S. and Canada. To access data from the
GrowingPoint® website, growers need a PIN number and, if they do
not have one, can contact their Pioneer sales professional.
Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, is the world's leading
source of customized solutions for farmers, livestock producers
and grain and oilseed processors. With headquarters in Des
Moines, Iowa, Pioneer provides access to advanced plant genetics
in nearly 70 countries.
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