A cikin shekaru da yawa da suka gabata, masana'antun kayan aikin ban ruwa sun shagala don sake ƙirƙira tsarin yayyafa don yin aiki a matsayin "hannun haya" fiye da ingantacciyar hanya ta shayar da amfanin gona.
Daga gudanar da bincike na kai don rage raguwar lokaci da gyare-gyare zuwa lura da amfanin gonakin da ake nomawa, an tsara sabbin kayan aikin ban ruwa don taimaka wa masu noman ruwa su yi amfani da albarkatun ruwansu da kyau, cimma manufofin muhalli, yin aiki tare da ƴan ma'aikata da haɓaka amfanin gona. Misali, kyamarori na tsakiya-pivot da sa ido na iska a yanzu suna ci gaba da bin diddigin kwari da matsa lamba a cikin ainihin lokacin yayin da injin kuma ke kula da lafiyar amfanin gona gabaɗaya ta hanyar matakan sha nitrogen.
Kuma, yayin da wannan fasaha ta ci gaba da haɗawa cikin sababbin kayayyaki, fasaha da kimiyya na aikin gona na ban ruwa suna canzawa har abada. Manoma mai ci gaba yana bin masana'antar ban ruwa sosai tun lokacin da aka shigar da rig na farko a Nebraska a cikin 1956, kuma yanzu, shekaru 66 bayan haka, wannan jerin sabbin abubuwan da aka bayar daga manyan OEMs na ban ruwa (masu kera kayan aiki na asali) na kasida na yaya fasahar ke da nisa. ci gaba. (Dubi Sashe na 2 na wannan labari a cikin mujallar Maris.)
BAN RUWA KWARI
Rawan ramin kwarin ya ƙara firikwensin firikwensin na'urori masu ƙarfi na tushen kyamara zuwa hangen nesa na tushen sararin samaniya don lokacin girma na 2021, yana ba da cikakken damar tsarin yayyafawa na tsakiya don samar da bayanai kan lafiyar shuka a cikin filin da sauran binciken agronomic kamar yadda pivots ruwa filayen. Sabon tsarin tare da AI-kore (hankali na wucin gadi) a kan hoton hoto ana kiransa Plant Insights kuma yana canza tsakiyar tsakiya zuwa na'ura mai kula da amfanin gona.
Dukansu tsarin suna ba da hotuna ga cibiyar AI na kamfanin don sarrafa su ta hanyar software na koyon injin wanda zai iya gano cututtukan da ke da alaƙa, batutuwan kwari da lafiyar shuka gabaɗaya. Ana amfani da sakamakon kimanta AI na bayanan filin don samar da faɗakarwa ga masu noman da ke nuna wuraren da za su iya fuskantar matsaloli.
Jami'an kamfanin sun ce kyamarorin da ke tushen pivot na iya samar da hotuna masu inganci masu inganci tare da isassun ƙudiri don gano takamaiman ƙwayoyin kwari da shaidar cutar shuka. Abubuwan gano tushen AI suna ba da fitowar farkon kakar wasa, gano ƙidayar ƙidayar da rahotannin matsa lamba, da kuma fahimtar matakin ganye waɗanda ke auna lafiyar shuka da haɓakar nitrogen.
Ƙarin fasahar pivot daga Valley na shekara mai zuwa ya haɗa da sa ido kan binciken injinan kan jirgin a cikin shirin sarrafa pivot na Valley 365; EnCompass, tsarin don samar da aikace-aikacen ruwa na ruwa don injin kusurwa; da tsarin kula da pivot mai sauri, X-Tec HS, wanda zai iya motsa yayyafa bakwai a cikin cikakken da'irar a cikin mintuna 90 don kare amfanin gona ko aikace-aikacen ruwa mai haske. Baya ga sa ido kan amfanin gona, sabon injiniyan injiniya daga kwarin yana ba da damar pivot don lura da yanayin kansa yayin tafiya.
