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GILTNER, Neb. (KOLN) – Hamilton County farmers are waiting on maybe one more rain before they hit the field to start planting, Brandon Hunnicutt said while we were out at his farm in Giltner. Weighing rain chances is just one of many decisions farmers have to make daily. Now, new technology from a California biotechnology company, Innerplant, is giving farmers real-time data to make decisions, specifically about treating fungal disease.
“Whenever I check in fields, whether I’ve done it personally, or we have somebody else do it, it’s like once a week,” Hunnicutt explained. “When you get that once a week, you’re missing six other days of data points.”
Hunnicutt used Innerplant’s CropVoice Program, and used a block of InnerSoy, which are genetically engineered soybean plants, to monitor for disease in his soybean fields last year.
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