“It did happen, that's true, but it's also a pain in the neck with logistics, right? At harvest time, it's hard sending trucks different ways and shifting shifters at your own site or having some trucks going to the site and some going home. The secret sauce is getting your economy right and using these maps to inform what you're doing next time around.” 

In our second episode, we chat with Kaniva farmer Jonathan Dyer, who shares how he uses the data from his protein machine to create nitrogen maps to guide nitrogen inputs.  

The conversation covers technical set up, software, support, data handling, protein machine models as well as some of the challenges he has experience and where he looks for advice.  

About Jonathan Dyer 

Jonathan is a grain grower from Kaniva in the West Wimmera. The Dyers grow a mixture of bread and durum wheat, canola, lentils, faba beans and chickpeas in a continuous cropping rotation. Having a background in IT, Jonathan completed a Nuffield Scholarship in 2015 on ‘big data’ in agriculture. 

You can find Jonathan on: 

X: https://x.com/dyerjonathan  

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-dyer-10aa5135/  

BCG website: https://www.bcg.org.au/our-team/jonathan-dyer/  

Helpful links: 

Broden Holland on X: https://x.com/brodenholland  

Tim Rethus on X: https://x.com/TRethus  

Crop Scan: https://cropscanag.com/  

John Deere HarvestLab: https://www.deere.com.au/en/technology-products/precision-ag-technology/data-management/harvest-lab-3000/  

SMS: https://www.agleader.com/farm-management/sms-software/  

Addressing El Nino Misconceptions at Trials Review Day: https://www.bcg.org.au/addressing-el-nino-misconceptions-at-bcg-trials-review-day/  

Nitrogen Banking: https://www.bcg.org.au/research-article/investigating-nitrogen-management-using-urea-pulses-and-temporary-intercropping-2022/  

SPAA: https://www.spaa.com.au/  

Nuffield Scholarships: https://www.nuffieldscholar.org/  

To learn more about BCG visit www.bcg.org.au 

In the spirit of reconciliation, BCG acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea, and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.  

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