- Yanzu ana samun Binciken Na'urar a cikin Valley 365, in ji Troy Long, mataimakin shugaban samfuran kayan masarufi a sashin Prospera na Valley. "Don lokacin girma na 2022, mun haɓaka alamar alamar da aka gabatar a cikin 2017 don haɗawa da binciken injin ta hanyar dubawar allo," in ji shi. "Tsarin asali yana kula da matsa lamba na taya da daidaitawa, kuma yana amfani da telemetry ta wayar salula don faɗakar da masu noman matsalolin matsalolin da kuma nuna sashe na tushen aminci ko kuskuren daidaitawa."
Daidaita lokaci shine babban kayan aikin bincike saboda yana nuna matsaloli tare da saurin hasumiya da motsi, wanda zai iya haifar da matsaloli tare da hauhawar farashin taya, gogayya ko yanayin tuƙi. "Wannan tsarin zai iya adana lokaci mai mahimmanci ta hanyar faɗakar da ma'aikacin ainihin lokacin da ke haifar da lambobin kuskure," Long ya bayyana. "A da, lokacin da tayoyin suka yi la'akari, sun makale ko akwatunan gears sun kasa, yana nufin tafiya ko tuƙi tsawon na'ura don sanin inda matsalar ta kasance."
Long ya ce ana samun ƙarin bincike ta hanyar shirin, gami da ƙari na masu jigilar ruwa tare da tazara don auna raguwar matsa lamba. "Yawancin lokaci, daya zai sanya transducer a pivot kuma wani zuwa ƙarshen lokacin," in ji shi. "Sake amsawa daga waɗannan ma'aunin matsin lamba na iya ba masu noma damar yin amfani da famfunan mitoci masu canzawa don sauri ko rage gudu don tabbatar da isasshen kwarara zuwa ƙarshen nozzles." Long ya ce tsarin yana aiki da kyau don sa ido kan injunan tuƙi mai saurin mitoci kamar Valley's X-Tec da sabuwar X-Tech HS.
- EnCompass yana amfani da bayanan GPS na lokaci-lokaci don tantance kowace bututun ruwa ta kwarara bisa madaidaicin matsayi na hannun kusurwa, in ji Jerry Gerdes, babban manajan samfur na Rawan Kwarin.
Ya kara da cewa "Tsarin yana auna saurin yadda hannu ke tafiya, kuma sanin kowane lungu da sako na kwararowar da ake samu da kuma matsayin filin, yana tantance adadin bugun jini don isar da daidaitaccen adadin ruwa," in ji shi. "Har ila yau, yana aiki a cikin jagora ko matsayi, kuma yana aiki a kusa da cikas. Gerdes ya kara da cewa "Tsarin EnCompass ana sarrafa shi ta hanyar keɓaɓɓiyar kewayawa yayin amfani da VRI iS na Valley's (Variable Rate Irrigation Individual Sprinkler) na'urar sprinkler bawul don sarrafa adadin ruwan da kusurwar ke bayarwa," in ji Gerdes. Ana samun EnCompass don sabbin shigarwa da sake fasalin kowane injin kusurwar kwarin.
Masu ba da ruwa za su iya zaɓar bawul ɗin sarrafawa ta hanyoyi biyu don ruwan rijiyar ko bawul mai hawa uku don ruwan saman, Gerdes ya bayyana. Don ƙara inganta amfanin cibiyar-pivot sprinklers, Valley ya amsa wannan shekarar da ta gabata ga buƙatun masu noman dankalin turawa tare da tsarin tafiyar da sauri mai saurin canzawa wanda ke ba su damar yin amfani da ingantaccen amfanin gona na foliar a cikin kan kari - cikakken 120- acre da'irar a cikin minti 90.
"Masu noma a can suna buƙatar amfani da sinadarai a kowane kwana takwas zuwa 10 kuma suna so su yi amfani da pivots don ceton lokacin aiki da filin, amma suna buƙatar samun damar yin amfani da kayan su a matsayin alamar cakuda ruwa da kuma hanyar da za a kiyaye samfurin a kan ganye. kuma kada ku wanke shukar zuwa ƙasa, "in ji Aaron Caughey, babban manajan samfur na kwarin.
