Kiwi App Set To Be a Game Changer for Farming Globally

Kiwi App Set To Be a Game Changer for Farming Globally

11th May, 2012

Auckland-based I.T company Sush Mobile have developed an application that will change the way farmers spread, monitor and measure fertilisers on their farm, saving them time and thousands of dollars on purchasing the GPS devices usually used to track farmers’ activities.

The Precision Farming android and iPad application was designed as an innovative ‘ all in one’ tool used to order, monitor, measure and record the activities of fertiliser spreader on farms.

The application was thought up by Central Transport managing director Brendon Cane last year. Cane came to Sush Mobile in December with the idea of the application, not knowing how he would implement it in the digital space.

“I saw a gap in the farming market for an application that would not only save farmers time, but thousands of dollars in equipment.

“I took the idea to Sush Mobile, not knowing whether it was possible to create. A few months later I have a fully functional application that will increase productivity for farmers globally.

“Currently, farmers are spending up to $5000 on hardware to manage their fertilising systems, whereas the Precision Farming app retails at $280 on Andriod and $499 on the iPad, so farmers will literally save thousands,” he says.

Sush Mobile director, Sulabh Sharma says the Sush team, which specialises in creating apps that deliver business solutions, worked with Mr Cane to bring his vision to life.

“When Brendon came to us, he had the seed of an idea, but we could see it was a brilliant concept that would make a global impact on the agricultural sector,” Mr Sharma says. “It was very exciting to bring the idea to life as an app and push the boundaries of technology in the farming world.”

Mr Sharma says applications are not only changing the way businesses market themselves, they are also allowing consumers to interact with them in new innovative ways that bring meaningful solutions to everyday business problems.

“We don’t just create applications that look pretty, we design them to serve a business need. Precision Farming is an example of an application that will help farmers save time as well as money on the job.” he says.

For more information on Sush Mobile visit: http://www.sushmobile.co.nz

For more information Precision Farming visit:
• http://sushmobile.co.nz/precision-tracking-ipad/
• http://sushmobile.co.nz/precision-tracking-android/

More information on Precision Farming Application

Precision Farming is an innovative easy to use application that can be used for ordering, monitoring, measuring and recording the activities of fertiliser spreaders on farms.

The app acts as a GPS guidance unit while farmers are speading fertilisers. This enables them to choose their fertiliser spreader width and track their spreading accordingly allowing for more accurate spreading.

For farmers who are tired of managing separate notebooks, GIS imagery, job tracking records - this is one in all app that provides online live tracking, and a permanent day-by-day record of all of the work activities undertaken.

With exact hectares and spread rates known, total fertiliser needs are calculated to the nearest kilogram for each and every job.

The app works in both online and offline mode - even when the user is out of Wi-Fi/ 3G/4G connectivity.

Some highlights of the app include:

1) Create, edit and delete farm and paddock areas
2) Auto calculation of paddock areas upon creation, and monitoring of remaining areas while tracking
3) Ability to create areas of exclusion, which are shown as hazards while tracking, thereby reducing damage to equipment
4) Ability to create personalised fertiliser and supplier lists
5) Allows the user to add recommendations for the farm, thereby helping keep track of the fertilisers and the spread rate of a particular job on a farm
6) Ability to create jobs by choosing paddocks, fertilisers, spread rate and recommendations
7) Live tracking of fertilisers spreading making it easy to view what parts of a job have been completed when in multiple paddocks
8) Easy to return and finish a partially completed job
9) Ability to calculate total time to finish a job
10) Ability to view history of completed jobs
11) Works in multiple units e.g. metric and imperial

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