FJD Agriculture / STORIES & APPLICATIONS
Autosteering across a family farm’s crop cycles
Masataka Kajiwara’s family manages rice, wheat and onions with a small team and overlapping seasonal work.
- Brand
- FJD Agriculture
- Article type
- Customer story
- Setting
- Saga, Japan
- Equipment
- FJD AT2
- Source date
- 2026-10-10
Three people and overlapping crop cycles
FJD’s interview follows Masataka Kajiwara’s family farm in Saga, Japan. Three family members manage rice, wheat and onions, with seasonal tasks overlapping. The account describes AT2 autosteering supporting tillage, seeding, ridge formation and fertilizer work.
A reference line carries into later passes
Straight onion ridges matter because subsequent equipment returns to the same crop rows. For wheat seeding, digital reference lines replace a previous routine involving tape measurement and marker flags. The story also describes using straight passes from the equipped tractor as a visual reference for another manually driven tractor.
The result belongs to an operating routine
The family’s account emphasizes more repeatable passes and reduced steering effort during a demanding work calendar. It does not establish one savings percentage for every farm or implement.
Evaluate the repeat operation
DRT recommends selecting a field task that will be repeated, then recording the current implement width, pass arrangement and setup time. Include the tractor and implement details when reviewing compatibility. Demonstrate how the operator creates and recalls the line, makes the required settings and checks the finished work. If several family members or operators share the machine, let each follow the same short setup record. The strongest evaluation is whether the workflow remains understandable and repeatable when someone else takes the next shift.