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The article offers primary space planning techniques when planning production for improving the quality of finished crops and eliminating growing challenges. It highlights the significance of the cultural requirements of the crops, crop times, and square footage required in space planning. Techniques given include making fit all crops, growing the same amount as the previous year, and mapping out the greenhouse.

The author discusses the use of drones in agriculture. He mentions the pilot-less ultra-light aircraft he saw at the Land of Promise Farms on his way to the Virginia Agricultural Expo which had mapped 100 acre or field of soybeans in about 30 minutes. He also states the use of drones in offsetting the cost of damage caused by citrus greening disease throughout citrus producing areas.

Considers several criteria for site-specific farming software packages. System specifications; Software installation and support; Data handling; Map generation; Strengths and weaknesses of the package.

Features the helmet-mounted data tracking system for field record-keeping and mapping by crop consultants and farmers. Voice-activated computer for recording of findings; Location information through Global Positioning System (GPS); Companies introducing product.

The article offers information on the variable-rate swath control technology. The improvement in the global positioning system (GPS) and swath control options is mentioned along with the reason for the high demand of the technology. Reference is made to research conducted by University of Tennessee Extension specialist Mike Buschermohle to determine how quickly can swath-control technology pay for itself. Planting maps are used to find out how much growers are double planting in their fields.

The article presents questions and answers related to agricultural maps produced by the British Rural Payments Agency (RPA), including where to obtain Rural Land Register updated maps, what to do when changes made in maps are not in the Single Payment Scheme (SPS) claim form and what to do when one seeks to make changes in maps.

The article evaluates unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) such as the VLP-16 lidar PUck from Velodyne LiDAR and the AgEagle RX60 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) aerial agricultural mapping.

The article offers previews of arable farming mobile apps including the Planimeter Global Positioning System (GPS) mapping app, Bayer CropScience's Agronomy Tool for identifying weeds and arable pests, and Rain Alarm app that alerts farmers of imminent rain, hail or snow.

The article evaluates several Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for agricultural use including eBee from professional mapping drones developer, senseFly and beginner level and advanced drones by Topgan Drone.

The article discusses the Pandumaan community in North Sumatra, Indonesia's use of high technology to preserve land and cultures in rural areas. Topics discussed include the Global Conference on Community Participatory Mapping on Indigenous Peoples' Territories organized by Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, community members' mapping of the sites in their language to monitor incursions and show their children where to find areas that have cultural importance.

The article focuses on agriculture production management regarding the maintenance of spray equipment for the crops. It mentions the recommendation from Mark Hanna, agricultural engineer at Iowa State University on examination of nozzles of sprayers. It emphasis on nozzle tips which affects the droplet sizes of water, and informs the sizes of droplets including ultrafine, fine, and ultra coarse droplets. INSET: End-of-season maintenance checklist.

The author stresses the need for the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) of the British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to urgently resolve problems about the Single Payment Scheme (SPS) application process, in which farmers are having difficulties in filling forms because of the lack of right information on their Rural Land Register maps. She cites the concern expressed by the National Farmers' Union (NFU) over the application process. She mentions the steps taken by the RPA to make the process less difficult for producers in 2010.

The article reports on the concern of the National Farmers Union (NFU) over the British Rural Payments Agency (RPA) remapping exercise and single farm payment expressed during a meeting with junior Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Minister Jim Fitzpatrick in 2009. Peter Kendall, president of NFU, mentioned the poor performance of the Single Payment Scheme compared with other initiatives in Europe. He stressed the need for Natural England to work with the RPA to enhance software.

Reports on the benefit of farm mapping technology for growers in coping with cross-compliance and Entry Level Scheme Regulations revealed during the Precision Farming Event at the Newark Showground in Great Britain on March 9, 2005. Increase in the demand for the technology; Outlook of Pear Technology director John Cowling for the demand; Views of farmer Tim Banks on mapping technology.

Focuses on the errors of a provisional map of southeast England published by the Countryside Agency which could dent confidence in the process of mapping access land. Warning issued by John Archer, regional technical adviser of the National Farmers Union; Implication of the errors.

Reports that survey findings reveal that farmers in the United States are adopting high-technology information technology to better manage their businesses. Use of Internet as source of agricultural information; Popularity of mapping systems developed with global satellite positioning technology; Technologies used to micro-analyze production practices.