Innovative solutions by Ideal: technological farming machinery

In recent years, agriculture has undergone a period of intense innovation, driven by new technologies and sector-based digitisation.

This change stems from the vision of the farming of the future with a greater emphasis on the environmental and sustainability issues. It demonstrates the need to manage resources more efficiently and apply the concepts of traceability, control and quality.

A new vision of agriculture, therefore, that goes hand in hand with technological innovation and the use of digital tools to respond to the challenges of a more sustainable and efficient agricultural sector.

Agriculture is now evolving towards a model which uses innovation and the interconnection of digital technology allowing farms to optimise their production processes.

The automatic, real-time collection of data directly from the cultivated land which are then analysed, combined with other information and made available to farm owners to assist their daily activities and strategy planning.

Having accurate data and information leads to:

• Economic benefits: greater control over the activities results in the optimisation of resources and production efficiency. It maximises production and increases quality whilst eliminating waste with a significant reduction in farming costs.
• Environmental benefits: farming aimed at improving the yield and sustainability of agricultural activity and minimising the environmental impact of the entire agri-food chain. Sustainability will be central to the farming of the future.
• Worker benefits: the operator working conditions are improved, made easier through the support of digital and innovative tools, aimed at working methods with targeted and timely interventions.
• Health benefits: a supply chain with better controls guarantees higher quality and more natural end products, resulting in benefits for human health.

For example, new technology makes it possible to calculate how much water a crop needs and thus avoid waste, and to manage the use of fertilisers and pesticide treatments through a targeted and controlled approach. It can also keep a check on the parameters that may affect production yields, monitor the health of crops and predict the onset of diseases or pests in advance. All this is done while taking into account the characteristics and requirements of the soil and plants and the relevant environmental and weather conditions.

Collecting data also guarantees the traceability of the agri-food supply chain. By checking every stage of the production process, you can obtain a top-quality product through more sustainable and natural means, focusing on the health of the end consumer.

Sprayers, low volume sprayers and field sprayers for cutting-edge farming

The agriculture sector needs to introduce IT systems and smart equipment in order to transition towards more sustainable, efficient and optimised farming.

All the machines produced by Ideal meet the need for more technological farming. We can fit your sprayers, low volume sprayers and field-sprayers with devices and computers to automatically acquire data, and also with control and monitoring systems.

In Ideal, we have also developed highly technological machinery, such as Drop Save, a trailed sprayer with panels for recovering the sprayed liquid, which allows the recovery of the solution that would otherwise be dispersed in the environment. The liquid that does not land on the plant is intercepted by the panels, then collected, filtered and reimported into the main tank.

And you can use the Drop Save App on your smartphone to receive statistics on processing, average treatment speed, hectares treated, the quantity of liquid dispensed, quantity of product recovered, type of product used, operating hours and the positions of the machine during treatments.