- "X-Tec HS (babban gudun) wani ingantaccen sigar injin X-Tec VR ne na Valley Irrigation wanda yayi alƙawarin nemo masu amfani a duk faɗin ƙasar," in ji shi. "Kamar X-Tec da ke gabanta, sigar mai saurin sauri tsari ne mai ɗorewa wanda zai iya samun tagomashi tare da masu noma waɗanda ke buƙatar haske, saurin shayarwa don shuka ƙananan iri ko waɗanda ke buƙatar ikon yin haske. shayarwa don hana zazzagewar iska a ƙasa mai haske,” ya bayyana. "Mun riga mun sayar da na'ura mai mahimmanci guda ɗaya ga mai kera apple wanda ke son amfani da ita don kariyar sanyin bazara inda ake buƙatar saurin hazo na ruwa."
Caughey ya ce motar HS tare da mafi girman zaɓin taya na ban ruwa na iya motsawa kusan ƙafa 96 a cikin minti ɗaya kuma akan na'ura mai tsayi bakwai wanda ke nufin cikakken da'irar cikin mintuna 90. Wannan idan aka kwatanta da tafiyar sa'o'i hudu don injin X-Tec da ke akwai. Ya ce tsarin na yanzu an yi shi ne da farko don filayen da ba su wuce 5% gangara ba saboda gazawar magudanar ruwa.
"Muna motsa mai yayyafawa sau 10 cikin sauri, amma ba ma amfani da karfin dawakai sau 10, don haka akwai iyakoki da ke da alaƙa da ɗaukar kaya masu nauyi a cikin manyan kayan aiki," in ji shi. "Motar HS 3 horsepower an tsara shi don aiki a saurin fitarwa na 343 rpm idan aka kwatanta da daidaitaccen X-Tec, wanda ke gudana a 34 rpm kuma yana haɓaka ƙarfin dawakai 0.6." Caughey ya ce an sayar da injunan X-Tec HS kusan 80 a cikin watanni biyu na farko bayan sakin su a watan Satumbar 2021.
Kamfanin LINDSAY CORP.
Babban labari daga Lindsay Corp. na 2022 shine babban sake fasalin shirin sa na nisa na yanzu, FieldNET, don baiwa masu amfani da damar samun dama ga karuwar yawan ayyukan cibiya da ke ba da gudummawa ga lafiyar inji da lafiyar shuka.
Reece Andrews, manajan samfur na FieldNET da Zimmatic Controls ya ce "An fara yin gyaran fuska a yanzu kuma ana iya samun kasuwanci ga masu noma bayan an kammala gwajin beta a lokacin girma na 2022." Ya ce sake fasalin ci gaba ne na ci gaba na FieldNET, wanda aka fara fitar da shi a shekarar 2007, don baiwa masu ruwa da tsaki damar samun damar yin amfani da babbar manhaja ta fasahar pivot a yau.
Sabuwar masarrafar mai amfani ta FieldNET kuma ita ce inda masu noma za su fara ganin ginshiƙi mai wayo na Lindsay ya zo rayuwa, in ji Andrews. The smart pivot, wanda aka fara sanar a watan Nuwamba 2020, an ƙera shi ne don tallafawa amfanin gona masu koshin lafiya da ƙarin ayyukan noma mai dorewa, tare da rage raguwar lokacin aiki da ceton farashin aiki da lokaci.
