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XtraBlatt Issue 01-2019

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  • Contractors
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  • Farms
  • Agricultural
  • Forage
  • Silage
  • Farmers
  • Machinery
  • Krone

TITLE THEME AGRIROUTER

TITLE THEME AGRIROUTER OPEN FOR ALL The agrirouter is a pure data hub, unrivalled, with no specialist requirement and easy to operate. This platform is open to all farmers and contractors but also to all firms upstream and downstream, introducing completely new opportunities for the digitization of agriculture. External service supplier Farm input producer Advisor External data exchange platform Farmers and contractors using agrirouter can still choose their machinery without being tied to a single make. And mixing makes will pose no problems in digital processing of the collected data. What’s more, you still decide yourself over the amount of data involved. As Stefan Niehof emphasises, agrirouter is the Krone answer to the above uncertainties. He’s responsible in Krone product marketing for digital applications. “The user alone decides the data wanted for use and if the information should be given any further. In the past this exchange of data between different systems was not so easy because individual interfaces had to be established,” he explains. Krone output concentrates on forage production and so the firm is not a long-liner. Because Krone products on farms therefore often stand in mixed fleets featuring different makes, the digital technology of the machinery must be open for other manufacturer systems. This was one of the grounds for the Spelle company taking part in DKE Data GmbH & Co. KG and, with that, in the development of the “data hub” agrirouter,” says Stefan Niehof. What’s happening next with agrirouter? The test phase is now past and at the end of February 2019 the system was officially released for use in practical farming overall. So far, 13 manufacturers are involved. They reckon that the number of participating manufacturers will triple within the next four years. The number of software solutions involved runs currently at around 40, states Stefan Niehof. The product manager is convinced that this sector, too, will expand strongly through planned internationalisation. He reckons that the total number of end users in four years should lie in the five-figure region. Implements and machines with an ISOBUS Controller can usually be fitted with a telemetry box and are therefore suitable for integration in agrirouter. For attracting even more users, the ones still keeping their distance from management software, simple applications are being programmed and coupled to agrirouter. Stefan Niehof concludes that farmers and contractors can register to use the system free of charge. « There are many different management software solutions in agriculture nowadays. The agrirouter is open for these solutions and ensures that data from the machines can Food industry Agricultural contractor Farmer App supplier Dealership Machinery manufacturer be automatically and optimally used (more information at https://my-agrirouter.com). In practice, the software solution has to deal with a colourful mix of agricultural machinery and must be able to process all the data produced to have a chance in the market. The third motivation for the enterprises involved in creating an open platform is the option of being able to offer an independent and innovative service for farmers and contractors. Stefan Niehof is responsible for digital applications within Krone product management. “With agrirouter, the customers themselves decide which data they wish to use and who it goes on to.” 10 11