Pecision_Agriculture_Scenario_Feb21.docVIP

Precision Agriculture Scenario Contributing authors: Thomas Harmon, Craig Kvien, David Mulla, Gerritt Hoggenboom, Jack Judy, James Hook Science and Engineering The science and engineering questions associated with precision agriculture center mainly around increasing efficiency in the face of global competition. A closely related and emerging need is to understand and minimize the impact of agricultural developments on the ecosystems that share the Earth (i.e., precision conservation). Agriculture provides the economic underpinnings for the majority of rural America, netting some $50 billi