The South Dakota Board of Regents this week approved a new undergraduate degree program in precision agriculture at South Dakota State University, while making adjustments to several other academic programs at the Brookings, S.D., campus to better reflect emerging employment trends.

One of the challenges facing the agricultural industry is a generational shift on farms as well as within farm equipment dealerships. To assist in those transitions from a technology standpoint, Lake Region State College, in Devils Lake, N.D., recently developed a Precision Ag Club (PAC) to go beyond education and leave an impact on the community through precision farming.