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100 _aSwallow, A.
245 _aEye in the sky agronomy poised to come of age?
260 _c2004
490 _aFarmers' Weekly
_v140(23) 4 June 2004, 50(1)
520 _aThe French company GeoSys has been piloting a scheme using satellite remote sensing equipment to assist in agronomic and strategic farming decisions. The satellite images provide an overview of the farm to help decide programmes and methods, field and crop selection. It can also help direct field walking to potential problem areas and increase efficiency and variable rate applications of inputs such as nitrogen.
590 _aABS
590 _aABS
650 _aREMOTE SENSING
650 _aSATELLITE SURVEYING
650 _aFARMING METHODS
650 _aARABLE FARMING
690 _aRURAL-AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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