Precision Agriculture: A Primer (CRS Report for Congress)
| Release Date |
March 27, 2000 |
| Report Number |
RS20515 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Tadlock Cowan, Resources, Science, and Industry Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
Summary:
Precision Agriculture is an emerging high-technology agricultural management system.
Congressional interest centers on federal support for research on Precision Agricultural and its
enabling technologies. This report includes a brief description and background overview of the
current status and development trends of precision agriculture in the United States. It also contains
a glossary of related terms to assist readers unfamiliar with this topic, which is of growing
importance in production agriculture. This report is designed to provide basic information on this
method of production and is not expected to be updated regularly. (1)
1. Â Material for this report was drawn from agribusiness
publications, academic reviews, and from Precision
Agriculture in the 21st Century: Geospatial and Information Technologies in Crop
Management . National
Research Council. National Academy of Science Press. Washington, D.C., April, 1997.
