Precision agriculture technology, when properly integrated into the crop production process, can greatly improve overall production and sustainability. Precision Agriculture Technology for Crop Farming focuses on the technology of site-specific crop management; detailing applications for sensing, data handling, modeling, and control. Written by experts who have contributed significantly to the development of precision agriculture technology, this book reviews its history--establishing background on the various processes and applications--describes the current status, and offers insight into the future technology of precision agriculture.

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Editor
• Contributors
• Chapter 1 A History of Precision Agriculture
• Chapter 2 Sensing Technology for Precision Crop Farming
• Chapter 3 Data Processing and Utilization in Precision Agriculture
• Chapter 4 Control of Precision Agriculture Production
• Chapter 5 Intelligent Agricultural Machinery and Field Robots
• Chapter 6 Precision Agriculture in Large-Scale Mechanized Farming
• Chapter 7 A Systems Approach to Community-Based Precision Agriculture
• Chapter 8 Precision Agriculture in China: Sensing Technology and Application
• Chapter 9 Good Agricultural Practices, Quality, Traceability, and Precision Agriculture
• Chapter 10 State of the Art and Future Requirements
• Index