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Providing Nourishment fora Growing World

THE SMARTAGRICULTURESOLUTION


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THE CHALLENGES OF FOOD PRODUCTION

THE RISE OF PRECISION AGRICULTURE

THE SMART AGRICULTURE SOLUTION

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION

DATA LIFE CYCLE

Process Planning and Process Execution

Process Control

MIS Integration

SOLUTION MODULES

Virtual Path Module

Variable Rate Application Module

Web Portal

ABOUT HEXAGON SOLUTIONS

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THE

CHALLENGESOF FOODPRODUCTION

By 2050, the global consumption of food will have

tripled to accommodate the world population, which

is expected to grow by 50 per cent. Although

individual consumption will more than double in

some areas, 900 million people still will suffer from

starvation or insufficient food availability.

When it comes to providing food for the world, there

are a number of critical factors that affect production

including availability of land, accessibility of water

and sustainability in agriculture.

Only 11 per cent of the planets land is considered fit

for growing crops. Increased occurrences of natural

disasters such as droughts and floods have ha d a

catastrophic impact on the availability of usable land.

Further complicating the problem is soil degradation,

which causes an estimated 20 per cent decline in food

production in the worlds most fertile areas every year.

In addition, the use of arable areas for food growing

has shifted to other activities cattle production and

urban occupation are competing with agriculture.

Smart Agriculture from Hexagon Solutions addresses

these issues with a comprehensive solution that

helps increase productivity, reduce waste and optimise

processes and resources.

Smart Agriculture covers the entire life cycle of the

agriculture process, keeping farmers abreast of crop

management and production through digital workflows

created from geo-enabled data. With Smart Agriculture,

information and action work together to increase

efficiency and improve crop yields while saving costs.

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THE RISE OF PRECISIONAGRICULTURE

Adoption of precision agriculture

has changed the way famers and

agribusinesses see their land. Once

treated uniformly, fields are now being

micromanaged for higher productivity,

better margins and lower waste.

Much of precision agriculture,or site-specific

farming, has been made possible

by combining the global positioning

system (GPS) and geographic information

systems (GIS). These technologies enable

coupli ng of real-time data collection with

accurate position information, leading to

efficient manipulation and analysis of

large amounts of geospatial data.

GPS-based applications in precision

farming are being used for:

Farm planning

Field mapping

Soil sampling

Tractor guidance

Crop scouting

Variable rate applications

Yield mapping

GPS also allows farmers to work during

low-visibility field conditions such as rain,

dust, fog and darkness.

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The Smart Agriculture solution combines

Intergraph geo-processing software and

Leica Geosystems steering solutions

to build a comprehensive solution that

covers the life cycle of the agriculture

process. Smart Agriculture keeps farmers

abreast of crop creation, production and

progression through digital crop

workflows created from geo-enabled

data. With Smart Agriculture, information

is collected and analysed, and action

is taken to optimise processes, thereby

increasing efficiency to improve yield

while saving costs.

GPS-enabled equipment keeps track

of which areas have been covered and

which areas still need to be addressed,

assuring that no areas are missed.

Micromanaging, online sensors

identify targets in real time, feeding

an onboard computer information

and assessing whether to act,

avoiding unnecessary usage of seeds,

pesticides and fertilisers.

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SOLUTION

Prices of fossil fuels are rising every year

and supply is limited. With a growing

population, consumption rises and bigger

and more effective mass transportation

solutions are needed.

Ethanol has proved to be one of the best

solutions for renewable power sources,

lowering environmental impact and

reducing dependence on fossil fuels.

The growing demand for ethanol in a

highly competitive market has created

a perfect opportunity for the earlyadoption of precision agriculture,

especially for sugarcane producers.

Hexagon Solutions offers a comprehensive

software solution that can analyse data

obtained in the fields to help decide

the best use of land, water, fert ilise rs,

pesticides, seeds and other farming

resources to minimise risk and

optimise production.

High-yield agriculture with optimisedprocesses helps reduce the amountof grasslands and forests that mustbe cleared for farming. This reducesthe amount of biomass burned and thegreenhouse gas emissions that resultfrom such clearings, which helps slowthe pace of global warming.

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THE POWER OFCOLLABORATION

Leica Geosystems has long been a leader

in the machine control field, automating

farm equipment via guidance systems for

agriculture. By adding Hexagon Geospatials

GIS and imagery analysis capabilities, the

process is further refined, allowing farmers in

the field to fine tune their crop management.

Powerful airborne photogrammetry

solutions provide farmers access to

sophisticated maps that illustrate which

areas have been seeded to help prevent

over-seeding. This information can be

used to develop a history of the crop yield,enabling farmers to decide how each crop

or area should be treated individually. The

same methodology also can be applied

to water usage, fertilisation and fuel

consumption, giving crops the right amount

of what they need, thereby improving yield

and cost savings while eliminating waste.

Smart Agriculture is helping ethanoland sugar producers increase their cropyield and optimise the performanceof workers and machines, as well asimprove production logistics by designingplantations based on available land,topography and ideal planting time.

