Raven Industries is helping farmers all over the world be more productive and efficient with precision agriculture solutions.
At this week’s Raven Innovation Summit, I talked with Karl Erichsen of Effective Farming Solutions in Middleburg, South Africa who has been a distributor for 12 years.
Karl says precision farming is very important in South Africa because of the wide variety in soil depth and classification. “That’s where precision farming technology is working in South Africa,” he said. “We’re bringing a whole new dimension to farming in South Africa.”
Like anywhere else, Karl says guidance systems are in most demand. “We use unskilled operators to run the tractors,” he said. After guidance, variable rate application is most popular in South Africa.
Karl says cellular connectivity provided by Slingshot has really taken off in his country. “Slingshot is a game changer in South Africa,” he said. Slingshot allows them to not only provide RTK corrections to tractors, but also remote support. “The farmer is far from the office, it’s 5-6 hours drive, now we can remotely lock in to the unit and help him to solve the problem,” said Karl.
Listen to my interview with Karl here: Karl Erichsen, Raven Dealer, South Africa