GPS technology has become an important asset in agriculture, from controlling your tractor's auto-steer system to giving you accurate yield monitor data. It's value will only increase as farmers and agribusiness innovators find more uses for in-cab GPS. Our investment in GPS technology for field boundary mapping has allowed our producers to obtain accurate field acreage measurements, usually resulting in a lower acreage that previously thought.

Increase your APH

By determining an accurate field measurement, you are impacting your APH and ultimately your bottom line. By having to spread your production yield over fewer acres, you increase your APH over time. This results in higher insurance guarantees, and more profit in your pocket.

Lower your Crop Insurance Premiums

Why pay crop insurance premiums on acres that aren't planted? By getting an accurate field measurement, you can eliminate paying for insurance on non-planted land. We only map where the crop is actually planted, not the entire parcel of land.

Lower your Input Costs

You pay for inputs based on the acre. If we determine your acres are overstated, you are paying too much for inputs based on the acres actually planted. Custom applicators use our maps to correctly and accurately apply chemicals and fertilizers. Not only do they aid in finding the field, but they clearly show the field boundary and any areas which may require special attention.

Farm Management Simplification

Once your fields are mapped with our precision equipment, we can provide these files for import into many of the leading farm management systems such as John Deere JDOffice and APEX, Case IH AFS, SST Summit, FarmWorks and more. Your maps, acreage reports and policy information are also available online 24/7 at the click of the mouse.

Record Keeping Made Simple

Our record keeping forms on the back of every map allow for instant access to input and harvest information. We can even develop forms customized for your operation, because every farm is unique.

Flexibility and Easy Acreage Determination

Have you ever changed a field boundary or spit a field and tried to accurately determine the new acreage? We can make that determination for you either by digitizing the changes on our mapping system, or by physically mapping the field with our GPS equipment. Either way, it saves you time. And time is money.

FSA Digitized Boundaries vs. GPS Mapped Boundaries

Our experience has found most FSA boundaries to be inaccurate, as much as 10% in some circumstances. The vast majority of times, the FSA acreage is overstated as the FSA boundaries tend to follow the outer field boundary rather than the actual planted boundary. This results not only in overpayment of insurance premiums, but an overstated acreage report that “waters down” your APH and decreases your future crop insurance guarantees. For certification purposes, feel free to use FSA acres, but for insurance and input purposes, use GPS acres to save money and increase your guarantees.

Mapping Agents vs. GPS Mapping Agents

There are agencies who map, and then there are agencies who GPS map. There is a distinct difference between them. Agencies who utilize GPS mapping physically drive around every insured field, obtaining an accurate field boundary and acreage measurement. Agencies who map, but don’t use GPS technology, are simply importing the FSA Common Land Unit boundaries that were created by a government employee guessing field boundaries by tracing aerial imagery of your fields. Do you want YOUR crop insurance premiums to be based on human guesswork and a photo taken from 28,000 feet?

We get in your fields, drive the perimeter of your fields, and accurately determine acreage to the hundredth of an acre. Sure it would be easier and quicker to import the FSA field boundaries. No question about it. But that’s why we made the investment in GPS technology and make this service available to our clients, because we don’t want any questions about it. When it comes to field acreage, nobody does it more accurately.

Is Precision Ag in Your Future?

GPS mapping is the first step towards precision agriculture. Incorporating soil sampling, variable rate application data and yield monitor information is the next step. By mapping your fields now, you already have the foundation for the future of agriculture. Our field boundary shape files are exported in the most commonly used format, which can then be imported into the application of your choice.

If you are concerned about profitability, every acre counts. You wouldn’t leave part of your production in the field, but with inaccurate field measurements, you are essentially doing just that. So if you want to take your operation and your APH to a higher level, utilize our GPS mapping service.

The Best Part, it's FREE to All Our Crop Insureds!

Yup, you read that right. We map every acre we insure, and it doesn’t cost our producers a dime. So if you would like to take your farm operation to a higher level of accuracy and profitability, give us a call today at 800-627-2241. We’d be more than happy to explain how GPS mapping can simplify your recordkeeping and improve the accuracy of your farm.

Here are some sample maps we supply our producers with to aid farm management and acreage determination.

Farm acreage view This map shows all acres of insured and uninsured cropland within your farm operation. Other data included on the map are roads, township, range, section, rivers and lakes, and towns. Aerial imagery can be included to show land features.	Record Keeping Data This image shows the input, production and insurance data than can be recorded and kept handy for instant reference. This record keeping log is printed on the backs of the maps.
FSA 578 Certification Map This is a scan of an actual map used to certify acres. After mapping this growers fields, we produced the map to the right.	After Mapping the Fields This map shows the same fields as the 578 map to the left, after we mapped the fields and imported them into our mapping system. All fields are planted to the actual crops and acres are accurate to the hundreth of an acre.
Farm Operation Wall Map We can generate large wall maps for you to see at a glance where your fields are and what crops are planted. It's a great reference when telling employees or custom applicators exactly where a field is located.