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POSTPONED. New date TBD: Precision Ag Series Workshops

• Tuesday, March 3, 2020, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
• Friday, April 3, 2020, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
• Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Sessions are FREE—registration is still required. Register online at: POSTPONED. New date TBD:

(If you are unable to access the internet, please call CCE Seneca at 315-539-9251)

Interested in learning more about how Precision Agriculture can be implemented on your farm?

This series of 3 workshops will include:

Precision Agriculture (Introduction)

• Why should producers be interested in precision agriculture?
• Goals, Key Factors, Information, Technology, Management

Components of Precision Agriculture Equipment

• Key components, equipment, computer/controllers, sensors, GIS, GPS, remote sensing, satellite imagery, UAV’s

Agricultural management philosophy (PA perspective)

• What is zone management?
• Best management practices
• Soil and Tillage Management

Precision soil sampling vs. grid sampling
Soil electrical conductivity (EC) and ways to measure it

• Soil EC: Veris vs. EM38, EC vs. soil texture, and EC vs. Yield Maps

Site specific management /variable rate applications

• Variable depth tillage control, variable seeding rate, automatic section control, variable rate irrigation, and variable irrigation based on soil texture

Map Principles

• Why is map-making important?
• Yield maps vs. prescription maps
• Importance of yield monitors, yield monitoring components, calibration and factors that effect on it

Introduction to NDVI

• Characteristic of NDVI values
• NDVI estimation and photo analysis

Economics of using precision agriculture
Preferred methodology and benefits, evaluation

Brought to you by: 

Ali Nafchi, Ph.D. - Precision Ag Specialist, Cornell University & Cornell Cooperative Extension of Western New York, 

Fee

Free

Location

Ovid Fire Department
2136 Brown Street
Ovid, NY 14521

Last updated March 16, 2020