by John Doyle Atkins | Dec 11, 2020
The 54th Annual Santa Rosa County Farm Tour will be held virtually this year. The video tour is available for free on the UF/IFAS Extension Santa Rosa County Facebook page, the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners YouTube channel, or at the end of this...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 14, 2018
This week’s featured video was produced by ecoRobotix to show how their autonomous robots control weeds in crop fields with micro-doses of herbicides. Their self-propelled robots are solar powered, and use a plant-recognition camera to guide targeted, and...
by Andrea Albertin | Jul 13, 2018
Farmers and ranchers have implemented Best Management Practices (BMPs) that maintain or improve water quality, quantity and soil conditions on their lands for many years. Although BMPs are designed to be technically feasible and economically viable,...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 12, 2018
This week’s featured video was produced by American Robotics to introduce ScoutTM, a fully-automated drone system for farmers. Scout features season-long automated crop scouting that is autonomous, or pre-programmed for launch, flight, imaging, landing,...
by Michael Mulvaney | Aug 5, 2016
You’ve spent good money on precision ag, GPS guided equipment. Your rows are planted straight, your pesticide sprays are very precise, and you have improved harvest efficiency. You’re set up for variable rate planting and you have a yield monitor, but aren’t...
by Doug Mayo | Feb 28, 2014
Source: Seminole Crop E News Rome Etrhedge, UGA Seminole County Coordinator As farmers prepare for crop planting, its important to calibrate dry fertilizer spreaders to make sure you are getting a good pattern in the field. Most newer spreaders calculate the rate...