Ag and GIS

1. The Precision Farming Primer - Joe Berry

2. Using GIS in Precision Agriculture - articles collected at Oregon State University

3. ESRI Agriculture Industry Page � outlines where GIS fits into different "ag" scenarios

4. ICETACT � "Farming Today" from Ireland, slides outlining agriculture and technology

5. AgriBiz Search and Research - listing of GIS and Ag resources

6. With GIS, you've got the whole world in your hands - Joaquim Menezes, Computing Canada, 1999

7. AgView � a nice product page explaining how all the parts of precision agriculture come together
8. Amber Waves of Grain - Kirk Thompson, GeoWorld, Oct 1999
9. Precision Agriculture Software for Physical Record-keeping and Field Mapping1999 Update - Brenda J. Sawyer, Carolyn M. Bowen and Ronald L. McNeil, LandWise Inc., nice outline of available software

10. The Spatial Place of GIS in Government Agriculture - ArcUser, Apr-June, 2002

Recommended

• A Grower's Guide to Remote Sensing - By R.D. Curley, CPAg, CCA, and Stephen Paley, Ph.D., Modern Agriculture, Spring 1999
• Bangladesh Establishes a GIS Agricultural and Land Resource Information System - ArcNews Online, Spring 2000
• Video-Based Precision Farming - G Metternicht, F Honey, and G Beeston, GEO AsiaPacific, June/July 2000
• Who's minding the farm? - Joe Berry, GeoEurope, Aug 2000
• The Collective GIS and the Computer-Controlled Farm - R.W. Gunderson, M.W. Torrie, N.S. Flann, C.M.U. Neale, and D.J. Baker, GeoSpatial Solutions, Oct 2000
• Agriculture Remote Sensing: Getting a Closer Look  
  - John Enterline, EOM, Dec 2000
• Next Steps in Precision Framing and GIS - highlights of two EU funded initiatives, Karel Charvat
• Pest Patrol - Texas is using GIS to reduce the boll weevil infestation responsible for destroying billions of dollars worth of crops, Bill McGarigle, Government Technology, Dec 2001