Topcon YieldTrakk Yield Monitoring System

Topcon Precision Agriculture announces the expansion of its precision agriculture line of solutions to include a new yield monitoring system — YieldTrakk.

• Optical sensing, volumetric solution
• Provides operators with real-time data collection necessary to make intelligent business decisions in the combine cab and afterward
• Includes monitoring and mapping of yield (in bushels or tonnes), moisture and cut rate, as well as the total weight of crop during harvest
• Uses non-contact optical sensors installed in clean grain elevator to calculate accurate live yield data
• ECU (electronic control unit) converts measurement into a weight for the crop harvested
• When the crop travels up to the bubble-up auger, a second set of sensors measure crop moisture level and incorporates that into the data along with the yield output
• ECU also measures slope variations and corrects signal for any fluctuation in machine angle to help optimize accuracy 
• Universal solution designed to fit nearly every brand of combine on today’s market
• Includes retrofit solutions for most combines, a plug-and-play application for CLAAS combines, and a connection using ISO in AGCO Fieldstar II-ready combines  
• Integrated with the Topcon “easy-to-use” Horizon software on the Topcon X30 touchscreen console — displaying the yield and moisture levels in separate sets of data to provide the operator a more complete understanding of field and crop conditions 
• Compatible with most software packages in the industry for further analysis by utilizing industry standard ISOXML and shape file format for data export instead of the proprietary data formats used by most competitors
• Information can be used to trace inputs and outputs by precise location and ultimately allows the user to vary seed, fertilizer, chemical or other inputs as-applied