In commercial agriculture, adoption of precision farming technologies is as inevitable as the conversion from manpower and horsepower to machinery. The transition to mechanization took roughly a hundred years, from the Civil War into World War II. Precision agriculture — managing small areas of large fields based on intensive information collected from them — is […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Satellites, computers, global positioning systems; do farmers really need all this precision technology? How costly is it? How cost effective? The answers will be found at the 3rd Western Precision Agriculture Conference, Feb. 15-16, in Pasco, Wash. The conference is sponsored by Washington State University’s Center for Precision Agricultural Systems. Jim Durfey, […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — A three-day shortcourse on aquaculture techniques and opportunities will be held here July 27-29, at Washington State University. “Due to a rising awareness of the health benefits of seafood and the increasing demands on protein worldwide, aquaculture has become the fastest growing agricultural sector and a top priority for U.S. agriculture,” said […]
PULLMAN, Wash. Precision techniques that allow farmers to change production practices as they move across their fields, adjusting for differences in soil and other growing conditions, are the topic of a conference Feb. 18-19 in Pasco, Wash. The conference, sponsored by Washington State University, will feature presentations on precision-farming technologies and techniques such as yield […]