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DATA

LIFECYCLE

MIS Integration

Integration with product planning

Integration with external systems

Historical reporting and analysis

Process Planning

Topography and plot design

Harvesting planning

Auto-generation of autopilot lines

Agriculture Data Warehouse

Process Execution

Loading line to the autopilotDigital analysis of soil variables

Variable rate application

Process Control

Productivity controlAerial survey with drones

Image analysis of crops

PROCESSPLANNING

From image processing software that

provides a precise satellite or airborne

photogrammetry view of land use

to production planning software with

sophisticated optimisation algorithms,

Smart Agriculture provides farmerscomplete information to make smart

decisions. The plantation design can

take into account topography, water

usage, plot design, transportation and

other resources, thereby improving yield

and saving costs with minimum waste.

During the planning phase, plantation

and autopilot lines are designed with

the computer based on topographic

characteristics, availability of resources

and soil. What-if scenarios give the

designer several alternatives, aiming

for higher production returns while

keeping investments.

PROCESSEXECUTION

Efficiency and effectiveness are key

to agriculture management, and

Smart Agri culture enables farmers to

excel at both.

Autopilot and guidance systems allowtractors and other machines to follow

directions with precision.

From the soil analysis, Smart Agriculture

Variable Rate Application (VRA) software

helps calculate the correct amount of

fertilisers and pesticides that must be

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MIS INTEGRATION

The Smart Agriculture solution integrates

with other management information systems

(MIS), providing the flexibility to bring

together third-party tools and data systems

for cross referencing and better decision

making by the farm manager.

The solution can render maps utilising a variety

of sources including ERP software, GIS

systems and other corporative systems.

It also can store imported data including

terrain models, machinery models and

automatic pilot (planting, pulverization and

harvest), and provide analysis and reporting.

Managers and administrators can makesmarter and more informed decisions with

an overall look at planting and harvesting

processes via a web portal, available any time

and from anywhere.

Monitoring systems with special rules and

triggers can warn farmers when important

events need their attention.

PROCESS CONTROL Forecasting production is easier to managewith the help of digital imaging. The softwarecan identify defects such as infestation in

the crops and the exact stage of the crop

maturity, leading to maximum productivity

when harvested.

Machine surveillance and control provide

farmers a high degree of precision and help

transportation on the farm, and unmanned

aerial vehicles (UAVs) or satellites can provide

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VIRTUAL PATHMODULEField productivity can be heightened by

increasing the number of lines per acre, and

land usage enhanced by optimising the

line design. The line data is fed into the

trucks during planting operations and to the

harvestin g machines to help them avoid running

over lines that already have been planted.

These lines are an important asset to the

farm and must be treated accordingly. The

Smart Agriculture Virtual Path module can

help design, edit, multiply and store the lines

for future use.

Key functions:

Automatic generation of path lines with a

smarter algorithm

Trimming the path lines at the end of fields

Statistical reporting including a

higher-detail forecasting function

Easy configuration, with all parameters

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VARIABLE RATEAPPLICATION MODULE

Key functions:

Optimised distribution of sampling datapoints with GPS integration

Storage of historical data for trend

analysis

Precision interpolation algorithm

Cross-analysis of fertilisation and

production to estimate field productivity

WEB PORTAL

Key functions:

Centralised way to manage and visualisegeographic-related farm information

Provides decision makers a fast and

simple way to:

Store and retrieve geo-basedinformation (actual and historical)

Analyse and cross-analyse geo-basedinformation

Transfer geo-based i nformation withinapplications

Easy integration with third-party software

tools for visualisation and analysis

To execute a precise soil analysis, the first

step is to collect geolocated soil samples.

Smart Agriculture can help you define where

the samples should be collected.

The data from the sample analysis is input

to the software and interpolated with special

algorithms. The results are recommendations

of the correction/fertilisation maps that can

be used in the VRA equipment.

The web portal enables all agribusiness

personnel to access information about the

plantation. Graphically select the areas

and retrieve data on status, productivity,

resources and other agricultural activities.

Decisions can be made more securely when

executives take advantage of the maps and

graphics available through the portal. A

flexible, open interface allows access and

integration to third-party software, whose

data also can be displayed in the maps.



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Although studying behavior, statistics

and trends helps us predict what lies

ahead,the future is never promised.The

challenges related to producing food for

the world are enormous, and technology

will continue to play an increasingly

important role in providing the solutions.

Hexagon and its global network of brands

are committed to providing solutions

for the agriculture industry, specifically

focused on increasing productivity,

reducing waste and optimising

processes and resources.

A SOLUTION FORCHANGING GLOBALCONSUMPTION

ABOUT HEXAGONSOLUTIONS

Hexagon Solutions offers the next generation of

Smart Solutions based on integrated industrial

and geospatial technologies within the Hexagon

technology portfolio from industrial and geospatial

sensors and data and document management to

process and visualisation software. As a result, the

value to our customers goes well beyond what each

stand-alone product offers, providing high quality

and performance in integrated enterprise offerings.

For more information, visit hexagon-solutions.com.

Hexagon Solutions is part of Hexagon (Nordic

exchange: HEXA B; hexagon.com), a leading global

provider of design, measurement and visualisationtechnologies that enable customers to design,

measure and position objects and process and

present data.

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