Adoption and perspectives of auto-guidance in northern Europe

TY - GEN

T1 - Adoption and perspectives of auto-guidance in northern Europe

AU - Pedersen, Søren Marcus

AU - Lind, Kim Martin Hjorth

AU - Fountas, S.

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - In recent decades, the development of precision farming systems and auto-guidance has gained increasing interest among farmers. Auto-guidance systems with the use of Global Navigation Satellite System enable farm machinery to follow straight lines to reduce overlaps of the tractor and equipment passes. These systems help farmers to reduce fuel costs, input costs, time, labour, soil compaction and increases the overall field efficiency. The aim of this paper was to present the results of a farm survey and cluster analysis about farm and market segments for auto guidance systems in Northern Europe. Findings from this study indicate that farm size and farmers interest in farm planning and knowledge sharing has an impact on farmers' adoption of auto guidance systems. These results should be taken into consideration in designing targeted policies to encourage further diffusion of auto-guidance systems.

AB - In recent decades, the development of precision farming systems and auto-guidance has gained increasing interest among farmers. Auto-guidance systems with the use of Global Navigation Satellite System enable farm machinery to follow straight lines to reduce overlaps of the tractor and equipment passes. These systems help farmers to reduce fuel costs, input costs, time, labour, soil compaction and increases the overall field efficiency. The aim of this paper was to present the results of a farm survey and cluster analysis about farm and market segments for auto guidance systems in Northern Europe. Findings from this study indicate that farm size and farmers interest in farm planning and knowledge sharing has an impact on farmers' adoption of auto guidance systems. These results should be taken into consideration in designing targeted policies to encourage further diffusion of auto-guidance systems.

U2 - 10.3920/978-90-8686-814-8_90

DO - 10.3920/978-90-8686-814-8_90

M3 - Article in proceedings

SN - 978-90-8686-267-2

SP - 727

EP - 732

BT - Precision Agriculture '15

A2 - Stafford, John V.

PB - Wageningen Academic Publishers

CY - The Netherlands

T2 - 10th European Conference on Precision Agriculture

Y2 - 12 July 2015 through 16 July 2015

ER -