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New technology:

• Veris EC & pH now used to sense soil texture and pH on the go with the new MSP

• Handheld computers are used to record product rates in the field

• Wireless technologies enables crop scouts to send information to agronomists quicker

• Soil nitrogen testing processes are improving

Integrated Crop Management (ICM)

Lower Cost Per Bushel

The difference between a good farmer and a great farmer is the 10% extra they place on small details. Integrated crop management is more than crop scouting and computerized record-keeping, it is a custom tailored approach to monitoring and maximizing every dollar spent in your agronomic system.

Farm owners must focus on being timely in the field and are not always effectively prepared to address rising costs. And besides this problem, the vast majority of farm owners don’t monitor the effectiveness of their inputs. Why not? It is often too expensive and complex. Hiring an integrated crop management specialist allows the farm owner to focus on the aspects of his or her business that make it unique and successful. He can be confident, knowing his crop is carefully watched over and dollars are being allocated efficiently.



Advanced Ag Solutions streamlines record-keeping, systematically monitors the crop, and responds quickly to changes in plant health. Before harvest is over Advanced Ag Solutions has a strong production plan for the next season.

Are you successfully building production budgets? Monitoring every field weekly? Maximizing technology dollars?

Integrated Crop Management will:

• Prevent yield loss from pests
• Improve your management with accurate records
• Lower your costs
• Access cutting edge research
• Make purchase decisions with confidence
• Identify pricing targets to exceed projected costs
• And much more...

Advanced Ag Solutions packages include:

• Crop Scouting (Weekly GPS records with recommendations from CCA)
• Soil Sampling (Veris EC & pH, zone management, ready before harvest)
• Variable Rate Mgmt (Lime, seed, N-P-K, pesticides, etc.)
• Computerized Record-Keeping (Seed, fertilizer, chemical, equipment)
• Qualified Grower Network Membership (research, input pooling, etc.)

Veris Technologies Soil EC Mapping System

The Future of Agricultural Technology

The Veris 3100 is a complete soil mapping system that acquires continuously-sensed soil electrical conductivity (EC) data from two soil depths. The complete system uses six coulter-electrodes and an instrument that creates and processes the signal to log and download the EC data.Unique to the Veris technology is the ability to acquire soil EC data from two depths simultaneously. This feature provides Advanced Ag Solutions with information about the top 0-1' (0-30cm) as well as the 0-3' (0-91cm). The top layer typically shows effects of management induced variability - such as tillage, and soil redistribution, while the deeper array more closely identifies the natural patterns of soil variability. Together, the two data sets provide insights into the depths and properties of the different soil horizons.

The Veris system generates the electrical signal, measures voltage of that signal as it moves through the soil, converts the analog response to digital, and logs the geo-referenced results. And it's designed expressly for continuously-sensed field mapping.

The Veris technology allows Advanced Ag Solutions to obtain a better understanding of exactly what your farm requires and ways to improve growth. This tool is helping to change the face of Agriculture for the future.

Veris Mobile Sensor Platform (MSP)

On-the-go sensing of soil pH and soil electrical conductivity (EC) are here! The Veris Mobile Sensor Platform features the Soil pH Manager--an on-the-go automated pH sensing system that shows pH variability as it really is. The MSP produces between 5 and 10 pH samples per acre. That's up to 25 times as many sample points as a 2.5 acre grid map. Research has documented the fact that pH typically varies more than what 2.5 acre grids can capture. Until now it hasn't been feasible to sample densely enough to map pH accurately.

When 2.5 acre grids are overlaid on a Veris pH Manager map, the variability within each grid is evident. Most grids have as much variability within them as there is in the entire field! The Veris MSP is also equipped with both the Veris EC Surveyor 3150 and the Soil pH Manager. We can collect soil EC data for management zones and yield goals at the same time as we map soil pH.

Benefits of Veris MSP Mapping:

• Map soil texture to predict water holding capacity -still our biggest determinant of yield!
• Identify and correct areas where yields are lower than zone's potential
• May substitute yield maps in nutrient maintenance programs
• Manage for profit rather than soil test result
• Intensify pH sampling without breaking the bank!
• Successfully run VR seed, lime, P&K, Nitrogen, chemicals and more!

Download the Integrated Crop Management Information Sheet (pdf)

Download the Veris Technology Information Sheet (pdf)


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