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 SOIL 4213 Precision Agriculture |
PA Basic Slides Sets
Book: Precision Agriculture Basics, 2018 Published by: American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America, Inc. cover thumbnail Index TOC by Author Sign up for book alerts With the growing popularity and availability of precision equipment, farmers and producers have access to more data than ever before. With proper implementation, precision agriculture management can improve profitability and sustainability of production. Precision Agriculture Basics is geared at students, crop consultants, farmers, extension workers, and practitioners that are interested in practical applications of site-specific agricultural management. Using a multidisciplinary approach, readers are taught to make data-driven on-farm decisions using the most current knowledge and tools in crop science, agricultural engineering, and geostatistics. Precision Agriculture Basics also features a stunning video glossary including interviews with agronomists on the job and in the field.
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Variability
- Chapter 3: Satellite Based Positisioning
- Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), which includes the global positioning system (GPS), is a core enabling Precision Agriculture technology used to indicate real-time position of a vehicle as it moves across a field. over the years, many different positioning technologies have been developed including placing mechanical furrow followers on vehicles, using dead reckoning, burying cables across a fi eld, and placing radio frequency transponders at various locations around a field (Heraud and lange, 2009). However, many of these technologies lacked the accuracy necessary for common field applications, and were impractical because they required either extensive installation of permanent equipment or systematic transfer of stationary equipment from one fi eld to another. Gnss helps farmers overcome these limitations. in this chapter, readers are provided with a basic description of how GNSS technology works, the fundamental operating principles, common sources of error, and how different levels of accuracy are achieved through differential corrections.
- Chapter 4: Basics of a Geographic Information System
- Chapter 5: Yield Monitoring and Mapping
- Chapter 6: Soil Nutrient Variability.
- Chapter 8. Remote Sensing for Site-Specific Crop Management
- Chapter 9. Proximal Sensing
- Chapters 10 and 11, Electronics and Precision Technology
