Newsletter
Latin American Community Webinar
We would like to invite all to the upcoming Webinar organized by the Latin American Community with the theme: "Precision Agriculture to optimize farm profits and environmental outcomes in Latin America."
The Webinar is scheduled for May 26th, from 10 am to 12 pm CDT (UTC -5). Five speakers from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Paraguay will present an overview of the recent research, farmer adoption, consumer perception, and company offerings related to the environmental outcomes of adopting Precision Agriculture in their region. After the presentations, the public is invited to contribute questions for a discussion with the panelists.
Register for the webinar here.
NCERA 180 Program
The 2021 NCERA 180 program on Thursday, June 10th, 2021 can be found below. The agenda below is presented in U.S. Eastern Time (UTC -5). Additional questions can be directed to John Evans.
10:00 am – 10:15am - Welcome and Introductions
10:15 am – 10:30 am - New ABE Building Virtual Tour
10:30 am – 11:30 am - Presentations/ Panel Discussion: Precision Ag Challenges (Farmer Perspective ) Rachel Stevens, Jeff Boyer
11:30 am – 12:30 pm - Presentations: Precision Ag Challenges (Industry Perspective) – Mark Cheney, John Deere
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm - Break
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm - Research Presentation – Jian Jin
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm - CropLife Precision Ag Survey – Bruce Erickson
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm - Future Opportunities/Challenges in Precision Ag (group discussion)
10:15 am – 10:30 am - New ABE Building Virtual Tour
10:30 am – 11:30 am - Presentations/ Panel Discussion: Precision Ag Challenges (Farmer Perspective ) Rachel Stevens, Jeff Boyer
11:30 am – 12:30 pm - Presentations: Precision Ag Challenges (Industry Perspective) – Mark Cheney, John Deere
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm - Break
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm - Research Presentation – Jian Jin
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm - CropLife Precision Ag Survey – Bruce Erickson
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm - Future Opportunities/Challenges in Precision Ag (group discussion)
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm - Funding and Collaboration Opportunities (Breakouts)
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm - Report Discussion/ Future Meeting Plans
4:00 pm Meeting Adjourned
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm - Report Discussion/ Future Meeting Plans
4:00 pm Meeting Adjourned
OFE Webinar Recordings Coming Soon
Thank you for attending the #OFE2021 Webinar Series. We had a wonderful turn out and a large amount of information presented. If you were unable to attend the webinars, recordings will be available here in the coming days.
Upcoming Events
25-27 FEB 2025
GIS & Drone Applications in Agriculture Conference
29 JUN - 3 JUL 2025
14-16 OCT 2025
11th Asian-Australasian Conference on Precision Agriculture
Chiayi, Taiwan
2-4 FEB 2026
International Crop Modeling Symposium (iCROPM2026)
International Crop Modeling Symposium (iCROPM2026)
Florence, Italy
Week of 13 JUL 2026
17th International Conference on Precision Agriculture and the 11th Brazilian Congress on Precision Agriculture
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Do you have an event that would be of interest to our members? Send us an email to let us know.
Jobs Listing
- Postdoc in Digital Agronomy for Climate Resilient Perennial Agriculture
- Tenure Track Assistant Professor in soil spectroscopy at Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University
- Assistant or Associate Professor of Extension Soil Management - University of Kentucky - Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
- Precision Agriculture Technologies Extension Specialist - University of Tennessee - Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science
- Assistant Professor (Extension) - Mississippi State University - The Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering
- University of Georgia - Assistant Professor - Extension Specialist Precision Agriculture Systems
Do you have a job you would like to post to the ISPA website? Please send your job announcement, a short description, and cutoff deadline for applications to info@ispag.org
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Precision Agriculture Definition
Precision Agriculture is a management strategy that gathers, processes and analyzes temporal, spatial and individual plant and animal data and combines it with other information to support management decisions according to estimated variability for improved resource use efficiency, productivity, quality, profitability and sustainability of agricultural production.
The International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA) is a non-profit professional scientific organization.
The mission of ISPA is to advance the science of precision agriculture globally.
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