Precision Farming

Precision Farming

You may not have heard this fact, but the world is growing. It's been growing for centuries and it shows no signs of stopping. The world's expected population at the year 2050 is 9.6 billion. Oh yeah. 9.6 billion. The sad part is that we've used up a large portion of the world's resources. And we no longer have new land to start farming for the first time. Farmers now need to become more efficient with their crops and increase yields. One relatively new and continually developing method is precision farming. 

                                          

Forbes.com does a good job of explaining how precision agriculture is going to change the industry. 

Precision ag is the mapping of particular fields to pick out mineral deficiencies in the soil, water levels and insect infestations, to name a few. Using precision farming helps farmers more efficiently spread herbicides and pesticides, fertilizer and water. Thus saving the farmer money and wasting fewer resources. 

Like it or not, farming is a great polluter. From runoff to CO2, our industry must strive to reduce our envirnmental impact and increase outputs for our hungry world.

Precision agriculture is the future to a stronger planet.