MPT.ag
Semi Autonomous Seeding
As agriculture moves towards an autonomous future, MPT.ag is building semi autonomous seeding equipment to better deal with naturally occuring variabilities within Soil, and in Climate.
Established in 2018, MPT.ag is primarily focused on the key objective of uniform crop establishment.
Using an combination of in-furrow soil sensors and other ag datasets, combined with an onboard data analytics suite, and a fully electro-hydraulic seeding platform, we are using this knowledge in real time while planting to increase crop yields.
The Technology
By overlaying data sets such as Soil Maps, NDVI, and Yield Maps, and Ground-Truthing this data using onboard sensors, the technology enables a prescription seeding outcome customised to the specific requirements of the soil at any given location.
Using this comprehensive data in the form of a shape-file, into the electro-hydraulic ISOBUS controlled seeder, the seeder seemlessly adjusts various apects of the mechanical aspects of the machine to ensure seed placement is optimised to achieve uniform germination across the entire field.
Agronomic Benefits:
Import & Export of Seeding Shape Files
Entire Field Mapping & Ground-Truthing
Improved Crop Establishment
Baseline Seeding Map Generation
Variable Rate Seeding based on Soil Properties
Functional Benefits:
Fully Programmable Seeding Platform for Depth, Pressures, and Spacing’s
In-Furrow soil mapping
In-Cab Control of Seed Depth
In-Cab Control of Downforce Pressures
Reduced Risks in crop establishment
Our Team
Dave Finlay
Dave has been developing innovations for over 30 years in various industries including Mining, Refrigeration, and Agriculture.
With an extensive knowledge in farming, Dave’s work on the technology has been instrumental in working to resolve issues of uneven crop emergence due to variable soil constraints.
Gordon Howard
Gordon is a Mechanical Engineer, with quelifications in Materials, and has expertise in not only material strength and fatigue, but also Hydraulics and Programming.
Whilst being an advocate for the technology, Gordon prefers to spend his spare time sailing.
Our Commercialisation Support Crew
Cicada Innovations
Sparklabs Cultiv8
NSW Chief Scientist
Grains Research and Development Corporation
Our Corporate Support Crew
PMW Plus
Griffith Hack
Intellectual Property
This technology is supported by United States Patent No: 12082522