PRECISION ADOPTION FAVORS LARGER OPERATIONS —ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST

摘要

THERE IS NO single description of a "precision grower" in commercial fruit production. Crops, geogra-phies, technologies, farm size ... all are far too variable. However, we can say with some certainty that the most common characteristics of a fruit grower engaged in precisionagriculture are these:You're aged 25 to 39.You produce grapes.You farm in California.Your operation has2,500 or more acres in production.Your operation generates annual sales of at least $10 million.You use some combination of weather stations, mobile apps, and irrigation sensors.This composite profile is based on data from American Fruit Grower? and Western Fruit Grower? magazine's 2020 State of the Industry survey.