BASF’s New Digital Platform

The xarvio® Field Manger is designed to empower precision farming and enhance crop management. The plaform records all field activities and interventions, has the option for historic data to be uploaded. Better oversight, less risk and more reliability for your planning and decision-making. xarvio® – Digital Farming Solutions helps you make the most out of your fields.

The four main components of xarvio® support you in record keeping of your diffirent fields and field zones and help you to optimise your application timing & dosing.

The xarvio® Field Manager is included in both our Gold and Platinum Agronomy Packages. Xarvio can be purchased on its own, for an additional cost. We offer complete support in the set up and use of the xarvio® Field Manager and our staff is on hand to help you in person or over the phone whenever you need.

Benefits of the xarvio® Field Manager

Unique tool enabling certifiable Net Zero farming and consequent premium contracts.

• Reduces crop inputs by 5% worth up to £35 per hectare.

• Supports optimum use of inputs in the most environmentally responsible manner.

• Complies with proposed SFI precision farming incentive worth worth £27 per hectare.

• Supports record keeping for cover crop within SFI, can be worth up to £140 per hectare.

• Essentially a necessary tool for the future with full payback in year one.

Requirements of a Low Carbon Grower

• Ideally between 200 to 400 hectare block committed for a five-year rotation.

• Use Fertiberia Impact Zero or other low carbon fertiliser supplied through Bartholomews.

• Purchase low carbon seed from Bartholomews at no extra cost either directly or through your usual route.

• Give permission for approved contractors to access fields to carry out necessary baseline soil sampling.

• Use appropriate field interventions throughout the cropping rotation.

• Sufficiant storage and segregation capacity to meet contract specifications.

FAQ

Question: Is it possible to create multiple variable rate maps simultaneously on xarvio® for different fields?

Answer: Yes, creating multiple application plans for variable-rate fertilisers and seeds is simple and efficient, allowing for flexibility across different fields.

Question: After investing in a 36 metre tramline system, will the granular Fertiberia fertiliser spread effectively across a 36 metre width?

Answer: Yes, the granular fertiliser has undergone rigorous testing through various spreaders, achieving successful patterns across widths from 24 to 36 metres consistenly, ensuring effective coverage.

Question: Regarding your Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum agronomy packages, will farmers be required to pay for their participation in SFI schemes based on their acreage?

Answer: The agronomy packages cover all harvestable food crops in rotation. If a part of the rotation involves the use of an SFI option as a crop replacement e.g. Fallow then we can reduce the fee on this accordingly to reflect the reduced time factor and we would still need to cover the xarvio® Field Manager and soil sampling elements for the season.

Question: I am currently sourcing my Agronomic advice elsewhere; can I continue to do this and still be a part of the Low Carbon programme?

Answer: Yes, you can continue however, you would need to provide the application records to be recorded on xarvio® Field Manager to enable the system to function correctly. The use of xarvio® comes at a small additional cost.

Question: I understand that I cannot use any other carbon management schemes within the Low Carbon programme, but I have been using a different precision system for phosphate, potash, magnesium and lime management. I have also just recently invested in having the farm re-sampled for the next 4-year cycle. Can I still use this system within the Low Carbon programme?

Answer: Yes you can. You will need to provide the application records to be inputted into the xarvio® Field Manager.

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