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Survey of Florida Cotton Producers on Precision Farming Practices and Perceptions

Sherry L. Larkin and Timothy D. Hewitt


ABSTRACT

This poster describes survey results of Florida cotton producers administered in February 2001. Survey instruments were sent to all 192 active producers in 2000, responses were received from 50 (26 percent). Survey questions inquired about the current use of precision farming technologies for all crops grown (cotton, peanuts, corn, soybeans, wheat, tobacco, and rice) and the benefits derived from the use of such technologies, including the impact on input use, yields, and environmental quality. Adopters and non-adopters of precision farming technologies (PFTs) were asked to state the future importance and profitability of such technologies for each crop in 5 years. Approximately 90 percent of respondents stated that precision farming will be profitable in the future, however, average importance scores ranged from 2.12 to 3.38 on a scale of 1 (“not important”) to 5 (“very important”). Cotton received the highest average importance score and several farmers rated the importance of precision farming technologies for cotton "very important" in 5 years.





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