Adoption and Use of Precision Agriculture Technologies by Practitioners (original) (raw)

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A survey of farmers was initiated to ascertain the adoption and use of precision agriculture technologies as well as the barriers to and incentives for adoption. Farm-level data were collected via audience response system at the 2009 Alabama Precision Ag and Field Crops Conference. Farmers" adoption or intended adoption of differing levels of precision technology were evaluated ranging from information-intensive yield monitors to embodied-knowledge automated guidance and spray boom controls. Results were compared to statistics reported by the USDA Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) and the annual CropLife/Purdue University Precision Ag Survey where applicable. Approximately 180 Alabama farmers participated in this pilot project which is being replicated across the U.S. to compare adoption and perceptions of precision agriculture.

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