Precision Agriculture Among Key Topics Discussed at Secretary of Agriculture Perdue’s Listening Session

Lack of broadband access, labor shortages, and the financial difficulty of getting started in agriculture were all up for discussion Friday at Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue’s listening session, writes Stuart Taylor on TiftonGazette.com.

Held at the University of Georgia Tifton Conference Center, Perdue took questions and comments from local business and agriculture leaders and offered his own thoughts about how to best help rural America.

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Broadband internet access has become more of an agriculture issue recently as precision farming that utilizes GPS guided machinery has become popular.

“These combines and this data-driven, precision agriculture can’t operate without connectivity,” said Perdue. “We want to work with every state on the [broadband] efforts.

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Avatar for Don Klas Don Klas says:

AGBRIDGE™ is the 2-Way wireless data solution that does not require a data connection in the field to operate. Data files are transmitted back to the office by first being transported to the user’s smart device. If there is a data connection available, the files are forwarded. If not, they stay on the user’s smart device until a data connection is available. Prescriptions and boundary files sent to the field are first received by any team member’s smart device and then are delivered to the Ag Controller when one team member climbs into the cab. All of this is automatic, requiring only that the user launch the AGBRIDGE™ Mobile App. Lack of Data Connectivity should never be an obstacle for moving data between equipment in the field and the offices of growers and their trusted Advisers. Visit http://www.agbridgedata.com for more information.