PRECISION AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES

FISC 145

Course Description

Precision agriculture can aid in reducing inputs for crop production. Course provides an overview of precision agriculture technologies and will cover Global Positioning Systems, Geographic Information Systems, variable rate technology, section/flow control, soil and yield mapping, and guidance systems. Economics of the different technologies will be discussed. Previous experience with precision agriculture systems is not required.

Prerequisties

Declared in Foundations of Farm Management or Farm and Equipment Operations certificate program

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

2.83

-9.8% from Historical

Completion Rate

86.67%

-6.11% from Historical

A Rate

20%

-35% from Historical

Class Size

15.38% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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