Variable-rate fertilizer and seed maps for Ag Leader
Varigro builds the prescription from a field boundary and writes a shapefile ZIP your Ag Leader display can load.
- Rate column
Rate- File name
- 40
- In the ZIP
- Shapefile
characters or fewer
.shp, .shx, .dbf, .prj, and .cpg
Load the map
- On Equipment, set Fertilizer display (or Planter display for seed) to Ag Leader before you generate the map.
- Review the map and download the ZIP from the field page or the season plan.
- Unzip the ZIP onto a USB drive and load the shapefile at the display.
- Select
Rateas the rate column.
What is in the ZIP
- Files: .shp, .shx, .dbf, .prj, and .cpg.
- Polygons in WGS84, dissolved by rate, with zone and acres on each row.
- The file name is the field, then the product grade (
North_40_11-52-0) or the seed variety, kept to 40 characters or fewer for the display. - A blend is one ZIP per product grade.
How the rates are set
Each acre is ranked by expected productivity from satellite crop canopy, radar, rainfall, and terrain, then placed between the minimum and maximum rate you enter. See How it works.
Pricing is $3/ac per year. Get started to see it on your acres.