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GPS Meets Agriculture for Precision Farming

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. Sex-o-rama! by webword · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Hopefully this means there will be more hay to roll in!