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Picture the field you know best. Now draw it from memory. Mark the parts that always yield well, then the parts that always lag behind, like the wet corner or the sandy strip that dries out first. You could do it in a minute. You know your field.

Nitrogen fertilizer costs 26% more than a year ago. See how a variable rate map puts each kilo where it turns into yield, and tells you how many tonnes you need before you sign the order.

Jack Harris mapped more than 76,000 grass weed plants in a 13.4 ha wheat field. The grower sprayed glyphosate on just 0.58 ha and kept the rest of his crop.

Adrians Solovjevs farms 1,000 hectares in Latvia. In his first season with CultiWise he counted what every application cost him, down to the euro, and shared all of it, including the calls he got wrong. €12,958 saved across 745 hectares of applications, and one map that knew his field better than he did.

James O’Reilly killed patches of his own winter wheat on purpose. Less than one hectare of it. Out of 26. And it was a good call.

CultiWise is already working in UK fields. This season Edward Wardroper ran the first UK trials at Harper Adams University and the results came back strong. 75% predicted herbicide saving on volunteer beans in winter wheat. 81% on docks in a grass ley. Both green on green, both from this year's crops. The AI separated ryegrass from wheat on a slight colour difference alone. The map goes straight into a John Deere. More fields, more crops, more UK data. The detections only get better from here.

One of the things we hear most from farmers is the trade-off that comes with difficult weeds. Use the rate that works and risk the crop. Drop the rate to protect the crop and accept poor control. James O’Reilly, a tillage farmer from Kilkenny, ran into exactly that problem this season and the way he solved it is worth sharing.

CultiWise and AMAZONE are working together to make smart farming workflows simpler and easier to use in daily farm operations. The partnership improves the connection between CultiWise prescription maps and AMAZONE technology, helping farmers move from planning to field execution with less manual work. Together, the two companies make it easier to turn field data into machine-ready applications for seeding, fertilizing, and crop protection.

Before sowing, weeds on bare soil can quietly take over more of your field than you think. Instead of spraying the whole area, spot spraying helps you target only the green patches that need treatment, cutting herbicide use, saving time, and keeping clean soil untouched.

The fields are waking up. In just a few weeks, the first tractors will be heading out for the most critical task of the early season: the first fertilizer application.

December on the farm doesn’t really feel like a break. The fields may be resting, but your head is working hard. Seed reps are calling, emails with discounts and “promo bundles” keep coming in, and on top of that, there’s pressure to secure your favourite hybrids while they’re still available.