Infrastructure and equipment

Infrastructures and tools adapted to new agricultural practices

The EU APC has :

• 80 hectares of field crops on the plain, at the gateway to the Lauragais (wheat, sunflower, soya, sorghum, maize, peas, faba beans, etc.). 

• a potential of 6,000 microparcels  

• Characterised plots (soil type, GIS mapping)

• 3,000m² of facilities for field experimentation, including a pooled technology hall

• Complete on-site meteorological monitoring for over 50 years

• A parcel management information system and a decision-support tool for the management of technical routes

• Agricultural equipment specifically adapted for experiments (GPS guidance and triggering):
  • 6 GPS-guided tractors
  • 3 seed drills for GPS triggered micro-parcels
  • 1 microchip harvester with sample collection

• Innovative phenotyping equipment :
  • 1 8-tonne Phenomobile robot (more information) (visible and multispectral imaging, LiDAR)
  • 1 UAV system (visible and multispectral imaging)
  • 1 set of soil sensors and data acquisition units to monitor growing conditions.