precision agriculture technology Articles
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Nitrogen recommendations for corn: An on-the-go sensor compared with current recommendation methods
Precision agriculture technologies provide the capability to spatially vary N fertilizer applied to corn (Zea mays L.), potentially improving N use efficiency. The focus of this study was to evaluate the potential of improving N recommendations based on crop canopy reflectance. Corn was grown at four field sites in each of 2 yr in Centre County, Pennsylvania. Preplant treatments included: zero ...
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Utilizing Methods of Precision Agriculture to Create a Sustainable Tomorrow
Introduction Precision Agriculture is one of the most used cases of autonomy in this century. Recent reports show that by the year 2025, Precision Agriculture is expected to grow to become a 43.4-billion-dollar industry worldwide (“What Is Precision Agriculture and How Is Technology Enabling It?”). For an industry that didn’t begin gaining traction until the 1990’s, ...
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Biotechnology Forecast for 2019
The last few years have witnessed explosive growth within biotechnology across all segments of the industry. It is estimated that the global biotech market will command $727.1 Billion USD by 2025. Biotech looks poised to continue this meteoric growth for 2019 and beyond. With Compounded Annual Growth rates (CAGR) rates across segments ranging from 6%-11%, here is a look at key segments within ...
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Smart Irrigation, precision irrigation, so that plants grow healthy
Abstract:Smart irrigation is a precision agriculture technique that uses advanced technology to ensure efficient water use and successful plant growth. As the world faces water scarcity and environmental challenges, the need for sustainable agricultural practices is becoming increasingly important. Intelligent irrigation systems provide a solution to this need by using sensors and advanced ...
By JXCT
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Don`t Miss Out On Row-By-Row Summer Savings
Have you been waiting for the “right time” to upgrade your tech? With the summer savings going on now, there couldn’t be a better time to invest in precision farming technology! Amp up your operation’s accuracy and efficiency with these farming solutions. ...
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The cloud isn`t just for rain anymore
Precision agriculture has been a key enabling technology to achieve higher yields with lower cost and less environmental impact, while keeping the cost of food fairly stable Has global agricultural productivity increased or decreased in the last 25 years? It has, in fact, more than doubled since 1985. Next to advances in seed genetics, precision agriculture has been a key enabling technology to ...
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Aviro M120 Drone: Encouraging palm oil plantation surveillance
Palm oil is an essential ingredient in many products such as soap, cosmetics, and food. No wonder palm oil has high selling power. Palm oil can grow well in the tropics, so many palm oil plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia. The condition of the plantation, which is located in forestry with thousands of hectares and there are gaps around the plantations, allows unwanted activities to occur, such ...
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Paradigm of value-driven and community-based precision farming
This paper describes a Japanese model of community-based precision farming and learning groups of farmers and companies. The community-based precision farming is a new regional farming system to get high profitability and reliability under regional and environmental constraints, promoted by wisdom farmers and technology platform, through creating both information-oriented fields and ...
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Field Scouting Apps Boost Efficiency, Speed
Scouting is one of the most critical services that ag retailers and consultants can offer their grower-customers. The need for accurate information about crop conditions, including weeds, insects and other pests, has never been greater. [Related: 17 Field Scouting Apps For Precision Agriculture] There’s a lot riding on a successful scouting program. Improved yields and higher profits are ...
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How effectively can technology be used in the agriculture sector?
Today, the agriculture sector is under pressure as the world's population grows. At the same time, the industry is being asked to produce more food with fewer resources in a way that doesn't damage the environment. At least, farmers worldwide need to feed 9.1 billion people in 2050. It's a big challenge, but one that can be met with the help of technology. It's nothing new for farmers to use ...
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Aviro D16 Drone: The way to respond to agricultural losses due to pests
Agriculture is the backbone of the critical industry, especially in Southeast Asia regions, and helps sustain food security worldwide. Notably, they produce prominent productions like rice and palm oil. Each region's most scenic coastline is subjected to the country's broadest range of geographical hazards. The sector currently faces some challenges, including a shortage of human ability, ...
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Return on Investment in Variable Rate Technology is About a Lot More Than Yield
Delivering value to your farm When you invest hard-earned dollars into new farm technologies, you’d better believe you want to see that value returned to your pockets. But the ways that value shows up are many, and not always so plain to see. With that, many ask: what return on investment (ROI) does variable rate technology (VRT) deliver for my farm? The truth is, it’s a loaded ...
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Soil Nutrients and Field Health: what you Need to Know
The soil on your field is like the brain to your body. It tells your crops everything they need to know to produce a healthy yield; how many organisms live there, what the pH balance is, whether or not something is performing well… For the brain, if something isn’t performing well, the body can react catastrophically. The same thing happens with soil. If you have too much ...
By Growers
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5 Tips for Easy Data Management on the Farm
The value of data isn’t about how much of it you have; it’s about how you can use it. Data is only meaningful if a farmer or trusted advisor can solve problems and inform decisions with it. Treating your data the same way you would any of the rest of your farm equipment can help you develop an effective data management strategy that can deliver real value to your farm. Data is always ...
By Growers
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Is Conservation Tillage the Future of Agriculture?
Like any business, farmers must manage their farms with one foot in the present and the other in the future. It’s not enough to focus just on yields. We must also consider the impact those yields have on our fields. To ensure sustainable crop production, the implementation of a method like conservation tillage is vital. Conservation tillage is a tilling process that leaves at least ...
By Growers
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Manage your Pivot Remotely with FieldNET
Zimmatic Controllers – The Only Control Panel Compatible with Fieldnet Control panels have always been used on pivot sprinklers. New smart control panels, however, are revolutionizing pivot irrigation. These devices reduce water consumption and lead to savings in time and labour. Zimmatic control panels have everything for the grower who is ready to take complete control of their ...
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Precision Agriculture: How Inertial Navigation Systems are Revolutionizing Farming
In the ever-evolving landscape of agriculture, technology has become an indispensable tool in optimizing crop yields while minimizing resource waste. One of the most exciting innovations in this field is using Inertial Navigation Systems (INS). These advanced systems, developed by companies like Inertial Labs, transform how farmers manage their operations, offering unprecedented precision, ...
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What is the difference between traditional and modern farming?
Agricultural systems in various parts of the world have evolved due to technological advances and increasing human knowledge. It develops from primitive agriculture, traditional agriculture to modern agriculture. At that time, hunting and gathering activities are familiar techniques for humans. Conventional agriculture started since humans began to settle and cultivate in one location. This ...
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Why Modern Farm Management Is The Solution to Sustainability
With eight billion people currently existing on our planet and a population predicted to continue to grow into the future, we no longer have the luxury of unlimited, untapped natural resources. Therefore sustainability, or the idea of maintaining the resources we do have so we have them in the future, has become integral to the future survival of human beings. When it comes to sustainable ...
By AGRIVI
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Top 3 common misconceptions about the agribusiness industry
Agribusiness, also called agribiz or agricorps, is the business of agricultural production. Agribusiness is responsible for many economic aspects of food production, including seed and fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides, livestock feed, processing plants, and machinery used to harvest grain crops. Agribusiness can be considered a subset of the "business industry" that deals with food and ...
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