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GPS Meets Agriculture for Precision Farming

Posted by Hemos on from the put-the-seed-at-31'-02-29-43 dept.

mskfisher writes "NASA Science News is reporting a story on a NASA project called Ag20/20, which involves farmers using GPS-aided crop and field analysis to improve accuracy and yields. Instead of blanketing the whole area with a set level of pesticide or fertilizer, they can now vary it via computer, based on IR and soil data gathered from aircraft, satellites, and tractor-mounted sensors."

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  1. Precision Farmer Actions by sharkey · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    GPS: Left...Right...Left...Congratulations, you have just Frenched your daughter.

    "I'm going steady, and I French kiss."
    "Yeah, well, everybody does that."
    "Well, Daddy says I'm the best at it."

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  2. In case you get lost in a corn field by LadyLucky · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Farmer: Dang, I'm Lost

    Farmer's Son: It's ok pa, We've got the GPS, it'll tell us where we are

    Farmer: Good thinkin', junior

    Farmer's Son: OK, y'all wait on, nearly got a signal.. OK, I got it!

    Farmer: So, where are we?

    Farmer's Son: We are at 123.45'56"E, 43.45'23"N

    Farmer: So.....

    Farmer's Son: Pa! Pa! I know where we are now!

    Farmer: Where, son, where? Tell your old man

    Farmer's Son: Well, Sir, Well, Pa, Well, we're in a corn field.

    Well, nobody else made any farmer jokes!

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