Abstract
This paper describes precision agriculture. The author feels that precision agriculture may be the greatest development since the agricultural revolution. The paper then discusses how precision agriculture became possible and the technologies behind it. The author concludes that precision agriculture enables small farmers to survive in a market dominated by huge corporate farms.

From the Paper
"Precision agriculture became possible through the development of Global positioning systems technology and as such technology has increased in accuracy and decreased in cost, as technology tends to do there has been a far-reaching effect. Though the price tag may still seem high the promise of precision agriculture far outweighs the initial output. "Normal civilian GPS receivers have a precision of about 100 yards. A system called differential GPS, which requires a local base station, can provide meter-level accuracy. At these accuracy levels, the technology has found widespread use in the nation's farmland, as part of a movement called precision agriculture. ("Satellite System Can Control")"

Tags:farming, corporations, technology

Abstract
This paper provides information about adapting to precision agriculture, and about some of the basic systems that are used such as grid soil sampling, variable rate technology, yield monitors, light bars, and computer software. The paper concludes that precision farming is not an easy or inexpensive investment to start, but depending on your operation it can become a profitable and useful tool. Two color images are included with the paper.

From the Paper
"If a field is variable in fertility, a uniform application rate will lead to over application in some areas and under application in others. The over application may represent a loss of investment in fertilizer depending on the nutrient and potential for loss, while under application can result in lost yield as well as a reduction in crop residue to the soil, which may lead to increased erosion or other related problems. The field recommendations that are made on SSToolbox are downloaded into a memory card or e-mailed to the fertilizer dealer to be downloaded on their own memory cards."

Tags:sstoolbox, grid soil sampling, variable rate technology, yield monitors, light bars

Abstract
This paper begins with a look at agricultural production systems, as well as methods in both developed and developing countries. The paper then explores some components of agriculture management and forecasting as well as food production, security, and early warning systems - and then looks at how geo-information science can improve upon the former by strengthening the latter two. Finally, the paper looks at some of the representative material available vis-a-vis applied geo-information science. A brief conclusion is then offered as to what the paper has ultimately uncovered.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Agricultural Production Systems/Method in both Developed and Developing Countries
Agriculture Management and Forecasting
Food Production and Early Warning Systems
Applied Geo-information Science and "Smart" Agriculture:
Food Security/Crop Yield
Improve Economy
Agricultural Planning using Soil Moisture Information
Precision Agriculture
Overall Conclusion

From the Paper
"Needless to say, precision agriculture may ultimately be the one thing standing between economic and social devastation and renewed hope for the future in many developing nations. Maohua reports that the Government of the People's Republic began aiming for precision agriculture shortly after Chairman Mao's death, and the results have been favorable. According to Maohua, the government's overarching aims are to develop a Chinese agricultural capacity able to feed 1.6 billion Chinese by the middle of the twenty-first century."

Tags:moisture, gis, precision, infrastructures, fertilizer

From the Paper
"This research examines the impact of global positioning systems (GPSs) on precision farming. In the discussions that follow both GPS and precision farming are defined, non-agricultural applications of GPS are reviewed, the development of precision farming is traced, contemporary applications of GPS to precision farming are examined, and the future relationship between GPS and precision farming is considered.

Defining GPS and Precision Farming
Global positioning systems use satellite technology (Precision farming offers, 1995, p. 15). The primary system now in use is a network of military satellites that is used to determine ..."

Abstract
This paper describes the agricultural industry in Cananda, which is noted as a vital force in the Canadian economy for centuries. According to the paper, today agriculture remains a major contributor to Canada's trade in international markets. The paper further notes that when Canada first became a country, agriculture was its primary industry, and although this is no longer true, the Canadian agriculture industry remains of great importance in the Canadian economy.

