Real-time insights for smarter farming at scale
Within NXTGEN Hightech Agrifood, VDBorne Campus serves as a test and validation location for data-driven farming at scale. It brings farming practice, technology and data together to provide real-time insights and guide decisions in the field. Combining different data sources gives an up-to-date picture of what is happening in each field, helping farmers respond faster and manage crop development, fieldwork and day-to-day operations more precisely.
The campus shows how digital tools can make farming operations easier to oversee, more predictable and better equipped to grow. This gives VDBorne Campus an important role within the Open Field Cultivation innovation package and the wider Handsfree Agrifood ecosystem.
From scattered data to a clear picture of your fields
Farms often use several systems and data sources alongside one another, including satellite imagery, sensors, field measurements and farm records. VDBorne Campus explores how this information can be brought together in one place, making it easier to see what is happening and where action is needed.
Looking at this data together helps you see how conditions vary within a field and spot anything unusual. You can then identify which areas need attention and which tasks should take priority, helping you respond more quickly to changes in the field.
Three areas of technology helping data-driven farming scale up
VDBorne Campus develops and tests technologies that help make large-scale farming more predictable, efficient and easier to manage. Combining data, monitoring and digital models helps farmers make timely decisions based on conditions in specific fields and areas.
Monitoring field conditions and responding in real time
Bringing together satellite data, remote sensing, sensors and field measurements provides an ongoing view of conditions in the field. This helps farmers spot unusual changes sooner and target work where it is needed, making it easier to respond quickly and keep operations on track.
Connecting data for better crop management decisions
VDBorne Ground Control brings together information on fields, crops and farm activities. You can compare information from different sources to get a clearer picture of what is happening. This helps you decide on and plan the next steps in managing your crops.
Open data platforms that grow with your operation
The campus provides a setting where different data sources, technologies and connections tailored to individual businesses can be brought together in one modular platform. This flexible setup supports the wider use of digital tools and allows systems to grow, both within individual farms and across larger farming areas.
From scattered data to smarter arable farming decisions
With Ground Control, VDBorne Campus shows how data can support everyday crop management decisions. It brings satellite imagery, scouting data, field observations and information from farm management systems together in one clear overview. This helps you spot which fields need attention sooner and see which tasks to prioritise.
Bringing digital farming together in the field
VDBorne Campus shows how data and technology are becoming part of everyday farming. Testing applications in real farming conditions reveals how digital systems can turn the data they collect into better-informed decisions and more targeted management across large farming operations.
Want to explore how data from different systems can support your everyday crop management decisions? At VDBorne Campus, practical trials show how bringing this information together helps identify where attention is needed and which tasks should take priority.
Want to learn more about testing and validating Open Field Cultivation Arable farming?
Within NXTGEN Hightech Agrifood, innovations are tested and optimized to take the next step toward practical application. Curious about the possibilities and how use cases are helping to advance these innovations? Our innovation package lead, Natalie Hotrum, will be happy to tell you more.