Tammin grain producer Brad Jones is rapidly moving towards full data-enabled production on the 11,000 hectare Tammin property that he runs with wife Kate.
He said using data sets for precision agriculture from tools such as global positioning systems (GPS), auto-steer, WeedSeeker, GPS flow control, spatial mapping, soil test mapping and predictive yield models could greatly improve crop production processes and efficiencies.
"There are also strategic business uses for farm data sets that are important at a regulatory level to show how operations are run sustainably and successfully to help reduce risk and protect and develop capital," he said.
Adoption of latest technologies and the data these provide is helping to lower variable costs in an environment of tight business margins through better management of fertiliser, herbicide and other inputs and minimising risk exposure, Mr Jones said.
The Agworld platform is used to manage all data for crop planning, protection, nutrition and management.