iGrade works with several John Deere precision agriculture technology products, including the 4600 CommandCenter™ Display/4640 Universal Display, 4200 CommandCenter Display/4240 Universal Display, GreenStar™ 3 2630 Display, StarFire™ 3000 Receiver or StarFire 6000 Receiver, AutoTrac™ assisted steering system, and Surface Water Pro™ Plus software on GreenSand GreenSDisplays. Along with the Application Controller 1100, operators can easily keep the scraper on grade, allowing them to focus on the machinery and task at hand. Its leveling system helps operators automatically control the height of the scraper blade in water management applications. With iGrade from Deere, operators can automate scraper adjustments to make alterations to their land for efficient water management. They each help to plan and create ditches and levees for optimal water management.
It has four modes: Survey, Levee, Basic Ditching, and Advanced Ditching. The Surface Water Pro Plus system works with the GreenStar™ 2 2600 and GreenSDisplays, and can leverage the StarFire 3000 or StarFire 6000, AutoTrac™ assisted steering system, and iGrade™ leveling system. Operators can also utilize this information to develop field levees for additional water management. This data can be useful while creating ditches to enhance field drainage. With Surface Water Pro Plus from Deere, producers can map changes in elevation across their fields via Survey Mode. Best of all, this information can be leveraged directly from the cab of whichever machine is in use. Users can customize alerts and weather information to make more accurate decisions prior to spraying.
Producers know that crop protection is a must, and the John Deere Mobile Weather device can help them brace for whatever Mother Nature throws at them. John Deere Mobile Weather is all customers need to confidently work around everything from high winds to humidity. These John Deere solutions are also fine-tuned to provide the most accurate information, giving users peace of mind as they tend to their land. With items, such as precision technology displays and StarFire receivers, customers can micromanage their fields and make the most out of the water they have nearby. With Surface Water Pro Plus from Deere, producers can map changes in elevation across their fields via Survey Mode. John Deere has a wide array of water and field management products that producers can use to better control their natural resources. John Deere Precision Ag: Field & Water Management Crops and animals will also benefit, in addition to the local ecosystem. By making water management a priority, producers can maximize the potential of their nearby water sources. This traditionally involves large-scale irrigation systems to better manage the resources at hand. Then it’s on to the next one.Water management is defined as the control and movement of water resources, with the main goal of minimizing damage to nearby wildlife and land. After we are done with the pass we feathered out the sides manually and make one last pass through the middle to clean it up. Then iGrade takes over and automatically lowers the ditcher and raises it to make the desired slope and depth of the cut.
Surface Water Pro shows us how much dirt we are expecting to move and a side profile view so we know how close we are to our desired cut. We then entered our min/max slope and our min/max cut by using the best fit option and then generated a ditch track. After the initial setup, we were able to use Surface Water Pro by surveying our ditch track and recording the elevation every 5 feet. It amazed me how far the dirt was being thrown from the ditcher (in excess of 40 yards). With the recent dry weather we are making ditches to drain the wet holes that have been hard to get rid of the past couple of springs. I got the chance to ride with a customer who is running John Deere Surface Water Pro and iGrade with a Wolverine ditcher pulled by a JD 8430 tractor with SF3000 receivers and Sloan Implement RTK network.