SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble
(NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that its Connected Farm™ solution
will be available in Free or Standard subscription bundles to suit
growers with varying farm management requirements. The Connected
Farm entry level bundle is an easy-to-use free entry point for
growers to organize and access their precision farming data from
any desktop computer or mobile device connected to the Internet.
The Connected Farm Standard bundle expands upon the entry level
bundle to serve as an advanced total farm solution including fleet
management and utilization, crop health monitoring, precipitation
monitoring and unlimited data exchange between the office and
field, allowing growers to improve efficiency across multiple
aspects of their operations.
The Connected Farm entry level bundle is available at no
cost to growers and allows them to:
- View field task data such as yield maps to improve variable
rate management of farm inputs.
- Track and calculate profit and loss for each field to better
understand which fields are performing stronger than others and
prioritize and / or modify their activities.
- View prescription and management zone maps from crop or
irrigation advisors, resulting in time savings and better
collaboration.
- Use the Connected Farm mobile apps for in-field record keeping,
mapping and scouting to streamline data management in the field and
save time.
- Customize a dashboard for viewing key farm information in one
central location such as commodity markets by DTN / The Progressive
Farmer, weather forecasts, rainfall totals and pivot irrigators,
giving growers full visibility of their operations and enabling
better decision making.
The Connected Farm Standard bundle is available as a
twelve-month subscription priced as low as $3,500 for up to 2,000 acres and includes all
functionality from the entry bundle, plus more advanced
capabilities to:
- Remotely manage field activities through unlimited wireless
data transfer between the field and office so data is received
quicker for more informed decisions. For example, with wireless
data transfer a farm manager can identify mistakes as they occur
and remedy them before yield is impacted.
- Access fleet management for viewing fleet locations, receiving
geo-fence and curfew alerts, viewing historical positions to enable
improved fleet utilization and productivity.
- Monitor in-season crop health using calibrated PurePixel™
imagery to target specific locations for crop scouting. Access to
crop health information can save time and increase efficiency by
revealing the location of problem areas that need to be
addressed.
- Process unlimited imagery from Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
for Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) mapping. This
enables greater ease-of-use by eliminating an additional complex
image processing application and providing growers with the data in
one central location within Connected Farm.
- Integrate as-applied maps, field task data and fleet telematics
data from other industry information platforms, allowing growers to
access all their information within one centralized location in
Connected Farm.
In addition, growers who prefer to purchase Connected Farm
solutions individually can still do so.
"By providing Connected Farm in bundled packages we've made it
easier for growers to begin using online farm management tools and
upgrade to more advanced capabilities as their needs change or as
they become more familiar with those tools," said Pierre-Andre
Rebeyrat, marketing director for Trimble's Agriculture
Division. "Purchasing the Connected Farm Standard package
provides greater value at a lower price versus purchasing
connectivity, fleet and data management features separately. We
will continue to evolve our Connected Farm bundles to ensure they
provide ongoing value to growers and meet their changing
needs."
The Connected Farm entry level and Standard bundles are expected
to be available in September of 2015. Connected Farm Free will be
available by visiting: www.connectedfarm.com. Connected Farm
Standard will be available through the Trimble authorized reseller
channel. The Connected Farm bundles may require additional hardware
purchases, data plans and service subscriptions. To learn more,
contact a Trimble reseller
at: http://dealerlocator.trimble.com/ or visit:
www.connectedfarm.com.
About Trimble's Agriculture Division
Trimble Agriculture solutions enable customers to maximize
efficiency and reduce chemical and fertilizer inputs while also
protecting natural resources and the environment. Trimble's
precision agriculture solutions cover all seasons, crops, terrains,
and farm sizes, and its brand-agnostic strategy allows farmers to
use Trimble products on most vehicles in their fleet--regardless of
manufacturer. To enable better decision making, Trimble offers the
Connected Farm solution which allows farmers to collect, share, and
manage information across their farm in real time. To optimize use,
Trimble provides water solutions for irrigation, drainage, and land
leveling. Trimble's product suite includes vehicle and implement
guidance and steering, as well as a portfolio of correction options
that are the most versatile of their kind in the industry.
Additional solutions include an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for
aerial imaging and mapping; application control for seed, liquid,
and granular products; a harvest solution; and farm management
software.
For more information on Trimble Agriculture, visit:
www.trimble.com/agriculture.
About Trimble
Trimble applies technology to make field and mobile workers in
businesses and government significantly more productive. Solutions
are focused on applications requiring position or
location--including surveying, construction, agriculture, fleet and
asset management, public safety and mapping. In addition to
utilizing positioning technologies, such as GPS, lasers and optics,
Trimble solutions may include software content specific to the
needs of the user. Wireless technologies are utilized to deliver
the solution to the user and to ensure a tight coupling of the
field and the back office. Founded in 1978, Trimble is
headquartered in Sunnyvale,
Calif.
For more information, visit: www.trimble.com.
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