The University of Illinois recently conducted a study on the economics of adopting weeding robots in Midwest corn production, which involved a survey of farmers' willingness to adopt the technology.
Herbicide resistant weeds are an increasing challenge for farmers and Dr. John Nowatzki and a team of researchers at North Dakota St. University Extension are launching a new grant-funder program to identify and evaluate weeds in different crops to ultimately provide better detection and manage weeds.
There was plenty of technology on display at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., a few weeks ago. Farm Equipment editor Mike Lessiter caught up with Monarch Tractor’s John Issacson and got his take on the top 5 applications in autonomy right now.
The college offers an associate degree in Applied Science in Agriculture (60 credit hours). Students enrolled in this program may specialize in precision farming technology by selecting up to 15 credit hours in this area and agriculture business, sales and agronomy.
The college offers an AAS in Precision Agriculture and customized precision ag- related training for agricultural producers, insurance underwriters, equipment dealer and agricultural cooperative employees and others.
Offering training on Ag Leader, Trimble, Reichhardt, Norac and Integris Systems in twice yearly customer training events (spring/fall). Also offering individual training opportunities on any HTS Ag products and SMS software, year round.