2024 John Deere Manure Constituent Sensing Base

2024 John Deere Manure Constituent Sensing

• Measure liquid manure nutrient levels in real time using the HarvestLab™ 3000 sensor

• Precisely apply nutrients at targeted or limited levels with automated speed control

• Document liquid manure nutrient application to better control total crop nutrient costs

• Use nutrient application data layers in John Deere Operations Center to make better decisions

• Easily install the system on your current tanker or drag line applicator

Features may include:

• Real-time constituent measurements in liquid organic fertilizers

• HarvestLab™ 3000 continuously measures nutrients during the application at more than 4000 times per second. This allows for tracking of nutrient variations between different storage locations as well as differences within individual tank loads. This data is then used to control application amounts as well as the creation of as applied documentation for each nutrient across the field. With John Deere Manure Constituent Sensing, ingredients can be applied based on a target rate for one nutrient and a limit rate for a second ingredient (i.e., target rate for N, limit rate for P).

• HarvestLab 3000 utilizing near-infrared sensor (NIR) technology paired with John Deere Manure Constituent Sensing will record manure nutrient levels for total nitrogen (N), ammonium-N (NH4), phosphate (P), potassium (K) and dry matter. Tests have shown that liquid manure can be highly variable for nitrogen (N), phosphate (P) and potassium (K) between different loads with a variance factor of 4-6 for nitrogen, a factor of 10 for dry matter and a factor of 25 for phosphate.

• John Deere Manure Constituent Sensing enables significant improvements in accuracy of information and application of liquid manure nutrients as compared to taking a limited number of samples per storage location or transport vehicle. The John Deere HarvestLab 3000 sensor and the respective calibration curve have been developed to deliver a higher degree of accuracy as compared to limited random samples sent to commercial labs. The NIR sensor with manure calibrations has been benchmarked against both commonly used analysis methods in laboratories (wet chemical) and NIRS lab analysis. The results indicate that the relative error for HarvestLab 3000 Manure Constituent Sensing is in the range for samples analyzed using wet chemical laboratory tests.

• Speed control to ensure a consistent application

• John Deere 7X30, 8X30, and 9X30 Tractors with PowerShift™ transmission and 6R, 7R, 8R, and 9R Tractors with IVT™ or e23™ transmissions equipped with Tractor Implement Automation (TIA) can achieve the desired application rate faster and more precisely than flow-based regulation only. When application conditions prevent speed control from attaining the desired application rate, tankers with flow control can also be used to attain the desired application rate.

• Compatibility for TIA:

• Automated speed control is available for:

• 7X30 PowerShift John Deere Tractors

• 8X30 PowerShift John Deere Tractors

• 9X30 PowerShift John Deere Tractors

• 6R IVT and e23 Series John Deere Tractors

• 7R IVT and e23 Series John Deere Tractors

• 8R IVT and e23 Series John Deere Tractors

• 9R e23 Series John Deere Tractors

• 30 Series Tractors with PowerShift transmissions are TIA compatible. They require that the roof controller has been updated with current software to enable TIA. Once that is done, the free activation of TIA can be accessed in the StellarSupport™ portal.

• For John Deere tractors without TIA or non-John Deere tractors, manual speed control is an option.