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Western Growers has launched five initiatives as part of its Agtech Workforce Readiness Campaign, which is aimed at transitioning the agriculture workforce to master rapidly developing agricultural technology.

Agtech career development pipeline

Workforce Readiness Campaign is aimed at transitioning the ag workforce to master rapidly developing agricultural technology.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced it will make up to $1.15 billion available to help people living in rural communities nationwide access high-speed internet.

USDA invests in high-speed broadband

Projects in 12 different states will receive $167 million in USDA grants.
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Matt Hopkins, senior online editor for the agribusiness group at Meister Media Worldwide shares his picks for the best agriculture apps in 2021 in CropLife, with a few irrigation-related apps making the list.

Best ag apps in 2021

Irrigation-related apps make the list of this year’s best.
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The plant IS the sensor

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Using irrigation informatics in the age of satellite data offers valuable information for decision-making.
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Beware of IoT’s hidden monsters

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When using the Internet of Things on-farm, it’s important to understand both the expected and unexpected obstacles that lie in wait.
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Sensing a shift

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Manufacturers, growers and policymakers can all play a role in increasing soil moisture sensor adoption.
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High-density digital tapes were used to store Landsat data in the 1980s and 1990s.

What has changed in the last two decades?

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Over the past 20 years, we have witnessed a number of key advances in the use of satellite data within agriculture.
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After Penn State’s 2020 Ag Progress Days was canceled and shifted to an entirely virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pennsylvania’s largest outdoor agricultural expo is poised to return as an in-person event, Aug. 10-12 at the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center at Rock Springs, Centre County.

Penn State Ag Progress Days return

Pennsylvania’s largest outdoor agricultural expo returns to an in-person event Aug. 10-12.
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Thomas Marek makes adjustments to the CPACS sprinkler system.

Integration of pivot control technologies offers automation & cost-effective water-use efficiency

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Texas A&M AgriLife is advancing agricultural irrigation management and efficiency through cost-effective integration of data, machine learning and automation.
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A team of economists from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois invites soybean farmers in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Indiana and Nebraska –  the top five soybean-producing states in the United States –  to take a short survey on how they consider and adopt new precision and digital agricultural technologies.

Tech survey looking for soybean farmers

Survey asks farmers about how they consider and adopt new precision and digital agricultural technologies.
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