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Farm Progress Companies Editorial Director, Willie Vogt, is writing a column for Pioneer Hi-Bred’s GrowingPoint website. His latest one is “Ramping Up Precision – How much differential correction do you need? It depends.” You can find it on the website but will need to create a login to access the story. Here’s an excerpt: Farmers have had a good year … Read More

Just exactly how your GPS device functions to accurately plot your position is the subject of a story on PC World. Differential GPS systems focus on high precision. One of the best known is NASA’s Global Differential GPS System (GDGPS), developed originally by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), run by California Institute of Technology under a NASA contract. NASA claims … Read More

It looks like Bruce Bosley is writing a series of articles on the myths of precision farming for the Ft. Morgan Times. Here’s an excerpt from his first one. As a consequence, several myths have arisen about precision farming. Precision farming is not a new branch or way of farming. Farmers already know how to grow crops and raise livestock. … Read More

According to a story from the Cleantech Group, researchers have found a way to harness electricity from trees and this has an agricultural application. Boston, Mass.-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers said this week they’ve engineered a way to use the natural power generated by trees to recharge battery operated sensors that can detect forest fires. The development figures … Read More

From the Chatham Daily News we found this story which provides a basic explanation of precision farming: GPS is part of precision agriculture, which is doing the right thing at the right place at the right time. More precise application of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers, and better control of the dispersion of these agri-products, is possible through precision agriculture. This … Read More