1. Simon Griffin Technical Manager

2. Est 1993 60 employees 3000 Customers 1m ha + under PF management

3. 1993 First P&K Maps Made 1994 First Variable Rate Application 1995 GPS Sampling System Developed 1996 VRA System Developed for Standard Spreader 1997 First EC Scanner Developed 2000 First VR Nitrogen Trials 1998 First Satellite Imagery Acquisition 2002 Trial of imagery collection using light aircraft 1996 First SOYL- OPTI Developed

4. 2005 SOYLsense Launched 2004 First Trails of VR Drilling 2006 SOYLsense Online Tool Launched 2009 SOYLseed Launched 2011 First trials of VR PGRs 2010 Variable Rate Slug Pellet Research Begins 2011 Launch of the SOYL- OPTI 2008 Compactio n Mapping 2011 VR Cultivation Kit Developed 2012 Launch of VR Seed and PK Online Tool

5. Precision Farming is an approach! Right thing Right time Right place Right Way

7. SOYLs Precision Farming Services GPS nutrient sampling Soil Sensing Crop Sensing

8. SOYL Precision Nutrient Management Soil sampling ApplicationMaps, interpretation And recommendations

11. Imagery Red and Infra Red wavelengths measured Large swath – 300 x 600/1000 km Resolution 22m

12. Proces s

13. Benefits Leaf Area Index Map Nitrogen Map

14. Soil Electrical Conductivity EC Sensor Electrical Current Conducted Current

15. Conductivity scan Conductivity Map Field Inspection Soil Survey Map Seed Rate Map Establishment Map GPS SystemDrill Controller Process

16. Measure variation Map variation Manage variation

17. Benefits

19. VR Cultivations mm VR Map 45% of the field does not need full depth cultivations Cultivations

20. Drivers Environmental Traceability Yield Efficiency

21. Much more where that came from!