Results from a Cotton Precision Farming Survey Across Fourteen Southern States

Boyer, Christopher

Results from a Cotton Precision Farming Survey Across Fourteen Southern States

Wednesday, January 8, 2014: 9:30 AM

Preservation Hall Studio 9 (New Orleans Marriott)

Christopher N Boyer , University of Tennessee

Burton English , University of Tennessee

Roland Roberts , University of Tennessee

James Larson , University of Tennessee

Dayton Lambert , University of Tennessee

Margarita Velandia , University of Tennessee

Vivian Zhou , University of Tennessee

Sherry Larkin , University of Florida

Michele Marra , North Carolina State University

Roderick M Rejesus , North Carolina State University

Lawrence L. Falconer , Mississippi State University Extension Service

Steven W. Martin , Mississippi State University Extension Service

Ashok K Mishra , Louisiana State University

Krishna P Paudel , Louisiana State University

Chenggang Wang , Texas Tech University

Jeffrey Johnson , Texas Tech University

Eduardo Segarra , Texas Tech University

Jeanne Reeves , Cotton Incorporated

Audio File Recorded Presentation

In February of 2013, the 2013 Southern Cotton Precision Farming Survey was mailed to over 13,000 cotton producers across 14 states. A total of 1,806 producers returned valid responses for a response rate of 13.72%. This presentation will report the adoption rates of several precision farming technologies such as GPS guidance, automatic section control, yield monitors, and geo-referenced soil sampling along with other technologies. Results will also be presented on the adoption of variable rate application of several inputs such as nitrogen, irrigation, potassium, lime, and phosphorous. The results from this presentation will benefit extension, research, and industry personnel by indicating the producers who are most likely to adopt precision farming technologies. This research was funded by Cotton Inc. and included participants from six universities.