Dr. Davide Cammarano     Dr. John Stafford       Dr. James Lowenberg-DeBoer

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Davide Cammarano, the new Editor-In-Chief of The Springer Journal, Precision Agriculture! Thank you to his predecessors, Dr. James Lowenberg-DeBoer and Dr. John Stafford, for their dedication to the journal.    The Springer Journal of Precision Agriculture is available to ISPA members through the ISPA website.  The journal presents the most innovative results emerging from research in the field of precision agriculture.  It provides an effective forum for disseminating original and fundamental research and experience in the rapidly advancing area of precision farming.  To learn more, view the Precision Agriculture Journal here.    Editorial Board Viacheslav I. Adamchuk, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Victor Alchanatis, ARO-The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel Juliane Bendig, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Research Centre Juelich, Juelich, Germany Annamaria Castrignanò, University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy Tao Cheng, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China Svend Christensen, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Horsens, Denmark Yafil Cohen, ARO-The Volcani Centre, Rishon-Le'Zion, Israel    James M. Lowenberg DeBoer, Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire, UK Alexandre Escolà, Universitat de Lleida, Catalonia, Spain Spyros Fountas, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece Emilio Gil, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain Yanbo Huang, USDA-ARS, MS, USA Ruth Kerry, Brigham Young University, UT, USA Dayton Lambert, Oklahoma State University, OK, USA Yang Li, Shihezi University, Xinjiang, China Yuxin Miao, University of Minnesota, MN, USA Dimitrios Moshou, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece      David Mulla, University of Minnesota, MN, USA Margaret Oliver, University of Reading, Reading, UK Gonzalo Pajares, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain             Manuel Perez-Ruiz, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain  Kristin Piikki, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Skara, Sweden Jim Schepers, University of Nebraska, NE, USA John Stafford, Silsoe Solutions, Bedford, UK Kenneth Sudduth, USDA Agricultural Research Service, MO, USA James Taylor, INRAE, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France Bruno Tisseyre, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France Jaap van Bergeijk, AGCO corporation, KS, USA Ole Wendroth, University of Kentucky, KY, USA                     Brett Whelan, ACPA, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Chenghai Yang, USDA-ARS, TX, USA

Country Representatives serve to help promote ISPA by championing the ISPA mission and purpose globally, in particular, in the country they represent. ISPA is growing internationally so Country Representatives remain an important position to help ISPA best serve people, groups, governments and others, globally connecting them to science and experts.

 

Please join us in thanking ISPA Country Representative from Hungary, Gabor Milics. 

 

If you are interested in becoming a Country Representative, please email info@ispag.org with your bio highlighting your experience in precision agriculture and your CV.  ISPA requires that all Country Representatives are current members of the society. To become a member, please complete the membership form.  

 

Current ISPA members can view the report here.

If you are interested in becoming a member please fill out the form here.

 

We are happy to say that our membership has grown in the last year from 324 at the end of 2021 to 374 at the end of 2022!

We also have 34 Country Representatives from 27 different countries!

The Ohio State Digital Ag Team organized three webinars as part of their Precision University series focused on “Autonomy on the Farm.”  The information shared by panelists and presenters provided an excellent overview of various aspects of making autonomous farm machinery available and successfully implemented on Ohio Farms.  The information also very applicable to others outside of Ohio.  The recorded webinars are available to watch at the Ohio State Precision Ag YouTube Page, @ohiostateprecisionag9203, or by using the following links.
 

• Regulations for Autonomous Equipment – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAbpli9JgcI&t=549s
  • Hear from Nick Hegemier (Managing Director, Infrastructure DriveOhio) and John Welsh (Aviation Safety Inspector, Airworthiness, Federal Aviation Administration / FAA) as they discuss the rules and regulations related to the adoption of autonomous equipment on farms in Ohio.
• Automation on the Farm - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHd-e94DX_M&t=3105s
  • Listen as farmers Charlie Troxell and Luke Harbage from South Charleston, Ohio USA discuss with Dr. John Fulton from Ohio State University where autonomy could fit into their row crop operations and their interest in adopting this technology.
• Ohio Rural Broadband Initiative - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hW2wdsQNm8
  • This webinar features Jonathan Spendlove (John Deere), Dr. Scott Shearer (Ohio State), Matt Aultman (Darke County Ohio Commissioner), and Steven Strickland (Director, Partnerships and Channels, Ericsson Inc.) discussing the needs and challenges related to connectivity and rural broadband access in Ohio.

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. 

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