Title: Describe technologies used in precision agriculture and their importance.
Course: Agricultural Production Technology (18301-I) > Section: Understanding Precision Agriculture Management and Technologies

Description should include defining precision agriculture as site-specific farming involved in collecting timely geospatial information on soil-plant-animal requirements and prescribing and applying site-specific treatments to increase agricultural production and protect the environment.

Additionally, description should include information on

- variable rate technology (VRT)
- mapping technology
- global positioning system (GPS)
- geographic information systems (GIS)
- guidance technology
- remote sensing (RS) technology
- unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) (e.g., drones).

Process/Skill Questions:

- What precision technologies are available in agriculture production that were not available five years ago?
- What does GPS stand for, and how does it acquire its signal?
- How is GPS being used with robotics in the agriculture industry?