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say advocates of an expanding type of agriculture called precision farming. This is based on research that shows there is a significant variation in how crops grow over distances as small as an acre,
But Josã Â Molin, a precision farming researcher at the University of Sao paulo in Brazil, says the concept has promise for farmers with
The key is precision farming: the convergence of digital technology that allows farmers to apply just the right amount of fertilizer and water on their fields.
#Precision farming Gains Global Foothold (Op-Ed) Lloyd Treinish leads the environmental science team in the Industry Solutions Department at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research center.
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