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FOT 2012 - Intro to Precision Agriculture


Clock Hours: 72

Course Description:
This course prepares students in the use of various Information Systems including GPS, GIS, VRT, and remote sensing utilized in precision farming and livestock production/management.  Students will learn how to install and set up software, transfer data, process field data, and create report and/or prescription maps.  Included are the challenges and benefits of adopting precision agriculture technologies.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

  1. Understand the impact of geographic information systems (GIS) and global positioning systems (GPS) on agricultural demographics, precision agriculture, pasture management, water quality.
  2. Identify various GIS and GPS applications and explain their uses in precision agriculture.
  3. Understand how soil sampling and remote sensing data is collected and analyzed.
  4. Understand and demonstrate the use of a global positioning system and geographic information systems.
  5. Collect soil samples for sampling.
  6. Understand a plan to actively manage crop and forage selection and variety.
  7. Understand system controls such as installing and the use of applications, auto-steering, GPS-guided on-off equipment controls, yield monitoring, record keeping, mapping, and wireless communications.