VRA Planting

With the VRA Planting app you can create a variable planting map for ware potatoes on clay soil. The app calculates the planting map based on the desired average planting distance and a lutum map of your plot.

VRA Planting

Wageningen Plant Research (WUR)

Contact: Fedde Sijbrandij

E-mail: fedde.sijbrandij@wur.nl

Website: farmmaps.eu/en/maps

Link to appstore: farmmaps.eu/en/editor/plan

Price: €20 ex BTW

The VRA planting app calculates a variable planting map for consumption potatoes, based on a lutum map and the desired average planting distance. This apps works only for clay fields.

In a few steps you can choose in the app:

  • The lutum map you want to use
  • The average planting distance for the field
  • The dimensions and possibilities of your planter

As you go through the steps, you will see the application map showing the variation of planting distances within the field. This map is then converted into a task map tailored to the dimensions and capabilities of your planter. This task map can be downloaded as a shapefile or in ISO-XML format, to load it into the terminal that controls the planter.