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This self-propelled High Quality Selection machine (NEW HOLLAND) combines new technologies such as geolocation via satellite and on-board microcomputers. It makes it possible to take into account the varied nature of each plot for farming operations throughout the vine cycle. The characteristics of the earth, topography, attacks by parasites, and the presence of weeds can vary, even within a single plot.
It has been designed to achieve the modulated management of inputs with a view to adapting all work to the varied characteristics of the plot: from enrichment to harvests, also taking in work on the soil and canopy management (cropping, thinning out, side-shoot removal), not to forget plant-protection treatments (fungicides, herbicides, insecticides).
The aim of this modulation is to homogenize the plot, at the same time as improving its quality. Using maps or based on visual sighting, the HQS grape harvesting machine automatically sorts the grapes into the trailer to the right or left, depending on criteria of maturity or harvest quality.
Equipped with a GPS geo-location system, it is capable of reading a harvesting instruction map in real time, while monitoring at least two quality levels. This ability then allows it to control the actuators so as to transfer the harvest into the trailer to the left or right, as appropriate
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