New Products HarvestMaster Unveils Potato Yield Monitor
Casma allows growers to visualize crop performance through generated heat maps HarvestMaster is excited to introduce the Casma Potato Yield Monitor. Casma was designed to increase farm profitability, provide a visual map of crop performance, allow data to be viewed in real-time and for the hardware to be mounted to any existing potato harvester. The Casma Potato Yield Monitor is now available for purchase. “Our customers requested HarvestMaster return to the commercial yield monitoring business,” says Doug Moore, Casma product manager. “Casma marks our return, and we
are pleased with the system that we have developed,” Moore remarks. “The amount of usable data a farm can get from the Casma system helps growers make important decisions and increase profits.” Casma allows farmers to visualize crop performance through generated heat maps that show variations in potato yield across the field and allow for better planting and soil care planning. This information can directly increase farm profitability and maximize yield by allowing farmers to identify underperforming areas.
POTATO WEIGHT SENSOR Data generated by Casma is created by load cells and a belt speed sensor on the harvester to determine the weight of potatoes being loaded, and through GPS (Global Positioning System) location-based information. High accuracy GPS is used to create heat maps that associate precise location with yield data. Additional sensors and algorithms are used to maximize accuracy by accounting for slope and motion in all directions. The data is available in the cab of the tractor and is automatically sent to the cloud for access on the www. mycasma.com website.
With the Casma Potato Yield Monitor, high accuracy GPS (Global Positioning System) is used to create heat maps that associate precise location with yield data. 58 BC�T June
