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In its 35th year, this award winning program keeps farmers, ranchers and agri-business professionals informed. This program focuses on the cutting edge issues of farming. Advances in technology farming with GPS and satellite imagery technology, use of drones and advancements in infield communications , Crop and Soil Sciences, new crop varieties, changes in tillage, new soil treatment options in addition to farm human interest stories . Host of the show is David Sparks Ph.D. Sparks has 25 years of media related television experience. He has hosted an ESPN outdoors show, PM Magazine, News programs and early in his career an NBC game show. Outside of the studio, David is an avid tennis player and also precipitates in a competitive senior hockey league. He received his doctorate in audiology/psychoacoustics at Northwestern University.

Domino effect

If we don't keep the plant covered that's there. We get catastrophic erosion.
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Water robot

To determine water needs accurately, growers hand-pluck individual leaves from plants, put them in pressure chambers, and apply air pressure.
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Excavator

The harvest is over and you have a field full of stubble, corn, wheat, whatever. What's next?
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Bison facts

Raising bison for meat has become an alternative to raising beef.
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Conservation Summit

One of the newer parts of a national soil conservation program is that Water and soil conservation methods may differ.
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