To help communication with farmers and agri-business the PA definition has been translated into several major languages including: Arabic, Catalan, Spanish (i.e. Castellano), Basque, French, Galacian, Italian, Japanese and Brazilian Portuguese. The translations are available on the ISPA website: https://ispag.org/about/definition. The ISPA Board would like to offer the PA definition in additional languages. To ensure that the definition is broadly understandable, we would like at least three PA researchers for whom the language is a primary language to endorse the translation. The translations will be posted on the ISPA website acknowledging those who worked on the translation. If you are interested in helping to develop PA definition translations in additional languages, please contact James (Jess) Lowenberg-DeBoer, president@ispag.org.
 

• The data showed that for winter wheat in 2017 GPS guidance was used on 61% of all acres, with 80% of acres on farms of over 3000 acres of wheat using guidance and 18% of acres planted by the smallest farm category.
• For corn the 2016 data showed that overal 59% of acres were farmed using GPS guidance, with 78% of acres on farms of over 3000 corn acres, and 9% of acres in the smallest farm category.
• For the largest soybean farm category, 45% farms in an area with a high soil variability index used VRT, but in areas of lower soil variability just 18% of farms used VRT.

The full report can be found on the Global Institute for Agri-Tech Economics (GIATE) website at: https://cdn.harper-adams.ac.uk/document/project/200727-Farm-Types-and-Precision-Agriculture-Adoption-Cro130043.pdf
 

• The Abstract has to briefly describe the work to be discussed in the paper and also give a concise summary of the findings. Please note that abstracts should have between 2 000 and 2 500 characters (including spaces) and include relevant scientific information (materials and methods, results and discussion, and conclusions). 
• Abstracts must be submitted using the online submission link.
• All abstracts must be submitted in English (authors whose native language is not English are strongly advised to have their abstracts checked by a native speaker).
• The names and affiliations of ALL authors should be included in the abstract, i.e. department, institution, city, country

See the ISPA website for a complete list of events.

Do you have an event that would be of interest to our members? Send us an email to let us know.

• Open Rank Faculty - Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture - Director, University of Georgia
• Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Farming Systems Agronomy
• Tenure Track Assistant Professor in soil spectroscopy at Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University
• Senior Lecturer/ Lecturer of Digital Pasture Production
• Ph.D. Graduate Assistantship Position - University of Kentucky
• Tenure-track Assistant Professor - Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural and Forestry Informatics University of Tennessee
• Precision Agriculture Cohort Hiring Initiative, including the Position of Endowed Chair

Do you have a precision ag event, project, or news article that our members would be interested in? Please let us know. We post events, job opportunities, and news from members from around the globe. Email info@ispag.org or use the handy online form to submit your contribution.