There has been a great deal of talk about precision farming over the past few years, yet the adoption of digital aids for the day-to-day management of agricultural operations has lagged a long way behind software developments.
The degree to which the move to a greater reliance on digital technology has been accelerated by the unprecedented rise in the price of fertiliser is unknown, yet the feeling in the trade is that the extra expense has sharply focused attention on applying inputs far more carefully.
