1、1 Prepared under supervision of Jeffery Zinn, Senior Analyst in Natural Resources Policy2 Material for this report was drawn from agribusiness publications, academic reviews, and fromPrecision Agriculture in the 21st Century: Geospatial and Information Technologies in CropManagement. National Resear
2、ch Council. National Academy of Science Press. Washington,D.C., April, 1997.Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS20515Updated March 27, 2000Precision Agriculture: A Primer(name redacted)1Resources, Science, and Industry
3、 DivisionSummaryPrecision Agriculture is an emerging high-technology agricultural managementsystem. Congressional interest centers on federal support for research on PrecisionAgricultural and its enabling technologies. This report includes a brief description andbackground overview of the current st
4、atus and development trends of precisionagriculture in the United States. It also contains a glossary of related terms to assistreaders unfamiliar with this topic, which is of growing importance in productionagriculture. This report is designed to provide basic information on this method ofproductio