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Precision
Agriculture Webinar Offered January 20
By Sam Custer
OSU Extension Darke County
The more data farmers and producers can access regarding their fields,
the better they can make decisions regarding how to manage their farm
operations, experts say.
But boiling down information from field monitored data, satellite data
and remote sensing data captured using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles can
sometimes be challenging, said Greg LaBarge, an Ohio State University
Extension field specialist and one of the leaders of Ohio State
University’s Agronomic Crops Team.
To help farmers with that task, a webinar on precision agriculture will
be offered live by agronomic experts with Ohio State University’s
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Jan. 20 at 10
a.m.
The free event will feature “Using Precision Agriculture to Make
Informed Decisions,” presented by John Fulton, an OSU Extension
Specialist in machinery systems, and “Can Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAV) be an Agronomic Tool?” presented by John Barker, and OSU
Extension educator.
The webinar is part of a series of agronomic workshops taught by OSU
Extension professionals designed to offer the latest information on
corn, soybean and wheat production, LaBarge said. OSU Extension
is the outreach arm of the college.
“This is the second year of this kind of program that we’re offering
with a goal of being able to offer farmers and producers 24-7
availability of OSU Extension programing, especially for farmers and
growers in areas where people can’t attend a workshop in person,” he
said. “This allows us to quickly and easily get the information out and
into people’s hands.”
Other webinars are planned for the series include:
Feb. 3 — Soybean production, featuring “Agronomic Practices to Maximize
Soybean Yield,” presented by Laura Lindsey, OSU Extension specialist in
soybean and small grain production, OSU Extension, and “Late Season
Soybean Pest Issues,” presented by Andy Michel, OSU Extension
specialist in entomology.
Feb. 17 — Corn production, featuring “Corn Interaction with Today’s
Production Management Systems,” presented by Peter Thomison, OSU
Extension specialist in corn production, and “What is the Latest
Research on Ear Molds and Mycotoxins?” presented by Pierce Paul, OSU
Extension specialist in corn and small grain plant pathology.
March 10 — Agronomic utilization of manure, featuring “Can Manure
Sourced Nutrients be Used to Meet Crop Need?” presented by Greg
LaBarge, OSU Extension field specialist in agronomic systems, and
“Alternative Applications Timing to Take Advantage of Nitrogen,”
presented by Glen Arnold, OSU Extension field specialist in manure
nutrient utilization.
During the Jan. 20 webinar, growers and producers can learn about the
various types of UAVs being used by agriculture professionals,
including their costs, as well as offering information on users’ field
experience using them, LaBarge said.
The presentation will also offer information on how to use information
gleaned from the use of precision agriculture, he said.
“We’ll talk about taking the data we’re capturing from UAVs and other
data sources and trying to massage it down into useable formants that
can be incorporated by farmers to make better management decisions,”
LaBarge said.
All of the webinars will be presented live 10-11:30 a.m. on the dates
scheduled at carmenconnect.osu.edu/cswconnection/. Participants will be
able to ask presenters questions during the event via the Internet.
Recorded versions will be available by 5: 30 p.m. those same days at
go.osu.edu/cswconnection.
For more information about this opportunity or others contact Sam
Custer at OSU Extension, Darke County at 937.548.5215 or
custer.2@osu.edu.
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