What is precision agriculture?
Precision agriculture (precision ag, precision farming) uses different technology tools along with data collection and interpretation to make farming more efficient and effective.
Precision agriculture started with GPS guidance for tractors, enabling automatic driving based on the map coordinates of a field.
Agricultural technology continues to expand and grow, as new ways are developed to help farmers determine irrigation, fertilizer, seed ratio to increase yield.
Articles
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Reducing agricultural risks with new technologies
Published on October 14, 2019
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Precision farming comes into its own
Published on October 7, 2019
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Deploying precision agriculture in developing countries provides opportunities, challenges
Published on September 30, 2019
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Data and technology offer ways to improve quality of life for farmers and animals
Published on September 23, 2019
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MSU alumnus looks to the future of farming
Published on September 16, 2019
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MSU's IMPACTS program: Where computer sciences and plant sciences meet
Published on September 10, 2019
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Michigan family farm embracing precision agriculture for past two decades
Published on August 26, 2019
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Tools help farmers make real-time decisions, manage crops, reduce environmental impacts
Published on August 16, 2019
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MSU student uses drone technology to support family farm, MSU soybean research
Published on August 12, 2019
Experts
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- Bruno Basso
- MSU Foundation Professor
- 517-353-9009
- basso@msu.edu
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- Martin Chilvers, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
- 517-353-9967
- chilvers@msu.edu
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- Ronald Goldy
- Vegetable Production Educator
- 269-944-1477 ext 207
- goldy@msu.edu
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- Karim Maredia
- Professor, Senior Global Scholar, and Director of Agriculture and Natural Resources International Programs
- 517-353-5262
- kmaredia@msu.edu
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- Janice Siegford, PhD
- Professor
- 517-432-1388
- siegford@msu.edu
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- Maninder Singh, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor of Cropping Systems Agronomy
- 517-353-0226
- msingh@msu.edu
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- Scott Swinton
- University Distinguished Professor
- 517-353-7218
- swintons@msu.edu
