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Dec 4, 2024 | 
m.farms.com | Steve Sonka
By Steve SonkaThis is the third of three articles exploring precision agriculture and its current and future impacts. The first article reviewed the path of precision agriculture over the last three decades (Sonka (a)). The second speculated about the future path of technologies and their effects (Sonka (b)). Both articles framed the discussion in terms of decision making and profitability within the boundaries of the farm.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
precisionfarmingdealer.com | Steve Sonka
This is the third of three articles exploring precision agriculture and its current and future impacts. The first article reviewed the path of precision agriculture over the last three decades (Sonka (a)). The second speculated about the future path of technologies and their effects (Sonka (b)). Both articles framed the discussion in terms of decision making and profitability within the boundaries of the farm.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
m.farms.com | Steve Sonka
By Steve SonkaLast Monday’s farmdoc daily article reviewed the path of precision agriculture over the last three decades (Sonka). It was the first of three articles. Today’s article speculates about the future path of technologies and their effects. The third article in this set, The Confluence of Societal Interests and Precision Ag, is set for next Monday.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
farmdocdaily.illinois.edu | Hongxia Jiao |Steve Sonka
Last Monday’s farmdoc daily article reviewed the path of precision agriculture over the last three decades (Sonka). It was the first of three articles. Today’s article speculates about the future path of technologies and their effects. The third article in this set, The Confluence of Societal Interests and Precision Ag, is set for next Monday. That practical philosopher, Yogi Berra, has been quoted as saying, “It’s difficult to make predictions, particularly about the future” (Laidler).
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
precisionfarmingdealer.com | Steve Sonka
For someone interested in how farmers and agribusiness managers make decisions, the past few decades have been particularly intriguing. As a young faculty member in the 1980s, I was among a group of faculty who successfully lobbied the Dean of the then College of Agriculture to buy Apple II and IBM PC microcomputers to use with students in the classroom. The course instituted at that time continues today, however, the content and the technology have markedly changed.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
precisionfarmingdealer.com | Steve Sonka
A few years ago, I was chatting with an Illinois farmer about how he used precision technologies, such as yield monitors and auto-steer. After a few minutes, he looked at me and asked, “How else would you farm?” Maybe, in the 2040’s, the conversation will focus on data; how to acquire and analyze it.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
agriculture.com | Steve Sonka
For someone interested in how farmers and agribusiness managers make decisions, the past few decades have been particularly intriguing. As a young faculty member in the 1980s, I was among a group of faculty who successfully lobbied the Dean of the then College of Agriculture to buy Apple II and IBM PC microcomputers to use with students in the classroom. The course instituted at that time continues today, however, the content and the technology have markedly changed.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
m.farms.com | Steve Sonka
By Steve SonkaFor someone interested in how farmers and agribusiness managers make decisions, the past few decades have been particularly intriguing. As a young faculty member in the 1980s, I was among a group of faculty who successfully lobbied the Dean of the then College of Agriculture to buy Apple II and IBM PC microcomputers to use with students in the classroom. The course instituted at that time continues today, however, the content and the technology have markedly changed.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
farmdocdaily.illinois.edu | Hongxia Jiao |Steve Sonka
For someone interested in how farmers and agribusiness managers make decisions, the past few decades have been particularly intriguing. As a young faculty member in the 1980s, I was among a group of faculty who successfully lobbied the Dean of the then College of Agriculture to buy Apple II and IBM PC microcomputers to use with students in the classroom. The course instituted at that time continues today, however, the content and the technology have markedly changed.
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Sep 28, 2023 | 
mdpi.com | Dirk Maier |Sigurdur Olafsson |Steve Sonka |Hory Chikez
This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Open AccessArticleby 1,*, 1, 2 and 1,3 1Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA2Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA3Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
