Precision farming will be one of the hot topics during a series of farm management workshops held in Arkansas next month. The University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service is sponsoring a series of five farm management workshops in eastern Arkansas December 5-12 on managing production, financial and marketing risks. The workshops will be held at various locations: Dumas, Dec. 5: … Read More
ASA and John Deere Bring Precision Ag Ed to Growers
Growers in Indiana have the chance to learn more about precision agriculture. The Mid-South Farmer reports that John Deere is partnering with the American Soybean Association in an effort to arm local growers with knowledge about precision agriculture systems. Winter meetings are planned for Jan. 8, 2008, in Wahoo, Neb.; Jan. 28, 2008, in Jonesboro, Ark.; and Jan. 29, 2008, … Read More
Kansas Students Get Their Hands on Precision Ag Sprayers
The ease of precision agriculture has given a couple agriculture instructors the opportunity to offer their students some hands-on education. Well, an article in the Emporia Gazette said both precision ag and access to the Deer Trail Implement complex located just west of Emporia made the hands-on lesson a reality. Thirty-five K-State students trekked form Manhattan, KS to Emporia, KS … Read More
Precision Ag for Fruits and Veggies
The International Society for Horticultural Science, the International Society of Citriculture, the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, and the University of Florida Citrus Research and Education Foundation are holding an International Symposium on “Application of Precision Agriculture for Fruits and Vegetables.” The symposium will be January 6-9, 2008 in Orlando, Florida. The main goal of this symposium is … Read More
Precision Agriculture in the News
Bill Stanczykiewicz, president and CEO of the Indiana Youth Institute, recently published an Op-Ed in the IndyStar online. Below are some excerpts from his article: According to the Indiana Department of Agriculture, farming is a $25 billion industry, the fourth largest industry in our state’s economy. Agriculture employs nearly 600,000 people. That’s 15 percent of Indiana’s work force. However, the … Read More
Precision Agriculture in the News
We’re going to publish a regular post called, “Precision Agriculture in the News” to point you to stories we find. That’s part of what will make Precision.AgWired.com a good aggregator of information for you. Since we took a look last week at some precision ag progress in Japan we’ll turn to another country this week, Australia. From a story on … Read More
Workshop slated for Oct. 18
A geographic information system workshop is set for Oct. 18 at the Texas A&M University System Research and Extension Center at San Angelo. The workshop is being sponsored by Texas Cooperative Extension and the Texas A&M University System’s Institute of Renewable Natural Resources and will last from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Dr. Dale Rollins, Extension wildlife specialist at San … Read More
2008 Precision Ag Workshops
2008 OSU Precision Agriculture Data Management, Analysis and Decision Making Workshop This workshop is about making use of “Best Management Technologies” for use in Precision Agriculture. You will learn how to integrate tools such as GPS, GIS, sensor technologies and other geodata for use in making management decisions. Several topics covered in the workshop include: – Yield monitoring and mapping … Read More
Study Results for Using Precision Ag in Corn
A story on Science Daily points to a study conducted by China Agricultural University, the Precision Agriculture Center of University of Minnesota and Mosaic Crop Nutrition that shows the value of precision agriculture. The study was conducted on two commercial corn fields in eastern Illinois in 2001 and 2003 involving two corn hybrids and five different N fertilizer application rates … Read More
Farm Science Review 2007
Get ready for Farm Science Review, Sept. 18-20, 2007 at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center! New at this year’s Review is the Energy Education Tent. Located in Alumni Park, it features educational and informational displays from Ohio State, Purdue, and organizations/agencies with similar educational missions. A number of sessions at the nearby Question the Authorities program will be addressing the … Read More