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Global-positioning-system applications are used on 40 percent of all U.S. farm and ranchland acreage, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Brad Schoenemann, pictured, uses a Trimble global-positioning system to identify fields ready for spray applications in 2019. He learned about the technology during his certified-crop-adviser internship at the University of Wisconsin-Arlington Agricultural Research Station.
If you think the odds are long of being negatively affected by an event that happens every 11 years, just think about one that happens every 100 years or more. Those probabilities are becoming more likely, especially for farmers using global-positioning-system technology, according to researchers at Kansas State University and the University of Minnesota.
Pat Melgares is a news and feature writer for Kansas State University-Communications and Agricultural Education.
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Global-positioning-system applications are used on 40 percent of all U.S. farm and ranchland acreage, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Brad Schoenemann, pictured, uses a Trimble global-positioning system to identify fields ready for spray applications in 2019. He learned about the technology during his certified-crop-adviser internship at the University of Wisconsin-Arlington Agricultural Research Station.
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