Precision Agriculture

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FarmBits Podcast: Spray Drone Dynamics

February 16, 2023
The FarmBits team interviews Dr. Simerjeet Virk, University of Georgia, about his research on using spray drones for pest management and how farmers can tailor this ag tech for their unique operations.

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FarmBits Podcast: Ranch Records

February 16, 2023
Meghan Bochanski discusses the apps created by Performance Livestock Analytics, which help producers keep track of feed, inventory and health data of their livestock.

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FarmBits Podcast: IPM Innovation

February 2, 2023
This episode of FarmBits features Fernando Iost Filho of the University of Sao Paulo, who discusses his research and insights on remote sensing in integrated pest management.

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FarmBits Podcast: Tagged Tracking with 701x

January 27, 2023
Max Cossette of 701x highlights the features of his company's autonomous app, which can send alerts to livestock producers when potential issues, such as low movement, are detected.

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FarmBits Podcast: Pest Predictions with Pattern Ag

January 19, 2023
This episode features Mike Tweedy of Pattern Ag, who discusses the company's digital tools for pest management and fertility, data collection through soil samples and using pressure panels to predict rootworm and disease issues.

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FarmBits Explores Precision Irrigation, Imagery Technology

January 5, 2023
Throughout the fall 2022 season, FarmBits podcast guests highlighted advancements in precision irrigation technologies and imagery services in the agricultural industry.

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Members of the Field-Nets research team pose in a soybean field on East Campus with their millimeter wave radios with phased-array antennas. The researchers (from left) are Santosh Pitla, Qiang Liu, Yufeng Ge, Christos Argyropoulos and Mehmet Can Vuran. (Photo by Craig Chandler, University Communication and Marketing)

Project Aims to Boost Ag Tech Through Improved Field Connectivity

November 17, 2022
A Nebraska research team is designing a next-generation wireless network for agricultural fields that would catalyze an array of digital farming technologies and buoy the businesses of countless farmers.

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Husker faculty members are leading a project to create a national framework for ag data. (Photo by Craig Chandler, University Communication and Marketing)

Husker Faculty Take Lead Role in Creating National Ag Data Network

October 19, 2022
UNL faculty members are at the forefront of a nationwide initiative to create an ag data framework that will be accessible, secure and supported through compatible software platforms across the ag tech industry.

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