Number: RL30630
Title: Precision Agriculture and Site-Specific Management: Current Status and Emerging Policy Issues
Authors: Tadlock Cowan, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: Precision agriculture (PA) is a suite of information technologies that can support a farm-based and site-specific crop management system in agricultural production. It is not a single technology or farming system, but rather a cluster of different techniques. Several bills have been introduced in recent Congresses to increase support for public research on PA development. Further diffusion of PA technologies could raise several public policy concerns that the Congress may wish to address.
Pages: 23
Date: Updated August 7, 2000