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Tom J Bechman
PRESCRIPTION FARMING: Steve Long, Franklin, Ind., called up a prescription to spread lime on this field. It changed rates or shut off the applicator, depending upon lime needs. Here are key trends suggesting data management and prescriptions based on data will become more important.
Nearly three decades ago, excitement built around precision agriculture. The late Howard Doster, a Purdue University Extension ag economist, was one of the first to use the term “precision agriculture” repeatedly.
Today, John Fulton, a Precision Ag Extension specialist at Ohio State University, says farmers are ready for prescriptive agriculture, the next step beyond precision agriculture. It’s no longer about just knowing where you are spatially in the field. Now it’s about using data collected from specific areas to make management decisions about inputs and treat each area of the field in the most efficient manner prescriptive agriculture.