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Dec 26, 2024
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2023-2024 WWCC College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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AGSY 450 - Advanced Cropping Systems II Credits: 5 LEC hours per week: 5 Students will examine new and emerging concepts in agronomic crop production at the local, national, and international scale. Contemporary topics in agriculture will be examined with a focus on application of ecological concepts and technology applications for monitoring, managing and improving outcomes. Formerly: SAS 450. Course Outcomes:
- Summarize factors that drive or constrain change in cropping systems.
- Explain and critique new and emerging approaches to crop management in the context of sustainability.
- Analyze the opportunities and challenges that emerge when working with technology to improve agricultural outcomes.
- Operate and assess agricultural technologies and platforms to address agricultural challenges.
- Design dynamic and effective strategies for using technologies and platforms to improve agricultural outcomes.
Course Topics:
- New and emerging cropping systems
- Agroecology
- Decision support systems
- Modeling systems
- Robotics
- Sensors
- Quality data and data control
- Optimizing inputs
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