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1. Yield Maps, Soil Maps, and Technical Efficiency: Evidence from U.S. Corn FieldsYield maps and GPS-based soil maps have been increasingly used in U.S. agriculture but little research has explored the economic relationship between mapping technologies and agricultural productivity. Research on this relationship is lacking, perhaps because maps are information inputs that do not directly enter the production function in a comparable way to conventional inputs. A stochastic frontier model was used to evaluate one potential avenue through which mapping technologies may influence... J. Mcfadden, A. Rosburg |
2. Global Adoption of Precision Agriculture: an Update on Trends and Emerging TechnologiesThe adoption of precision agriculture (PA) has been mixed. Some technologies (e.g., Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) guidance) have been adopted rapidly worldwide wherever there is mechanized agriculture. Adoption of some of the original PA technologies introduced in the 1990s has been modest almost everywhere (e.g., variable rate fertilizer). New and more advanced technologies based on robotics, uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), machine vision, co-robotic automation, and artificial intelligence... J. Mcfadden, B. Erickson, J. Lowenberg-deboer, G. Milics |
3. Worldwide Crop Precision Agriculture Adoption: 2026 UpdateRobotics, machine vision, and drone spraying have attracted much attention in recent years. But the technologies introduced in the 2000s and earlier, such as yield monitors, guidance, variable rate technology (VRT), and digital imagery continue to advance worldwide, more on large mechanized grain and oilseed farms. This update summarizes census estimates and adoption surveys with statistically reliable random sampling from 24 countries. Within-country and farm size breakdowns are reported when... B. Erickson, J. Mcfadden, E. Morimoto, J. Lowenberg-deboer |