This is the most advanced equipment they had, and we got the opportunity to use it. Fort Hays graduates will be able to enter the agricultural marketplace and go to work for any of the companies that are developing precision agriculture systems, including John Deere, Farmland Industries, Servi-Tech, Crop Quest, Collingwood Grain, Caterpillar and others. And this is just the start. Fort Hays officials hope to bring still more high technology to the campus in the near future. They are now eyeing infrared technology that allows farmers to examine a field see if it is moisture deficient or has insect problems.
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