THE COUNTRYSIDE ON MOVE

With the end of spring and the beginning of the summer season, the countryside comes to life, moving from the end of the crop cycle of the first sown crops such as peas, rocket, turnips and radishes to the full flowering of the subsequent items such as chicory, cucurbits and basil.

Coming from a rainy winter season with temperatures above average, technical assistance to farmers is essential, and in recent times it has been integrated with the possibility of using new tools that technology offers us and that we can adapt to the agricultural world.

Many forecasting models for the incidence of diseases in certain critical periods help in identifying the right timing of intervention, having technology always at hand helps technicians to be updated on news and usable products, especially in complex moments such as vegetation rain and pre and post blooming.

Even when technology is applied to mechanical vehicles it gives excellent results also in terms of timing, which is fundamental. Cutting and threshing are facilitated by GPS systems placed on the machines and the increasingly precise weather forecasts allow us, by predicting rain or wind, to organize, as far as possible, the right moments for cutting and threshing.

Other helps to technicians come from portable instruments capable of quickly calculating the humidity level of the threshed seed, allowing for correct pre-storage operations.

By keeping a broad view of our sector and with that of technology, new and interesting interactions will surely continue to develop.