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August 22, 2019

TECH USE ...

High Tech Citizen Science training available

Learn how to better connect kids to nature and spark their interest in science

August 22, 2019

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Acting Deputy Under Secretary Brandon Lipps (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Public Domain)

TECHNOLOGY USE ...

USDA empowers states to improve SNAP

New flexibilities enable states to use technologies to deliver SNAP benefits

August 22, 2019

Join the German American Chamber of Commerce at the National Western Complex to discuss current technology in agriculture and learn about some of the innovators and investors supporting local farms and ranches. (Courtesy of Colorado Farm Bureau)

TECHNOLOGY ...

Agricultural Technology Symposium Sept. 19

Symposium will look at the importance of ag for the Colorado and German Economies

August 19, 2019

PLANTING PICTURES ...

A Powercat with precision

Farmer uses agricultural technology to plant image of popular K-State logo

August 13, 2019

WATER USE ...

Farms turn to technology amid water warnings

Need is especially pressing in seven U.S. states that rely on the Colorado River

August 8, 2019

Andy Chronister, agriculture technology coordinator in Southeast’s Economic and Business Engagement Center, operates the new hyperspectral camera and DJI Matrice 600 drone at Southeast’s David M. Barton Agriculture Research Center in Cape Girardeau. (Courtesy of Southeast Missouri State University)

TECH GRANT ...

Southeast awarded grant to infuse tech. into ag

Southeast has used the funding to purchase a hyperspectral camera and a drone

August 7, 2019

Landowners can help document monarch habitat by mapping their milkweed with the new, free mobile app, HabiTally, available on any iOS device.

NEW APP ...

Use new app to assist with monarch recovery

Habi-Tally app offers new, interactive opportunity to assist monarch recovery

August 6, 2019

By measuring the water use of plants on an hourly or even minute-by-minute basis, Nebraska's James Schnable and colleagues hope to better understand and eventually improve how crops respond to drought. (Craig Chandler - University Communication)

TECHNOLOGY ...

Stalk-worn sensor to measure crops’ water use

Wearable technology will soon move from wrist to stalk

August 6, 2019

An example of an irrigation system used to keep crops healthy. (Courtesy of University of Missouri)

TECHNOLOGY ...

Camera system helps farmers save on irrigation

Multi-camera system would allow farmers to precisely monitor and irrigate crops

August 6, 2019

TECHNOLOGY ON THE FARM ...

Solar installation will produce industrial steam

Intelligent Mirror Array unveiled Tuesday morning in Valley Falls, north of Troy