Precision Crop Management Workshop To Focus On Technology

RYAN MCGEENEY

NEWPORT, ARKANSAS

Increasingly, one of the best ways to plan and monitor what goes into the soil is to keep one’s eye on the skies.

The 2024 Precision Crop Management Workshop, scheduled for June 12 at the Jackson County Extension Center in Newport, Arkansas, will cover a host of available technologies, including the use of spatial data, satellite imagery and more.

The workshop is free to attend. Online pre-registration is encouraged, so that organizers can ensure enough food is available to feed all attendees.

The workshop will include presentations from multiple specialists with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.

Aurelie Poncet, assistant professor of remote sensing and extension pesticide application specialist for the Division of Agriculture, said the workshop will address producers’ current and emerging needs through the lens of precision agriculture.

“At the end of the training, participants will have a better understanding of how they can use inexpensive technologies and free tools and software to maximize benefits from their operation, independent of their current technological level/expertise,” Poncet said.

Agenda: 

• 8:00 a.m. — Registration (Free) and Opening Remarks
  Matt Davis, Jackson County Extension Agent

• 8:50 a.m. — Overview of Precision Technology and Practical Applications
  Jason Davis, Matt Davis, Mike Hamilton, Aurelie Poncet, Terry Spurlock

• 9:20 a.m. — Precision Software for YOUR Business
  Jason Davis, Application Technologist

• 9:50 a.m. — Spatial Data Layers and Satellite Imagery Scouting Tool
  Terry Spurlock, Plant Pathologist

• 10:20 — Break
• 10:30 a.m. — Geospatial Irrigation Tools and Design
  Mike Hamilton, Irrigation Specialist

• 11:00 a.m. — What is next for site-specific decision-making?
  Aurelie Poncet, Precision Agriculture Specialist

• 11:30 a.m. — Panel Discussion with Participants
• 12:00 p.m. — Lunch. ∆

RYAN MCGEENEY: University of Arkansas