The sector is taking on a leading role in the exhibition area and in the technical activities that will be held in parallel to the fair.
The Sant Miquel Agricultural Fair and the Eurofruit show will once again be focusing on precision agriculture, a management strategy that collects, processes and analyses temporal, spatial and individual data and combines it with other information to support management decisions in accordance with estimated variability, thus improving efficiency in the use of resources, productivity, quality, profitability and sustainability of agricultural production. The 67th edition of the Sant Miquel Agricultural Fair and the 36th edition of the Eurofruit show will take place from 30 September to 3 October in the Fira de Lleida exhibition centre.
Lleida’s double agricultural event will host numerous companies and innovations related to precision agriculture in areas such as drones, industrial refrigeration, irrigation systems, IT solutions for farm and livestock farm management, cost and resource management and the use of advanced GPS guidance systems for agricultural vehicles, among others.
Precision farming allows the collection of specific geospatial data in real time on soil, plant and animal requirements and the prescription and application of specifically targeted treatments to increase production and protect the environment. In agriculture, these controls of each plot of land enable careful management of cultivation, fertilisation, planting, sowing, mowing and harvesting.
GPS-based applications in precision farming are also being used in crop planning, topographical mapping, soil sampling, tractor guidance, crop scouting, variable rate applications and yield mapping. In addition, GPS allows farmers to work in low visibility conditions in the fields, for example in rain, dust, fog or gloom.
The main benefits of precision farming include increased profitability, full control of all crop-related tasks, improved quality of life for people working in the agricultural sector and increased automation. New technologies allow the automation of many of the aspects involved in agricultural production, which means great savings in time and costs, and the fact that they benefit sustainability and the environment.
