02/14/2024
Can fantasy farming affect real-world management? 🎮 🌾
Changing farm management practices can be a long game. But protecting natural resources, like water quality, is critical.
How can researchers and advisors bridge the gap?
The University of Florida's approach is to put precision agriculture technology into the hands of growers – through a corn contest! 🌽
The 2023 UFL STEP contest brought together 14 teams to experiment with advanced ag technology like drone imagery, soil moisture sensing, and irrigation apps.
The result?
A friendly competition that rewarded profit and water use efficiency. A win-win for education and innovation! 🌱💧
Solvi's cloud-based platform played a crucial role in sharing complex crop data among participants, proving that simplicity and actionable insights are key in precision agriculture.
Check out the full article to see who won and how researchers are using the data to help farmers make faster in-season decisions:
👉 https://solvi.ag/blog/university-of-florida-corn-contest-puts-precision-agriculture-in-growers-hands
