US Precision Agriculture Investment Encountered Resistance in 2015

According to reports, in all respects, 2015 was the most difficult year for the U.S. agricultural sector. Good crop fields in the Midwest, South Central, and other parts of the United States are close to the point of rain saturation and are even directly flooded. Compared with the severe floods in the western corn planting belt in early 2000, the disasters caused by rainfall in 2015 may be more serious.

The agricultural sector is already facing many difficulties. Basically all growers in the country are facing problems caused by falling agricultural product prices and falling incomes. Recent data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture show that agricultural product prices have fallen by more than 35% overall from 2014, and extreme weather Even worse.

The investment perspective of growers is a hindrance to the development of precision agriculture. In the 17th Precision Agriculture Distributor Survey conducted by Purdue University and its partner CropLife Magazine, 49% of retailers believe that the pressure on growers from farm income in 2015 will form a significant obstacle to the development of precision agriculture. This is the option with the highest proportion of choices regarding barriers to the development of precision agriculture.

But low income alone doesn't tell the whole story. When discussing the main challenges facing growers today, Ohio grower John Davis said that increasing consumer oversight also has an important impact on his decision-making process.

Precision agriculture service and equipment providers are also clearly aware of the industry's feedback. According to the survey of precision agriculture, 16% of retailers plan to invest more than US $100000 in the supply of precision agriculture products in 2015. Respondents in particular want to spend most of their investment on data collection and analysis.

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