Precision Agriculture Center
The University of Minnesota established the Precision Agriculture Center in 1995 to foster the use of site-specific management techniques through collaborative research, education, and outreach programs. The center’s greatest contribution will be its legacy of practitioners, researchers and educators. Currently the center is developing an undergraduate minor in precision agriculture and also a graduate program. Both efforts will emphasize multidisciplinary instruction in spatial and temporal variability, management, engineering, and environment protection. Research projects and internships with farmers and agribusiness will give students the practical experience and relationships they need for future success. The outreach program partners with industry, farmers, and academics to develop content for training modules. Present areas of emphasis include yield map interpretation, intensive soil sampling methods, on farm experiment design, and precision farming profitability studies.
The center also hosts the International Conference on Precision Agriculture, in cooperation with the Minnesota Extension Service. The biennial Conference attracts more than 650 academics and industry representatives from 20 countries who share findings and preview technology.
http://precision.agri.umn.edu/index.htm
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