Yield Data Helped Improve the Drainage Plan
Challenge The drainage plan on this 208-acre farm needed refinement after field performance data suggested water movement and capacity issues in specific areas. How TerrainIQ Helped Once the farmer connected his yield data, he ran a drainage analysis that identified a restriction in just a few seconds. To resolve the issue, the area required a […]
Tile Overlay Pointed to a Possible Collapsed Pipe
Challenge This 69-acre field had an underperforming area, but the cause was not immediately clear from yield data alone. How TerrainIQ Helped The grower overlaid the tile map on the yield map in TerrainIQ, revealing exactly where the underperforming area was located, indicating a drainage problem. Outcome The combined view helped the grower to quickly […]
Smarter Planting Decision Before Heavy Rain
Challenge With heavy rain approaching, a grower needed to quickly decide which acres to plant first before field conditions changed and became impassable. How TerrainIQ Helped TerrainIQ enabled the grower to quickly identify untiled areas with poor drainage, allowing the team to prioritize the acres most likely to become difficult to traverse with heavy machinery […]
Yield Performance Declined After Partial Tiling
Challenge A 220-acre field in Minnesota averaged 217 bushels per acre the year before and after tiling a portion of the field, but that yield average dropped the next two years to 186 and 159 bushels, respectively. The team needed to understand what was driving the decline. How TerrainIQ Helped Using TerrainIQ, they overlaid their […]
Prioritizing Tile Investments Across a Portfolio
Challenge A Midwest farming company needed a way to determine which of their dozens of fields should be tiled first, including those that they operated but did not own. How TerrainIQ Helped Using TerrainIQ’s portfolio view, the company compared fields side by side to identify where tile improvements had the greatest potential ROI. Outcome The […]