Abstract
The most essential component of precision farming is the yield monitor . a sensor . orgroup of sensors . installed on harvesting equipment that dynamically measure spatial yieldvariability. Yield maps, which are produced using data from yield monitors, are extremely useful inproviding a visual image to clearly show the variability of yield across a field. In response to thedemand for a reliable and accurate cotton yield monitor, several monitors have recently becomecommercially available. We assessed the AgLeader, AgriPlan, FarmScan, and Micro-Trak cottonyield monitors in southern Georgia for five harvest seasons between 1997 and 2001. During 2001we also assessed a prototype yield monitor. Each year, three or four yield monitors were mountedon a cotton harvester and used during harvest of several farmer-owned and managed fields. Theaccuracy of each sensor was tested by comparing the weight of each harvested load to dataproduced by the yield monitors. Yield maps from each yield monitor were also produced with therespective software packages and compared. Feature comparisons of each monitor wereincluded. Each of the cotton yield monitoring systems we assessed have something to offer auser interested in creating yield maps. All are capable of producing an adequate yield mapprovided the system is properly calibrated, operated, and maintained.
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