AGET29
Module 29: Emerging Agricultural Technology (Core)
Outcome
Investigate the use of technology in agricultural equipment.
Indicators
(a) Investigate how a need in agriculture drives the development of new technologies.
(b) Identify the current uses of technology (e.g., GPS, sensors and self-driving) in agricultural equipment.
(c) Research and describe the use of emerging technologies designed to improve agricultural equipment.
(d) Describe the environmental impact of emerging technologies.
(e) Analyze the benefits, disadvantages and cost of self-driving, autonomous and robotic vehicles in agricultural operations.
(f) Explore the development and use of new fuels to power agricultural equipment.
(g) Explain the benefits of using telematics and hyper precision to monitor and regulate movement (e.g., turn compensation) of agricultural equipment.
(h) Examine technology such as electric drives and header height control.
(i) Investigate the development of automation to increase the production and efficiency of specialized agricultural industries.
(j) Research a recent development in agricultural equipment technology.
(k) Describe tasks that would benefit from technological advancement.
(l) Predict future trends in technologies used in agricultural equipment.
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