The economics of automatic section control technology for planters: A case study of middle and west tennessee farms

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 95, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-10

  Velandia, Margarita ^a   Buschermohle, Michael ^a   Larson, James A ^a   Thompson, Nathanael M ^b   Jernigan, Brandon Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cresco Ag   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic section control; Double planting; Precision agriculture; Savings

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS;

DOUBLE-PLANTING; INTERNAL FIELD; NET RETURN; PLANTED AREAS; POTENTIAL LOSS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SAVINGS; SECTION CONTROL;

SEED;

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; CROP PRODUCTION; DOUBLE CROPPING; FARM SIZE; FIELD; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SEED;

TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876782576     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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