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Satellite GPS moves toward Iowa farms at Amana show
At the Farm Progress Show in Amana Iowa Tom Colvin of the USDA Ames lab demonstrated a satellite based GPS system for tractors. The $50 000 system has not sold to farmers yet but could map field soils and guide precise chemical applications and seed decisions.
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Mana
Rockwell-Collins
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Amana
Tom Colvin
National Soil Tilth Laboratory
Ames
Colvin
Thad Mauney
GeoResearch Inc
Billings
Mont
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mauney
Sunnyvale
Calif
Trimble Navigation
Collins Radio
Rockwell
Gazette
Lisa Powell Thomas Clovin
GPS
University of Iowa
Oakdale