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This 6-page course outline is provided by AgrowKnowledge and includes an overview of a Introduction to GPS course. "This course provides an overview of precision farming concepts and the tools of precision farming (GPS, GIS and VRT)." Introductory use of each of these tools in precision farming is...

This 43-page module is provided by Dniepropetrovsk State Agrarian University (Ukraine) and AgrowKnowledge and includes materials and activities intended for use in a college classroom. This module "contains basic information about the tools, processes and benefits of the use of geospatial...

Course Description: Introduction to Precision Farming is provided by Agrowknowledge and is an introductory 3-credit course. "This course provides an overview of precision farming concepts and the tools of precision farming (GPS, GIS, and VRT)." The use of these tools in precision farming is covered...

In this 11-page activity provided by AgrowKnowledge students apply simple statistical measurements, make predictions based on data, collect and organize data, and learn the basic concept of probability. This activity discusses the importance of statistics to scientists and includes the following...

This video provides information about the IsoLynx Variable Rate Control application. "Variable-Rate control enables the use of application maps in shape format. Users can apply up to five different spread rates, defined by the application maps." This video runs 1:45 minutes in length. 

This video, made available by the Financial Times, provides information on the use of agricultural drones to assist elderly rice farmers in Japan. The video shows Yamaha drones spraying pesticides on rice fields and paddies. A brief interview with a Japanese rice farmer who uses Yamaha drones is...

This video, from Big Tractor Power, features a John Deere 4840 tractor using GreenStar GPS auto guidance. This video shows "... time [spent] out in the field with 180 pto hp John Deere 4840 tractor and 16 row 7200 MaxEmerge II planting seeding organic soybeans. This video shares specifications of...

This video, published by Big Tractor Power, shows a "class nine John Deere S690 Tracked Combine with a 16 row corn head" harvesting corn in western Kentucky. The machine is shown in action from various angles while a narrator describes the harvesting process and the combine in detail. The corn head...

The Land Institute "is a science-based research organization working to develop an alternative to current destructive agricultural practices." This site contains an archive of past research activities along with downloadable publications for use by scientists or the general public.

In its mission to promote sustainable and environmentally friendly farm techniques, the Leopold Center sponsors a variety of research and educational projects related to marketing and food systems, ecology, and policy. Initiatives include alternative swine production systems/agroecology, animal...