Helping farmers connect field research, digital tools and practical agronomy.

Farming decisions are becoming more data-informed.

Satellite imagery, sensors, mapping and predictive tools can all help improve understanding of crop performance and field variability. But technology on its own does not improve outcomes.

The value comes from knowing how to interpret that information and apply it practically on farm.

The Smart Connected Farm brings together Agrii research, digital agronomy and field experience to help support more informed decisions across the farming system.

Agri-Intelligence Insights | Report No.2 

The Smart Connected Farm: Tools and Insights for Tomorrow's Decisions

Covering: How connected tools are used today, what recent trials are showing about newer technologies, and where more validation is needed before making recommendations.

Connected farming in practice

Across the country, growers are already using digital tools, data and agronomic support to improve decision making on farm.

Working with Agrii, farmers are using technologies such as soil mapping, variable rate application, crop monitoring and digital planning tools to target inputs more accurately, improve consistency across fields and make better use of available resources.

From reducing nutrient applications on high-index soils to improving crop performance in lower-yielding areas, these approaches are delivering measurable benefits under real commercial farming conditions.

The case studies featured here show how growers are putting connected farming into practice, combining local knowledge with digital insight to improve efficiency, support stewardship requirements and strengthen business performance.

Research and Trials

Technology only becomes useful when it proves itself in the field.

Agrii trials and Digital Technology Farm work are helping assess where connected technologies can improve crop performance, nitrogen use efficiency and gross margin.

Some of our early work has shown:

•  +0.82 t/ha wheat yield improvement
•  -15% nitrogen input costs
•  +12% improvement in nitrogen use efficiency
•  -23% CO₂e reduction
•  +£137/ha gross margin improvement

These results come from practical field-scale trials under commercial farming conditions.

Digital Agronomy

Digital tools can help improve understanding of crop growth, field variability and seasonal risk.

Agrii works with technologies including satellite imagery, crop monitoring and decision-support tools to help turn information into practical agronomy decisions.

Precision Crop Management

Precision farming approaches continue to evolve, from variable rate nutrition to targeted crop management.

Agrii trials help assess where these approaches deliver practical and commercial value within UK farming systems.

Exploring the connected farm

The connected farm will look different for every business.

The aim is not to adopt technology for its own sake, but to better understand crops, inputs, risk and performance.

Through research, trials and practical agronomy, Agrii is helping assess where connected farming approaches can support more informed decisions across UK farming systems.