NDSU recently announced a new precision agriculture major in its College of Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources. Dr. Xin Sun: “We need technology to help farmers with better quality and better yields” Sun spoke as part of a panel at the eighth annual Precision Ag Action Summit at Jan. 21-22 at the North Dakota Farmers Union Conference Center.
NDSU has launched a new major in precision agriculture. The major will teach students how to manage, analyze and use large amounts of digital data. Remote sensing technology and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) are also popular aspects of the major. Each student will have a capstone project and be required to take an internship in the industry.
NDSCS offers precision ag classes as part of its agricultural program. Bismarck State College also features precision ag in its agriculture curriculum. NDSU has an agreement in place with Microsoft in which the tech giant will help “guide the curriculum.” It’s the wave of the future, and Sun said there’s no getting around it.
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