The Agricultural Engineering Department and the Precision Agriculture Group of the Field Crops AoE is sponsoring an in-service training activity on February 22 and 23 for Extension staff. The goal is to provide information and training experiences on the state of the art in precision ag technology, assessing soil variability, basics of remote sensing (with real examples), GPS hands-on training yield map interpretation and what's available in precision agriculture software.

Register for Course 340 on the CEENet in-service registration system, or contact Roger Brook at brook@msue.msu.edu to indicate your intention to attend. Pre-registered staff will receive a copy of the book "The Precision Farming Guide for Agriculturists (the nuts and bolts guide to getting up to speed fast and effectively with this exciting new management tool)". Coffee breaks and lunch both Monday and Tuesday provided.

Monday, Feb. 22

State of the Art in Precision Ag Technology - Roger Brook and Tim Harrigan

Of Yield Monitors and Production Variability - Fran Pierce

Basics of Remote Sensing S Dave Lusch, MSU Center for Remote Sensing &GIS

Examples of Remote Images & Ground Truthing - Dave Lusch & Jim Speakerman, Grower Services

Hands On GPS for Plot Layout and Marking - Dave Lusch

Tuesday, Feb. 23

Yield Map Interpretation Training using Univ. Minnesota Software S Ron Olsen and Steve Seamon, IMC

Precision Ag Software Review S Roger Brook and Rich Hodupp

Roger Brook