Agronomy Day - Infotronics Technology for Agricultural Equipment Infotronics Technology for Agricultural Equipment Advances in precision agriculture technology are transforming agriculture in the United States. Although site-specific technology gives farmers the opportunity to improve their profitability and enhance sustainability in production, the large amount of information makes it difficult to manage and realize in field operations. This prevents farmers from fully benefiting from precision agriculture technology. Successful precision agriculture production relies on having sufficient precision production information and on displaying that information in such a way that farmers can use it directly or electronic control devices can implement it automatically. Infotronics is an integrated technology of electronics, computing, and communication.
Agricultural machinery is the platform for performing precision agriculture production.
An agricultural infotronic system is capable of collecting, exchanging, analyzing, and displaying precision production information on agricultural machinery. This will provide farmers with a useful tool for utilizing precision production information, allowing them to realize benefits from precision agriculture technology. In our research, we are developing an infotronic system for agricultural tractors. The agricultural infotronic system will provide Illinois farmers with an effective means for handling intensive information in precision agricultural operations.