A microenvironment on a modern farm is the small-scale environment surrounding a single seed or plant. Using big tech like AI, sensors and connectivity, farmers can use bring the same precision applied on big farms to the small microenvironment.
Sarah Schinckel, Tech Stack Innovation lead at John Deere, says that a microenvironment on a modern farm is the small-scale environment surrounding a single seed or plant.
A microenvironment is the few inches of space around the plant that influence the amount of sunlight, nutrients and water a seed takes to grow into a plant."A microenvironment can involve everything from soil to air quality and the amount of sunlight and water that seed or plant gets," adds Schnickel.
"Some farms are large, but these large farms are also comprised of a lot of small micro-environments that need to be managed accurately and precisely," said Schnickel."Large machines are important as they enable farmers to traverse acres and acres of land, and when paired with advanced tech, these machines allow farmers to individually address each seed and eventual plant and its unique needs across the entire field with precision.
A microenvironment of a single plant is complex and varies from one plant to the next, so a microenvironment doesn't need less management; it needs more precise management and care."A farm of 5,000 acres can have more than 750 million plants, each with their small microenvironments that need to be managed accurately and precisely to achieve their full potential," said Schinkel.
"Farmers [..] need to understand what each plant needs to reach its full potential on a plant-by-plant basis, and this creates significant opportunity for technology that can identify what needs an individual plant has," said Schnickel. “A plant's microenvironment is also ever-changing and unpredictable, so each time a machine passes over a field, the farmer wants to optimize his operation to meet the needs of the plants.
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