AGR 1500 — Precision Agriculture Equipment
Credit Hours: 3.00 Total Contact Hours: 5.00 Lecture Hours: 1.00 Lab Hours: 4.00
Includes an exploration of various precision hardware available in the agriculture industry. Basic concepts of electricity, electronics, hydraulics, pneumatics, and controllers as related to precision agriculture equipment will be covered. Demonstrations, along with technical manuals will be utilized to install, troubleshoot and operated display modules, sensors and control components in precision agriculture equipment. This equipment is related to, but not limited to, fertilizer and chemical applications, planting, irrigation, harvesting, and yield monitoring. Hand-held crop scouting and soil sampling hardware will be discussed.
Prerequisites: AGR 1000.