POW Number: 1.G

POW Title: Effective and Efficient Use of Technology

NRAES Fact Sheets and Reports:

Extension Fact Sheets

Available electronically at http://www.abe.psu.edu/extension/extensionindex.html (for Agricultural Engineering subjects).

Penn State-Produced Videos

1. Sprayers - Targeting, Towers, and Tunnels. 13 min.
2. Commercially Produced Videos (Contact Ag and Bio Engineering for Checkout)
3. Apple Orchard Spraying: Getting Results. NRAES 12 min
4. Tune up for Profits. (Sprayer Calibration). By TeeJet. 18 min.
5. Straight Talk About Minimizing Spray Drift: A Guide for Applicators. Produced by the National Coalition for Drift Minimization. 30 min.
6. Precision at the Point of Revolution. (General Guide about Precision Agriculture) PPI. 27 min.
7. Ag Leader Technology: A Guide to the Yield Monitor 2000. 1997.
8. Trimble Navigation: Guide to Trimflight (using GPS for Aerial Application Swath Control) 5 min.
9. Precision Agriculture: Faces of Change. PPI. 28 min.
10. Magellan GPS 315. (Using handheld GPS units) 25 min.
11. Using GPS with Maps. By GPS Outfitters. 30 min.
12. A Guide for On-Target Herbicide Applications. By Monsanto. 23 min
13. Shape of the World: Life by the Numbers. (A WQED Public Broadcasting System tape on mathematics that define the geography of the earth)

1. Magellan handheld GPS units for teaching GPS fundamentals (11 available for checkout) Must be picked up at Ag and Bio Engineering Department - one week maximum checkout. Contact David Wagner at (814)865-3722 or dgw4@psu.edu
2. Sprayer Calibration Equipment

• Nozzle Spray Distribution Table
• Nozzle Spray Calibration Tank
• Redball Nozzle Flow Demonstration Tank
• Training Sprayer for Teaching Precision and Variable Rate Application. (Must be pulled with small tractor or with Ag and Bio Engrng J.D."Edugator")
• "Edugator" - a 6-passenger JD Gator equipped with Concord 2001 automated soil sampler, laptop computer, Trimble DGPS, precision spray controls for the training sprayer. Used for training farm mapping, precision application of chemicals, and spatial data collection.

1. Computer Video cameras (6 available) for demonstrating computer video conferencing (for Macintosh)

1. MapInfo Ver 5.5, 4.5, 4.1, 4.0
2. ArcView
3. Agritrak Scout, Agritrak Pro, Agritrak Zoneit, and Agritrak. (Requires MapInfo)
4. SST Toolbox
5. Agris - AgLink
6. AgGIS
7. Agrilogic Precision Ag Suite (CASE IH Precision Ag software)
8. SGIS Suite (AgChem Precision Ag Software)
9. FarmWorks Precision Ag Software
10. SOLO CE (GPS mapping for handheld computers)
11. Delorem GPS-based mapping software.

1. Southeast Pennsylvania IPM Research Group Weekly GDD Arthropod Weekly Scouting Report - David Suchanic, Emelie Swackhamer, Greg Hoover
2. Southeast Pennsylvania IPM Research Group GDD Arthropod Observations Database - David Suchanic, Emelie Swackhamer, Greg Hoover
3. Grower Excellence Short Course: Chapter 1: Water, the Plant, and Irrigation Curricula - David Suchanic, Dr. James Sellmer

B-34 Winterizing Your Sprayer

B-56 Herbicide Application Equipment for the Orchard

B-72 Sprayer Cleaning

B-72 Sprayer Nozzles

B-80 Spraying Arithmetic

B-83 Save with Band Spraying

B-84 Hand Sprayer Calibration Equipment

B-85 Simplified Herbicide Sprayer Calibration

B-110 Spray Drift Control

F-103 How to Interpret a Water Analysis Report

F-104 Water Testing

F-105 Where to Have Your Water Tested

F-136 Nitrates in Drinking Water

F-163 The Soil Media and the Percolation Test

F-192 PA Directory of Irrigation Dealers/Manufacturers

F-195 Sources of Water Supply

F-196 Irrigation: Where to Start

F-197 Before You Drill a Well

F-199 Consumptive Water Use Restrictions in the Delaware River Basin

F-200 Agricultural Consumptive Water Use Restrictions in the Susquehanna River Basin

NRAES-4 Trickle Irrigation in Eastern United States

NRAES-3 Energy Conservation for Commercial Greenhouses

NRAES-33 Greenhouse Engineering

NRAES-72 Greenhouse Systems: Automation, Culture, and Environment

NRAES-56 Water and Nutrient Management for Greenhouses

Fact Sheets on Irrigation Systems (trickle, drip, overhead, etc.)

Fact Sheets on Irrigation Systems Cost Comparisons

Fact Sheets on Weather - Temperature Technology (dataloggers, etc.)

Fact Sheets on Fertilizing through an Irrigation System

Distance Education course modules

1. Precision Agriculture Modules: a.) Global Positioning Systems Usage, b.) Geographic Information Systems, c.) Variable Rate Chemical Application, d.) Understanding Pesticide Spray Drift, e.) Air Blast Sprayer Applications
2. Worksheets and Programmed Instruction Kits

• GPS for Farm Mapping
• GIS for Field-level Data Storage
• Acquiring aerial photography for individual farms
• Making Sprayer Application Map

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