Agricultural Engineering:
Agricultural Engineering deals with design and development of farm machineries and other implements related to agriculture, processing of agricultural products etc. With entry of high-tech entering the agricultural engineering, Satellites will improve agriculture, resource management and you can think of it as micromanagement from the heavens. Global positioning systems, says Bernie Engel, a Purdue professor in agricultural and biological engineering, use satellite signals to help determine where we’re at on the ground. When used with geographical information systems, these systems can provide a tremendous amount of detail about soil, air, and other spatially varying parameters. Engel says site- specific agriculture is already heading in that direction. So rather than viewing a 40-acre field as a whole, it can be examined on a scale of acres or even square feet. By combining various data about soils, for example, farmers can predict where they may need to apply fertilizer or pesticide or where they’re likely to have an erosion problem. In the agricultural Computers will also suggest specific, appropriate action. “There are lots of implications in agriculture and natural resources management,” Engel says, “Forests, grasslands and ranges can be monitored this way, too.”
A large percentage of agricultural engineers work in academia or for government agencies such as the States Department of Agriculture or state agricultural extension services. Agricultural engineers work in production, sales, management, research and development, or applied science.
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