The Precision Planting Precision Technology Institute (PTI) intersects agronomy, technology, and equipment. Jason Webster, agronomist and PTI Farm manager in Pontiac, IL, shares which practices have improved soybean yield and profitability.
Top 10 soybean management practices
- Irrigation and water management
- Early planting
- High management trials
- Soil pH
- Seeding rate
- At-plant nutritional banding
- Residue management
- Fungicides and insecticides
- Row width
- Banding fertilizer
Dive Into the Research
Download the entire collection of studies conducted in 2024 at the PTI Farms in Illinois and North Dakota.
Autonomous grain cart
Jason also shared his experience using OutRun, a self-contained retrofit kit that enables an autonomous grain cart operation.
Mounted on the roof of the grain cart tractor, the OutRun kit interfaces with the tractor and enables the combine operator to use a tablet to:
- Stage or position the grain cart around the field.
- Command the grain cart to navigate to and align with the combine for an unload on the go.
- Send the grain cart to a predefined truck unload zone so that the grain cart can be unloaded.
