Precision Agriculture Workshop

December 15, 2003
112/114 L.W. Chase Hall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Instructors:

Viacheslav Adamchuk, Biological Systems Engineering, Precision Agriculture Engineer
Richard Ferguson, Agronomy and Horticulture, Extension Soil Specialist
Achim Dobermann, Agronomy and Horticulture, Extension Soil Fertility/Nutrient Management Specialist
Maribeth Milner, Agronomy and Horticulture, GIS Specialist

Learning Objectives:

Learn the major sources of spatial data for site-specific crop management.
Become familiar with cost-free geospatial data available through the Internet.
Be able to combine various data sources in a farm-level GIS package (AGIS).
Be familiar with the most popular data mining approaches.
Understand how to develop prescription maps for variable rate application of agricultural inputs.

Tentative Program:

Time	Activity	References
8:30 – 9:00 am	Registration and Introduction	Syllabus (This Page)
9:00 – 9:50 am	Spatial Data Sources Overview
9:50 – 10:00 am	Break
10:00 – 10:50 am	Basic Data Layers
10:50 am – 12:10 pm	GIS Exercise (Data Importing)	Exercise 1
12:10 pm – 1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 – 1:50 pm	Site-Specific Soil Nutrients Management	G74 74-A
1:50 – 2:50 pm	Application of Yield Maps
2:50 – 3:00 pm	Break
3:00 – 4:50 pm	Prescription Maps Development Exercise	Exercise 2
4:50 – 5:00 pm	Workshop Evaluation	Evaluation Form

References:

Fertilizer Suggestions For Corn. By Charles Shapiro et al. University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension NebGuide G74-174-A
Data processing scripts for Exercises 1 and 2.
Farm-Level GIS Software Tutorials (Data Importing).
Delta Data Systems (AGIS software developer home page)
Precision Agriculture Workshop main page

Contact Information

Viacheslav Adamchuk
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering
Phone: (402) 472-8431
E-mail: vadamchuk2@unl.edu
Home page: http://bse.unl.edu/adamchuk