Note the limitation to the "large flat fields of Illinois". Sorta leaves a lot of other farmland out. Yes, agribusiness lives closer to the cutting edge than mom&pop farms. Jim Gene Mechtly wrote: > > > GPS is becoming quite common on the large flat fields of Illinois... > > Here are the estimates of the deployment of GPS devices for "automatic > yield mapping" (giving mass/area, "point-by-point") in the fields > of Champaign County, Illinois: > > 30%, by the "Precision Agriculture" group in the Dept. of Agr. Engr., and > > 40%, by the County Farm Bureau which gave the names of three farmers > willing to provide details of their particular operations. > > "Variable Rate Fertilization" is an option, but is not yet so widely > in use as the systems for automatic yield mapping. > > Gene. -- Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
