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Re:Americans Are Using Less Steel, Paper, Fertilizer, and En... by azernik on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @03:05PM (#21206707)
Very large scale, just not in the exact form GP is describing; instead, farmers drop stationary internet-connected sensors all over their fields, their sampling equipment GPS-tags results from every core sample, and tractors have computer-controlled equipment to feed location and quantity information to chemical dispensers.

See e.g. https://home.agrian.com/what-we-do/ for a company that manages this process.

Re:Americans Are Using Less Steel, Paper, Fertilizer, and En... by sachdevap on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @04:07PM (#21207409)
I am not at all denying the benefits of technology, or that companies are working in it, but I am skeptical of how widespread it is right now. Therefore, I would want to see some numbers to verify such a claim.
Re:Americans Are Using Less Steel, Paper, Fertilizer, and En... by azernik on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @06:43PM (#21208984)
I know that there is a profitable company whose people I have talked with, whose business is built on managing the data involved.