As digitalization in the agricultural sector has intensified, the number of studies addressing adoption and use of digital technologies in crop production and livestock farming has also increased. However, digitalization trends in the context of small-scale farming have mainly been excluded from such studies. The focus of this paper is on investigating the sequential adoption of precision agriculture (PA) and other digital technologies, and the use of multiple technologies in a small-scale agricultural region in southern Germany. An online survey of farmers yielded a total of 2,390 observations, of which 1,820 operate in field farming, and 1,376 were livestock farmers. A heuristic approach was deployed to identify adoption patterns. Probable multiple uses of 30 digital farming technologies and decision-support applications, as well as potential trends of sequential technology adoption were analyzed for four sequential points of adoption (entry technology, currently used technologies, and planned short-term and mid-term investments). Results show that Bavarian farmers cannot be described as exceedingly digitalized but show potential adoption rates of 15–20% within the next five years for technologies such as barn robotics, section control, variable-rate applications, and maps from satellite data. Established use of entry technologies (e.g., automatic milking systems, digital field records, automatic steering systems) increased the probability of adoption of additional technologies. Among the most used technologies, the current focus is on user-friendly automation solutions that reduce farmers’ workload. Identifying current equipment and technology trends in small-scale agriculture is essential to strengthen policy efforts to promote digitalization.

随着农业部门数字化的加强，关于在作物生产和畜牧业中采用和使用数字技术的研究数量也有所增加。然而，这些研究主要排除了小规模农业背景下的数字化趋势。本文的重点是调查精准农业 (PA) 和其他数字技术的顺序采用，以及在德国南部一个小规模农业地区使用多种技术。对农民的在线调查共产生 2,390 条意见，其中 1,820 人从事田间耕作，1,376 人为畜牧农民。部署了一种启发式方法来识别采用模式。30 种数字农业技术和决策支持应用的可能多重用途，以及顺序技术采用的潜在趋势分析了四个顺序采用点（入门技术、当前使用的技术以及计划的短期和中期投资）。结果表明，巴伐利亚农民不能被描述为极度数字化，但在未来五年内，谷仓机器人、部分控制、可变利率应用和卫星数据地图等技术的潜在采用率将达到 15-20%。入门技术（例如，自动挤奶系统、数字现场记录、自动转向系统）的成熟使用增加了采用其他技术的可能性。在最常用的技术中，目前的重点是减少农民工作量的用户友好型自动化解决方案。