myKWS: when innovations connect

Sometimes, a view from above reveals what remains hidden to the naked eye. A quick check on the smartphone shows that it’s the perfect time for sowing corn. With just a few clicks, a site-specific seed map is created and sent to the tractor. Shortly after, the machine is set in motion with the right settings – and satellite-based insights are transformed into efficient measures in the field.

Connectivity as a plus

In modern agriculture, machines and products from different manufacturers are used on many farms, along with different digital platforms. To reduce manual effort and create synergies, it is important for these systems to work seamlessly together. This is exactly where the new interface between myKWS and the John Deere Operations Center™ comes in: It enables data and work orders to be transmitted directly from the platform to agricultural machinery from John Deere, a leading manufacturer that can be found on many farms. That makes it even easier to implement crop management recommendations from the app.

More efficiency through more precise data

Making farmers’ daily work easier is also the aim of our cooperation with the leading international fertilizer
manufacturer YARA. Users can use the myKWS vitality check tool to keep an eye on the health of their plant stocks at all times, with satellite images and precise biomass indices providing valuable insights into the vitality of their crops. Thanks to the collaboration with YARA, we were able to further improve the functionality of the tool, so farmers now have access to optimized maps to analyze vegetation differences in the plant stock and nitrogen uptake. On this basis, plant devel-opment can be reliably assessed up to the late growth phases, and fertilization measures planned with even greater precision – ensuring high resource efficiency and helping plants reach their full potential.