What experiences have practicing farmers had with digital solutions and tools so far?
What effects were achieved?
What is still missing and should be developed or offered in the future?
How can digitalization contribute to increasing the level of sustainability in agriculture?
These questions were put to various practitioners, some of whom have been dealing with digital tools in agriculture for many years or routinely use them themselves every day.
Interview
The company geo-konzept GmbH was founded by Dipl.-Ing. agr. Thomas Muhr in 1992. It arose from the technological necessity, perceived by him as a practitioner, to simplify work processes in agriculture through digitalization.
Geo-konzept offers manufacturer-independent and individual GPS-supported steering systems, satellite navigation and GIS technologies for agriculture and forestry.
The vision of geo-konzept is the integration of components and sensors in the automation of vehicles and devices for end customers and manufacturers through tailor-made solutions.
The company invests in qualified employees who have many years of experience, know-how and knowledge of the latest techniques and technologies - requirements that are essential for their daily work. In addition, geo-konzept offers advice and repairs in its own workshop as a service.
Geo-konzept GmbH is one of the market leaders in the fields of technology, devices and software and is deeply involved in national and EU research projects in conjunction with international partners from research and industry.
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Interview
Georg Mayerhofer is a proud fourth generation manager from Lower Bavaria with a family history going back four hundred years. He studied in Freising-Weihenstephan and rounded off his qualification with a master's degree in Renewable Raw Materials at the Technical University of Munich. Today he cultivates 300 hectares with 122 plots, which, according to him, can only be managed with the help of digital technologies.
Georg Mayerhofer cultivates his land competently and extensively, in 2017 he was the winner of the CERES Award for arable farming. He also keeps 1,350 hogs and operates a biogas plant. Georg Mayerhofer employs one permanent worker and, in peak hours, some temporary workers. In addition, he is a trainer and offers agricultural students an internship.
The farmer - who has an affinity for digitalization - describes himself as a bridge builder, the exchange with consumers for a better mutual understanding is important to him. That is why he developed field pictures for all his crops in addition to an app for extra information and offers field visits for non-farmers, for example. He actively maintains his website in order to sensitize interested parties to complex agricultural topics.
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Interview
Franck Hornuel is a dairy farmer in the department of Meuse in the Grand Est region. He manages a farm with about 100 dairy cows. To monitor his production and breeding parameters, he uses the digital tool DataHUB 360° proposed by his breeding consulting organization Optival. This tool allows him to reconcile the data from the breeding cycles (inseminations, etc.) and the production data supplied by the milking robot.
Thomas Janier-Dubry is a consultant at Optival and is responsible for monitoring Mr. Hornuel's farm. With the help of the tool DataHUB 360° , monitoring and consulting can be carried out in a very responsive manner, as the tool is very reactive in detecting malfunctions or slippages.
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