"Sabon dandalinmu mai kaifin basira yana haifar da sabon ƙarni na samfur kuma zai canza yadda masu noman ruwa ke shayar da ruwa na tsawon lokaci yayin da fasaha ke tasowa tare da sabbin na'urori masu auna sigina da fasali," in ji shi. "Lokacin saukar da kayan aiki shine shawara mai tsada lokacin da kuke noma, kuma masu noma suna tambayar mu ko za a iya amfani da FieldNET don aika musu da saƙon 'wace hasumiya ta rufe?' Muna son mu ba su abin da suke so,” ya ci gaba. "Har ila yau, muna son taimaka musu gano abin da ya haifar da matsalar, ko gazawar bangaren ko yanayin filin, kuma mai kaifin basira zai iya yin hakan."
Andrews ya ce kashin baya na madaidaicin pivot shine tsarin na'urori masu auna firikwensin hasumiya da ke lura da kusurwoyin jeri a dangantaka da sauran hasumiya. "Amfani da wannan bayanin, ana iya amfani da tsarin koyo na na'ura don aikawa da abokin ciniki bayanan da suke so akan wurin da za a iya gazawa, yana ceton su lokaci mai mahimmanci wajen nuna matsala," in ji shi. “Gano mai sauri yana nufin ƙarancin lokaci a fagen don dawo da injin ɗin aiki. Duk wani bangare ne na bunkasa yawan aiki gaba daya, musamman a lokutan karancin ma’aikata.”
Bugu da kari, Andrews ya ce za a iya amfani da tsarin don auna amperage zane na tuki, jan-flagging m tsarin matsaloli a cikin sassa kamar gearboxes kafin su kasa. “Har ila yau, muna iya ƙara na’urori masu auna sigina a cikin tayoyi, ba wai kawai don auna matsi na taya ba amma waɗanda za a iya saita su don mayar da injin zuwa titin sabis mafi kusa don gyarawa kafin ya lalata taya ko wasu kayan aiki idan an sami ƙarancin matsi. ”
The smart pivot kuma yana buɗe mafi ingantaccen damar zuwa yawan adadin na'urori masu alaƙa da amfanin gona da ke akwai don saka idanu kan yanayin amfanin gona da ƙasa, barkewar kwari da cututtuka da ma'aunin gwal na ingancin ban ruwa - jadawalin ban ruwa. Lindsay ya ƙaddamar da tushen girgije na farko na masana'antar, kayan aikin tsarin ban ruwa mai sarrafa kansa, Mai ba da Shawarar FieldNET, a cikin 2017. "Mai yuwuwar tanadin ruwa akan filin guda ta amfani da FieldNET Advisor na iya adadin miliyoyin galan, yana ba mai shuka ƙarin don ƙasa, kuma muna son hakan. a yi kwaikwaya da duk masu noman mu, saboda ingantaccen amfani da ruwan noma yana da matukar muhimmanci,” in ji Andrews. "Akwai tsarin koyo don amfani da FieldNET Advisor, kuma sake rubutawa ana nufin daidaita wannan lanƙwan."
Kamfanin kuma kwanan nan ya fito da FieldNET tare da WaterTrend, sabon fasali a cikin dandalin FieldNET wanda ke amfani da kimiyya iri ɗaya da bayanan da ke shiga cikin FieldNET Advisor ba tare da ƙarin farashi ga masu biyan kuɗi ba. "WaterTrend an haɗa shi kyauta a cikin tsarin kuma yana ba da bayanan yanke shawara game da jadawalin ruwa dangane da nau'in ƙasa, ƙirar girma-girma, yanayin gida da bayanan hazo. Wannan yana ba da hasashen amfanin amfanin gona na kwanaki bakwai masu zuwa," in ji Andrews. Har ila yau, an tsara sabon tsarin mai kaifin basira don sauƙaƙa kafawa da amfani da FieldNET, ba tare da la’akari da yadda ko kuma inda ake samar da taswirorin fili da bayanan da ake samu ba.
