John Deere Operations Center users can now update field data across their entire machinery fleet in real time.
The company has introduced DataSync to eradicate the time taken to manually change records on each in-cab display – a process usually done via a USB stick – and ensure that stored field data is accurate.
Field names, boundary changes, guidance tracks and flags can now be manually changed in the cab or in the office at the press of a button and shared across the fleet instantly.
John Deere’s precision farming specialist, Will Downie, said John Deere Operations Center was the starting point for precision applications, mapping out the fundamental data operators need to carry out tasks in the field.
“DataSync consistently provides the right set-up information where it’s needed, and at the right time,” he added.
East Coast Viners Peas and Beans, at Montrose, that grows 4000ha of vining peas and broad beans, has been using the new functionality across a fleet of six John Deere 6R Series tractors.
“With peas we’re going into new, rented fields every year with two cultivators and two drills working together,” the company’s arable manager, Peter Richardson, said. “With DataSync, the first tractor maps the field and within seconds the other machines are all working off the same boundaries and A-B lines.
“It’s been very impressive. DataSync has reduced downtime, soil compaction and overlaps, making everything so much more simple and straightforward for us.”
DataSync is free to activate and can be enabled or disabled for selected machines within the Operations Center, allowing team members differing levels of access.
To use the new feature, the machine must be equipped with a Gen4 display, JDLink modem and an Operations Center account.
