1. Intelligent Agricultural Solutions
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Intelligent Agricultural Solutions
July 2013

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Contents
History Rometron
Products
Working principle
Australia
Kazakhstan
Justification example
Benifits WEEDit Ag
WEEDit Ag movie clips
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History Rometron
Weed-IT
Weed-It: weed detection technology
Spray only where the weeds appear
Developed by Wageningen University and Kamps de Wild
1999: Rometron founded, manufacturer of Weed-IT
Small company, big results
Rometron is owned by Roel de Jonge
Main focus is on WEEDit
Work with small, highly qualified team
Growing company
2005: Development Weed-IT MKII
2009: Development WEEDit Ag
2011: New facility
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Products
Weed-IT MKI (1999)
250 systems produced
Weed-IT MKII (2005)
50% more savings
350 systems produced
WEEDit Ag (2009)
Agricultural use
75 systems in the field
Wave (2006)
Use of hot water
Only detection tech.
supplied
WEEDit C150 (2011)
Export machine, based on WEEDit Ag sensors
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WEEDit Ag – working principle
Chlorophyll fluorescence
Emitting red light
Day and night
Chloropyll weeds
samples per second
Automatic callibration
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WEEDit Ag – working principle
5 detection channels
5 solenoid valves
Open – close < 8ms = 25 km/h
Measure operation speed with 2 sensors
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WEEDit Ag – working principle
Power converter
Converts from 12 to 48 V
Connection point all components
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WEEDit Ag – working principle
Detection heigth 110 cm
Detection width 100 cm
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WEEDit Ag – working principle
Weed size detection
4 sensitivity presets
4 margin presets
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WEEDit Ag – working principle
PWM flow control
Control rate independent to speed
Spray low rate full coverage
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WEEDit Ag – working principle
User friendly console
Switch on -> go!
Feedback
Control
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Australia
Subtropic/temperate climate
Differs through country
Little rainfall
Farming
Big farms
No-tillage farming
Summer spraying
Weed resistance coming up
Succes spot spraying
Savings up to 95%
Yield improvement
High productivity
Use ‘hot’ chemical mix (resistance)
75 systems operating – ha/year
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Rogator 1286C (NSW)
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John Deere 4930 (QLD)
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Terrain Tracker, TPS (WA)
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Kazakhstan
Land climate
Cold winter, hot summer
Short growing season
Little rainfall
Weed control
2-3 weeks for seeding
3-4 weeks after harvest
Trials with Amazone
Savings: 70 %
Productivity increase
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Justification example
Australian farm
Total cropped area: ha
Average chemical savings: 85 %
Normal annual herbicide cost: 15 $/ha
5000 ha X 85 % saving X 15,- $/ha =
Actual chemical savings: $63.750,-/year
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Justification example
Savings 50 %
Researched by:
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Justification example
Savings 93 %
Researched by:
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20. Actual chemical savings: $ 150.000,-/year
Justification example
Argentinian farm??
Total cropped area: ha
Average chemical savings: 75 %
Normal annual herbicide cost: 40,- $/L
5000 ha X 75 % saving X 40,- $/L =
Actual chemical savings: $ ,-/year
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Justification example
Additional benefits:
Productivity
Yield improvement
Environmental load
Lowering risk
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General benefits WEEDit Ag
Automatic calibration
Detect the smallest weeds
Save up to 95% chemical
PWM flow control
Travel up to 25 km/h
1 sensor per meter
Sun and water resistant
Easy to use
Work night and day
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WEEDit Ag movie clips
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