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The goal of ASTA is to
investigate site-specific technologies as they pertain to natural resource
management, precision farming, agribusiness, and decision making in
agriculture.
Some specific objectives of ASTA
include:
1. Evaluate site-specific, precision farming
technologies with regard to soil management, and develop
recommendations for site-specific fertilization and soil management
to enhance physical and economic efficiency and improve environmental
quality.
2. Evaluate site-specific technologies with
regard to pest identification and pest control decisions, and
develop methodologies that enhance efficiency of managing pests
within agricultural cropping systems.
3. Develop and evaluate site-specific and
spatial technologies in aquaculture and animal science.
4. Develop, test, and evaluate sensors and
methods to detect, measure, and record yields, amounts of
input materials applied.
5. Develop techniques to more accurately
apply input materials used in crop production.
6. Establish benchmarks for site-specific
technologies, evaluate the economic costs and returns
associated with site-specific production, and develop methodologies
for decision-making using spatially related technologies. |