Andrews ya ce "Wani bangare na burinmu shine inganta hanyoyin samun abokan cinikinmu ga bayanan su a fadin dandamali," in ji Andrews. APIs (musamman shirye-shiryen aikace-aikacen aikace-aikacen) suna cikin wuri tsakanin FieldNET da sauran amintattun mashawarcin abokan cinikinmu, don haka idan wani yayi amfani da, alal misali, Cibiyar Ayyuka ta John Deere maimakon sake canza wannan bayanin zuwa FieldNET, za su iya haɗa dandamali guda biyu, suna barin duka biyun. don yin amfani da bayanansu kai tsaye,” in ji shi. "Muna ƙoƙarin yin amfani da injiniyoyi masu sarƙaƙƙiya cikin sauƙi kamar yadda zai yiwu ga masu noman mu su yi amfani da su."
REINKE BAN RUWA
A cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata, Reinke Irrigation ya ɗauki manyan matakai don taimakawa masu ba da ruwa don inganta tsarin yanke shawara tare da samar da ƙarin aikace-aikacen ruwa iri ɗaya zuwa filayen da hannun kusurwa ke ƙara isa ga cibiyar su.
Mark Gross yana aiki da da'irori 100 sanye da injunan Reinke kusa da Spokane, Washington, noman dankali, masara, wake, alkama, sha'ir da hay. Yana kan aiwatar da jujjuya da yawa daga cikin kusurwoyinsa na hannu zuwa sabon tsarin ESAC na Reinke (lantarki na hannu) don samar da ruwan ban ruwa mai sauƙin sarrafa GPS a cikin sasanninta. "Kuna iya ganin bambancin amfanin gona a kusurwoyi a lokacin noman noma," in ji shi bayan kallon ayyukan rukunin ESAC guda biyar a gonarsa a lokacin noman 2020-21. "Babu ruwan rawaya da kore iri ɗaya a cikin waɗannan layuka."
Gross ya ce yin amfani da adadin ruwan da ya dace a karkashin hannun hannu ya kasance yana da matsala a koyaushe amma ya bayyana cewa tare da tsarin ban ruwa na ESAC, ba ya ganin ruwan sama ko kasa na layuka. "Tun daga wannan ra'ayi, shigar da waɗannan cikin injinan mu yana da ma'ana," in ji shi. Ken Goodall, darektan tallace-tallace na Arewacin Amirka na Reinke, ya ce fasahar ESAC ɗaya ce daga cikin tsarin kusurwa-hannu ɗaya kawai da ake da shi don samun cancantar rabon farashin ruwa mai inganci a ƙarƙashin Shirin Ƙarfafa Ingantattun Muhalli na Hukumar Sabis ta Farm.
"ESAC tana ba da daidaiton ƙananan santimita a fadin yankin aikace-aikacen ta ta amfani da GPS da eriya masu ɗaure raka'a uku don ingantaccen sarrafawa gaba da baya," in ji shi. "Wannan jagorar, haɗe tare da ikon tsarin don samar da kwararar ruwa zuwa kowane bututun ruwa a kan tazarar, yana ba da damar yin ruwa daidai da taswirar filin grid 10- ta ƙafa 10." Goodall ya ce an ƙera ESAC ne musamman don samar da daidaiton ruwa ta duk wani canji na hannu mai motsi wanda aka ɗora zuwa na'ura mai motsi ta tsakiya. Fasaha ta ci-gaba kuma tana sa ta iya shayar da magani don saduwa da nau'in ƙasa da bambance-bambancen ƙasa.
"Bisa ga taswirorin filin, tsarin ban ruwa na iya samun mafi girma da mafi ƙanƙanta guda ɗaya na filin kuma ya shayar da su yadda ya kamata," in ji shi. Baya ga fasahar kan jirgin na ESAC, Reinke ya kuma yi haɗin gwiwa tare da CropX don haɗa fasahar sa ido kan ƙasa-danshi cikin Reinke pivots ta hanyar RC-10 Rain Cloud tsarin. "Ta hanyar samun damar ganin yanayin danshi a fannonin nau'in ƙasa iri-iri a kan layi, masu noma za su iya yanke shawarar shayarwa da ilimi sosai," in ji Goodall.