Weather or Tech ????

[TOM4CWB]

Link to supplier:

http://www.intelligentag.com/wireless-blockage-and-flow-monitor/

[mustardman]

Tom are saying you can even out the seeding rate Between towers with your system ?? {different primary hose lengths will give different seed rates to towers)

On combine forum there are postings on this very topic.

[blackpowder]

Very interesting. Thanks tj.
I beleive i may have bypassed thosr future problems with air as a pumping medium by going liquid this spring. As even a delivery as your sprayer. And temporary seasonal operators have far less trouble.

Air nursed planter type boxes gravity feeding each run with a liquid fert might be a next gen idea. Solve precision problems?

[farmaholic]

Hmmm... "Gravity" the stuff that requires no energy to work, novel concept. And is free.

[blackpowder]

Flow monitors for diagnosis excellent.
My last operator was the best ive ever had. Good luck understanding what the monitors are really saying without enough experience.
Seeding will never fully be a paint by numbers operation. An artists feel based on experience will always do a little better.

Honestly im tired of trying to make an air system work perfectly.

[LEP]

Which liquid system do you have?

We had two of the variable rate pattison liquid kits. There was nothing even or consistent about those kits. Hose length changed everything.

[blackpowder]

Good to know thanx.
Honestly, I dont do any vrt.
Raven (no return to tank) on a fm750.
Im sure hose length may affect any pumping system. I know Im not messing with hose length on this bourgault.

[LEP]

Sorry, when I said hose length I meant to the opener from the manifold.

I decided that I would get as even as I could but realized I couldn't control everything.

I don't use vrt at seeding as I don't see how I can predict weather accurate enough.

I could see using it for fungicide, desiccation or top dress applications.

I believe in not too many years a farmer will be able to do it themselves by buying satellite imagery and paying a license for a program.