The system allows farmers to select – on a farm map uploaded to the TracMap system – the paddocks they want fertiliser spread on, how much fertiliser they want spread, and what type of fertiliser they want.
And they can even add notes containing special instructions, says managing director Colin Brown.
That map then gets sent to the fertiliser company which can then send the product on individual trucks.
“Drivers no longer need to rely on finding a hand-drawn map at the cowshed or in the mailbox,” says Brown, who is expecting good take-up by fertiliser companies.
“Sixty five per cent of all trucks have the baseline TracMap system,” he says. “We’re expecting that most of those will jump over to this.”
Brown says the company will keep a record of nutrients and GPS-fitted travelling irrigators will soon be able to be included in the system.
Tel. 0800 872 262
www.tracmap.co.nz
