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Fieldwork often requires performing tasks in all weather conditions, but fog, rain, and snow can significantly reduce visibility and make precise control of equipment difficult. FieldBee PowerSteer automated steering helps farmers to maintain a precise path even in low visibility conditions, minimizing errors and reducing operator workload.
What Weather Conditions Make Fieldwork Difficult?
Wetness, limited visibility and unstable traction can lead to errors in tractor control, increasing costs and reducing productivity. To avoid such problems, it is important to understand which weather factors create the greatest difficulties and how they can affect fieldwork. Weather conditions that make fieldwork difficult:
- fog. Thick fog limits visibility, making it difficult to move the tractor accurately and monitor the covered areas. This can lead to skips, overlaps and uneven tillage, especially on large areas where visual orientation becomes impossible;
- rain and wet soil. Precipitation increases the risk of wheel slippage, which can lead to loss of traction and deviation from the route. In addition, mud and puddles complicate maneuvering, and blurred field boundaries make precise movement difficult, increasing the likelihood of errors;
- snowfall and icy soil. Snow and ice reduce the traction of the wheels on the surface, making tractor control less predictable. Snow cover also hides the boundaries of processed areas, creating a risk of overlaps or skips during applying fertilizers, spraying and sowing;
- darkness. Working at night without high-quality lighting makes spatial orientation difficult and increases the likelihood of deviation from the route. This is especially critical for precision farming, where it is important to maintain a stable working width and avoid errors in soil cultivation;
- strong wind. Wind gusts can shift equipment from the intended path, especially on loose and sloping areas. Wind also interferes with the uniform distribution of fertilizers and crop protection products, reducing their effectiveness and increasing losses;
- dust storms and drought conditions. In drought conditions, dust and dry soil rise into the air, limiting visibility and making it difficult to control the route. Dust can also clog the cooling systems and filters of equipment, which increases the risk of overheating and requires additional stops for cleaning.
Despite difficult weather conditions, field work can remain precise, efficient and safe thanks to FieldBee PowerSteer automatic steering. The tractor autosteer helps to maintain a stable path even in poor visibility, on slippery or loose soil, minimizing operator errors. This helps to avoid crop losses, reduce fuel costs and reduce equipment deterioration, making the farmer’s work more predictable and profitable in all conditions.
FieldBee PowerSteer: Steady Control in All Conditions
FieldBee PowerSteer is an innovative system that helps farmers to work more accurately, more efficiently and more cost effectively, regardless of weather conditions. Unlike manual steering, the system maintains a stable trajectory, eliminating gaps, overlaps and unnecessary steering adjustments, which is especially important in poor visibility, on difficult terrain and loose soils. Thanks to the high accuracy of RTK, PowerSteer reduces operator stress, reduces fuel consumption and extends the service life of equipment, making agricultural work more predictable and economical.
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