Precision Ag spring 2023

Which of the following practices is becoming the agricultural industry’s main focus to protect our land, resources and future generations?

• Precise agricultural practices

• Sustainable agricultural practices

• Efficient agricultural practices

• Marketable agricultural practices

Which of the following is focused on solving problems or meeting production goals?

• Evaluation

• Implementation

• Record keeping systems

• Analysis and decision making

Which of the following is one of the historical disadvantages of precision agriculture?

• Start up costs

• Labor requirements

• Maintenance of eqipment

• Decreased crop yields

How much did Dr. Glen Ritchie say it costs to equip a tractor with an RTK GPS system?

• $20,000

• $25,000

• $15,000

• $10,000

GPS stand for which of the following?

• Growing Practice System

• Global Positioning System

• Ground Placement System

• Global Placement System

GIS stand for which of the following?

• Geographic Information System

• Global Information System

• Growing Information System

• Ground Information System

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or drones are categorized in which of the following technologies?

• Auto Steer

• variable rate application

• Remote sensing

• Guidance systems

Which of the following technologies requires realtime kinematics (RTK) to produce high levels of accuracy?

• Variable rate application

• Remote sensing

• GPS/GIS

• Auto-steer

Which of the following measures the horizontal distance a producer has applied water, nutrients, pesticides or herbicides?

• Variable rate application

• Light bar guidance

• Auto-steer

• Remote sensing

Which of the following technologies gathers information from satellites or other aircraft?

• GPS/GIS

• Real-time kinematics

• Remote sensing

• Auto-steer