India is in the transition of becoming a service economy. However, agriculture still employs a huge percentage of the population. If you undertake agriculture at scale and need better ways to streamline the operations then you need to embrace and internalise GPS technology in your day to day operations. Agriculture just like every other field benefits in a huge way by using GPS technology. Small and compact GPS trackers can provide continuous location data of your vehicles and can even be used on farm animals like cow, ox, etc.
Install GPS Trackers to Tractors and Tillers
GPS trackers can be installed on your vehicles like tractors and tillers that are integral to your agricultural process. Wastage of resources is a huge cost in agriculture and proper utilisation of these vehicles will ensure better productivity and profitability for you. You can track the live location of the tractor and ensure that these equipment are not being wasted. Tillers and other such vehicles and equipment also needs proper monitoring for efficient operation. You can do all these by employing GPS trackers in your farm.
Ensure Safety of Animals with GPS Trackers
Battery powered GPS trackers can be used with ease on your farm animals. Farm animals have a number of uses and provides many benefits to agriculture. Even if you have mechanised farming usage of animals is important in the farms. However, there is a risk of your cattle being stolen by outsiders. You can mitigate the risk by installing GPS trackers on your cattle and other animals. These collars can be tracked in real time from a central location. At Fleet Track we provide you access to GPS tracker app for a few number of devices. If you are using the trackers on a large number of vehicles and cattle, then you will need to shift to the more powerful whitelabel GPS software.You can track the movement, store history data of routes and locations travelled by each of these trackers.
Monitor the Labourer Movement from Remote
Application of fertilisers and pesticides is an important step in the agriculture. Whether you use chemical, synthetic fertilisers or use natural fertilisers, the process of application is almost the same. If the scale of your agricultural land is small, then you can do it with manual application through handheld sprayers. When you employ people you can’t be sure that the labourers will finish the job 100% of the time.
Inadequate and incomplete application could lead to poor growth or worse, pest attacks on your farms. This could lead to complete wastage of yield. So, it is important to monitor the pesticide spraying process. However, you can’t entirely rely on the supervisors and it is not possible for anyone to monitor all the labourers. So, you can install a battery powered GPS tracker in your sprayers. When the labourer moves around the farm, you can track their live location and be assured that they have covered the whole area. If for any reason, there are any discrepancies, you can immediately confront the person and ensure that the field is sprayed completely.
Harvesters can be Tracked from Remote
Harvesting is another important step in agriculture. If the people who harvest are not careful a huge amount of all the products that are produced on the farm can get wasted. So, it is important that you track the location of the harvesters. You can record all the movements of the harvester and find out which have worked at full efficiency. Similarly find out the right combination of vehicles for a complete and better harvest at your agricultural land.
Reduce the Wastage of Fuels and other Resources
Profitability of agriculture depends on reducing the input costs while maximising the yields and sales. If there is a continuous wastage of fuels, fertilisers and other inputs, then you will find it hard to make profit in agriculture.
With proper location information of your vehicles, you can ensure timely delivery of the agricultural produce to the markets and get the best price for your produce. If you are still reluctant to employ GPS trackers for agriculture, then contact us. We will help you to understand the important and show you how using GPS trackers, you can increase the productivity and profitability of agriculture.