From the Paper
"Agriculture has been a vital force in the Canadian economy for centuries and today remains a major contributor to Canada's trade in international markets. When Canada first became a country, agriculture was its primary industry, and although this is no longer true, the Canadian agriculture industry remains of great importance in the Canadian economy: "Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, from 2001 to 2005, contribute to Canada economy around 20-25 billions each year and is accounted for, on average, by 2.2% of Canada GDP" (Statistic Canada). Even though agriculture shares a small percentage of GDP..."

Tags:agriculture, industry, canada

Abstract
In this article, the writer discusses the industrial revolution and its effects on agriculture. The paper reviews the pre-industrial history of agriculture as well as the sweeping changes within the agricultural sector during the eventful period when the manufacturing sector was being transformed by a wave of technological innovation. The paper concludes by noting how inextricably linked are agricultural change and technological change.

Tags:agriculture, changes, technology

Abstract
This paper discusses the effect on agriculture on changes in fuel costs, the market economy, and technology. It notes how changes in the external environment have affected the way those in agriculture do business and so the prices charged at the market, adding to costs or reducing them, depending on the nature of the change and the way farmers are able to respond.

From the Paper
"Agriculture is like any other sector of the economy and is affected by many of the same forces, including changes in fuel use and fuel prices, the market economy, and technology. The first of these forces is in the news now as agriculture has to raise its prices to cover higher fuel costs for farm machinery and for delivery costs. The nature of the economy affects agriculture by raising prices for other goods, which also can cause farmers to raise their prices to stay ahead of inflation. New technology can be both a capital expenditure to buy what is needed and a boon by increasing production and reducing costs over all. Such changes in the external environment have affected the way those in agriculture do business and so the prices charged at the market."

Tags:agriculture, fuel, economy

Abstract
This paper examines the impact of the Great Depression on agriculture in the US. It further gives an account of the pre-Depression depression suffered by the farm economy in the 1920s and why it had an effect on the Great Depression.

From the Paper
"The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of the Great Depression on agriculture as well as the decline in agricultural production as a feature of the Great Depression. The plan of the research will be to set forth the basic facts about the Great Depression and then to discuss the dynamics of agricultural production and the human demographics surrounding them with a view toward evaluating why the status o fagriculture was so important a factor of the event. In popular imagination the Great Depression is..."

Tags:Great Depression, Agriculture, farm economy, New Deal, Dust Bowl

Abstract
This paper explains that precision teaching is a scientific system of strategies for the monitoring of learning and for making data-based decisions about instruction. Precision teaching requires that, once a goal is established, the goal be mastered prior to proceeding with new material. Next, the author describes the research methodology for evaluating the reading progress of four students with specific learning disabilities, whose instruction was reinforced with precision teaching strategies. The paper relates that the research conclusions indicate that, through the use of precision teaching, these learning disabled students were able to maintain consistent improvement in reading fluency.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of the Study
Need for the Study
Design of the Study
Population
Sample
Procedures and Techniques
Instrumentation
Data Analysis
Limitations of the Study
Definition of Terms and Variables
Significance of the Study
Survey of the Related Literature
Implementation of the Study
Population
Sample
Procedures and Techniques
Instrumentation
Data Analysis
Analysis of the Data
Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations
Appendix: Research Proposal for Seminar Paper, Introduction to Research

From the Paper
"The students were identified for participation in the Precision Teaching program and completed a baseline assessment to determine initial fluency rate using developmentally appropriate texts based on results derived from the Developmental Reading Inventory Assessment. Data was collected daily to determine strengths and weaknesses and monitor instructional practices. The students were required to maintain a rate of increase in correct responses per minute of times 1.4. The students followed this increase and instruction was modified when the incline decreased or remained stagnant for a period of three days."

Tags:intervention, fluency skills, mastery, baseline assessment, inventory

Abstract
This ten-page graduate-level paper examines the impact of precision guided munitions on the revolution of military technology, discusses how precision guided weapons have altered the way we fight wars today, and analyzes how this will affect the revolution in military affairs in the future in terms of organizational and doctrinal changes.