MO Ag Experiment StationCollege of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Hundley-Whaley Farm Research Center

Ag Education Field Day
Union Star FFA

September 18, 2007
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In one of the sessions students discussed several ways in which computers could
be used on farms and composed the following list:

  • Keeping track of finances
  • Pay bills
  • Using eBay
  • Tracking livestock
  • Doing research
  • Monitoring crop damage
  • Checking weather
  • Checking markets
  • Reading newspaper
  • Checking stocks
  • Checking prices
  • Registering livestock online
  • Farmer's Almanac
  • Fantasy Football (games)
  • Communicate with others
    • Email
    • IM
    • Cell phones
  • Yield monitoring
  • GPS and GIS

Union Star
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