Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
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9.1
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or to determine the site-specifi c straw mass left in the fi eld and thus the
depth of stubble cultivation, they are part of a reactive approach.
A disadvantage of predictive approaches is that - contrary to reactive approaches -
its accuracy often is impaired by the unforeseeable infl uence of the weather. Mainly
because of this, predictive approaches are more diffi cult to realize with high resolutions
than reactive approaches are. The challenge for the future will be to fi nd intelligent
combinations of predictive- and reactive approaches,
e.g.
by simultaneous use of maps
plus on-the-go sensing in real-time. In this way, erroneous controls that result from the
infl uence of the unpredictable weather probably can be reduced.
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