Precision Farming Information Sources Used by Cotton Farmers and Implications for Extension

Authors

Margarita Velandia, University of TennesseeFollow
Dayton M. Lambert, University of TennesseeFollow
Amanda Jenkins, University of TennesseeFollow
Roland K. Roberts, University of TennesseeFollow
James A. Larson, University of TennesseeFollow
Burton English, The University of TennesseeFollow
Steven W. Martin, Mississippi State UniversityFollow

Volume

48

Issue

5

DOI

10.34068/joe.48.05.20

Abstract

Cotton farmers in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia were asked where they obtained information about precision farming. Farmers use Extension as a source of precision farming information, but in combination with other sources, including media, crop consultants, trade shows, and other farmers. Farmers using Extension as a source of information tend to be younger, with more education and higher incomes, compared to producers not seeking information from Extension. Understanding the profiles of producers using Extension resources for precision farming information may help Extension design programs to improve information delivery to clients.

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Recommended Citation

Velandia, M., Lambert, D. M., Jenkins, A., Roberts, R. K., Larson, J. A., English, B., & Martin, S. W. (2010). Precision Farming Information Sources Used by Cotton Farmers and Implications for Extension. The Journal of Extension, 48(5), Article 20. https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.48.05.20