WHAT IS PRESICION FARMING ALL ABOUT?
Precision Farming... What is Precision Farming all about? Precision Farming is about managing variations in the field accurately to grow more food using fewer resources and reducing production costs. All aspects of the environment – soil, weather, vegetation, water – vary from place to place. And all these factors determine crop growth and farming success. Farmers have always been aware of this, but they lacked the tools to measure, map and manage these variations precisely. Thus, Precision Farming can make a difference to food production facing the challenge of a rising world population and can help farmers to achieve: Greater sustainability and environmental protection Higher productivity Economic benefits Key technologies & conceptsring Find below a detailed list of the most common technologies applied to Precision Farming practices, take a look at the following explanatory items: High precision positioning systems (like GPS and Galileo) are the key technology to achieve accura...