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Using sensors to spoon-feed crops with extreme precision

Sensor technology fertilizes crops with precision and gives them the nitrogen they need.

10/19/2016 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

Using sensors to spoon-feed crops with extreme precision

Clip: 10/19/2016 | 6m 43s

Sensor technology fertilizes crops with precision and gives them the nitrogen they need.

To profitably produce corn in on Midwestern farms, nitrogen must be added to the soil. But the practice has an unwanted environmental impact: water contamination. A University of Nebraska professor thinks he may have a solution. Special correspondent Ariana Brocious of Harvest Public Media in Nebraska reports.

10/19/2016 | Rating NR

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