About The Program
What We Do
As more farms adopt precision agriculture technology and digital agriculture strategies, the industry will need people with proven skills in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), data science, programming, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and precision equipment.
Purdue Extension’s Digital Agriculture Curriculum prepares participants for future employment in agriculture through a mixture of presentations and experiential learning, with a focus on experiential learning in precision agriculture technology.
Contact Us
Purdue Digital Agriculture Curriculum
Agriculture Administration Building
615 W. Mitch Daniels Boulevard
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2053
digitalagcurriculum@purdue.edu
Adam Shanks, 765-753-9321
CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
The curriculum is designed for:
- High school juniors/seniors
- Community/junior college students
- Career center patrons
- Early career professionals
- Soil Nutrient Management
- Plant Nutrient Management
- Integrated Pest Management
- Applied Information Technologies
- Data Management
- Precision Agronomy
- Precision Equipment
- UAV Technologies
- Detailed instructor manuals with required equipment lists
- 90+ student activities
- Comprehensive PowerPoint slides
- Educator training workshop
- Support from Purdue Extension Digital Agriculture specialists
Those completing the course will:
- Understand basic soil science, interpret soil tests, plant science, and plant tissue tests, and generate fertilizer recommendations.
- Pilot UAVs for remote sensing and imagery interpretation.
- Employ various sensing platforms, computer programming languages and internet of things (IoT) technologies to create basic software and agronomically useful devices.
- Implement data management practices to understand, clean, analyze, visualize, interpret and summarize data using various software.
- Learn to work with a GIS to develop variable rate technology prescriptions.
Register for the Upcoming Training
The 2026 training for the curriculum will be June 29th-July 2nd 2026. The training will be held at the Tipton County Extension Office with lodging and meals available in nearby Kokomo Indiana. SIGN UP AT LINK OR CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION!
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