UNL Adds Precision Practicum

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be launching a precision agriculture practicum curriculum beginning August 31-September 2. The practicum will include hands-on precision agriculture experience for growers, consultants and other ag professionals who wish to enhance their knowledge and skills.

The practicum is currently structured to include three multiday sessions over a six month time period, and will allow participants to collaborate on projects online between face-to-face sessions. Subsequent sessions are scheduled for December and February.

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The “Late Season Session” in August will include an introduction to equipment used at UNL’s Agricultural Research and Development Center and site-specific management capacity as well as an introduction to case study fields. Other topics to be covered include the following:

• Entry points to GPS auto-guidance, yield monitoring progressing to yield mapping, Google Earth, aerial imagery, county soil survey, Web Soil Survey, record-keeping.
• GPS principles
• Yield monitoring/mapping principles; data filtering
• Variable rate technology and control systems optimizing autosteer and swath control.
• On-the-go soil sensing
• Collection of active crop canopy sensor data
• Develop N recommendations
• Aerial and satellite imagery
• Group exercises

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Trainers will include university specialists and educators as well as industry professionals. Sessions will be held at the UNL Agricultural Research and Development Center (ARDC).

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For more details visit the Precision Ag Practicum section of the UNL website.

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