Tech-savvy Dutch farmer sees 1% a year yield benefit

摘要

Open-minded Dutch grower Jacob Van den Bourne has been achieving impressive production and efficiency gains from using precision technology for more than a decade.Mr Van den Borne and his brother are third-generation farmers based in the village of Ruesel, in the south east of the country.When they took the reins of the family farm in 2006 land was in short supply, which ruled out improving output by increasing acreage.