Preliminary practice and prospect of “Visual Management” of precision farming with new patterns in Shuangshan Base

Visual Management (VM), an modern enterprise management method, was used for the first time to manage mechanized production in precision farming at Shuangshan Base. This paper discussed the use of MV in precision farming system with large tractors production. The paper first introduced the generalization functions of VM, and then illustrated the composition of VM platform in precision farming at Shuangshan Base. The core functions of VM platform in precision farming included monitoring of crop/grass growth and maturity, detection of soil fertility, moisture and insect pest, by video frequency of ground surface and remote sensing (satellites & aeria), and mini-weather station, etc. In precision farming, VM platform adequately supported fertilization and other field management decisions. This platform integrated high techniques such as GPS, GIS, RS, VISS, Internet and Intranet, with comprehensive agro-database. This enhanced the realization of visual process control and automated planning of mechanized farm production. The demonstration system platform was demonstrated to agricultural experts/officers in the 2010 Summit Forum for Developing Modern Agriculture in Northeast China, favorable comments were raised from them.