Changes in the Use of Precision Farming Information Sources among Cotton Farmers and Implications for Extension

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Title: Changes in the Use of Precision Farming Information Sources among Cotton Farmers and Implications for Extension
Language: English
Authors: Edge, Brittani, Velandia, Margarita, Lambert, Dayton M., Roberts, Roland K., Larson, James A., English, Burton C., Boyer, Christopher, Rejesus, Roderick, Mishra, Ashok
Source: Journal of Extension. Apr 2017 55(2).
Availability: Extension Journal, Inc. e-mail: joe-ed@joe.org; Web site: http://www.joe.org
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 9
Publication Date: 2017
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Information Utilization, Information Sources, Change, Agricultural Occupations, Extension Education, Surveys
Geographic Terms: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
ISSN: 1077-5315
Abstract: Using information from precision farmer surveys conducted in the southern United States in 2005 and 2013, we evaluated changes in the use of precision farming information sources among cotton producers. Although Extension remains an important source for producers interested in precision farming information, the percentage of cotton producers using Extension to obtain precision farming information has decreased over time. Results from our study should motivate Extension professionals to re-evaluate the precision farming information they provide to producers and the practices they use to provide such information in efforts to maintain Extension's importance as an information source.
Abstractor: As Provided
Number of References: 19
Entry Date: 2017
Access URL: https://www.joe.org/joe/2017april/pdf/JOE_v55_2rb2.pdf
Accession Number: EJ1139803
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Using information from precision farmer surveys conducted in the southern United States in 2005 and 2013, we evaluated changes in the use of precision farming information sources among cotton producers. Although Extension remains an important source for producers interested in precision farming information, the percentage of cotton producers using Extension to obtain precision farming information has decreased over time. Results from our study should motivate Extension professionals to re-evaluate the precision farming information they provide to producers and the practices they use to provide such information in efforts to maintain Extension's importance as an information source.
ISSN:1077-5315