I’ve been involved with agricultural technologies for more than 40 years. After a B.S. in biology at Stanford I pursued an M.S. and Ph.D in Plant Pathology (study of the diseases of plants) at the University of California, Davis, working on grape diseases.
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. It uses GPS or other georeferencing input to guide tractors and other equipment in a way that prevents overlaps or misses with seed, fertilizer or pest control and can even ensure that all “wheel traffic” is limited to certain tracks so that most of a field is never compacted. Other applications have included detailed,, pest control products or fertilizers based on spatial data from satellite or drone-based aerial imagery or yield data from previous harvests.
AgZen’s REALCOVERAGE system can be integrated with most existing sprayer equipment and the company is leasing the equipment on 65,000 acres, working towards 100 units retrofitted next year.It should be noted that the primary benefit of this technology is in the cost savings for farmers rather than any safety issue associated with pesticides and other products.
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