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There is a growing demand from industry for research and educational outcomes, agricultural growers to information, tools, and training for better managing their production operations, and employers for graduates with in-depth and graduate level training in different areas of digital agriculture and big data. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><img src="/images/group406/shared/researchhighlights/04_Sun_fig1.png" title="Sun Fig1" alt="Sun Fig1"></span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The Program is currently leading the region in digital agriculture research. In Spring 2019, ABEN launched the <a href="https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/academics/new-precision-ag-major-offered-at-ndsu" target="_self" title="Precision Ag major">Precision Agriculture major</a> and minor in the nation. The Precision Agriculture team led by Dr. Sun uses unmanned aerials systems, various types of sensors, spectrometers, active optical sensors, RF sensors, robotic systems, etc. Data mining and machine learning software is often used to process data. The team has been collaborating with <a href="https://www.ndsu.edu/ccast" target="_self" title="CCAST">CCAST</a> to develop the ability to process all the weather, soil, and imagery data collected from various research projects.</div><div><br /></div><div class="kb-page-see-also"><h3>See Also</h3><ul><li><a href="page.php?id=104188">Center for Computationally Assisted Science and Technology</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><br style="clear:both;"><hr class="kbhr1"><div class="doc-info"><div class="doc-attr keywords"><div class="doc-attr-name">Keywords:</div><div class="doc-attr-value"><span id="kb-page-keywords">ndsu ccast hpc research highlights</span>  <span id="suggestk-button"><button class="feedback-btn-link" onclick="suggestK(109499,'Highlights+-+Future+Farming+by+Artificial+Intelligence%2C+Robotic%2C+and+Cloud+Computing','ndsu+ccast+hpc+research+highlights');">Suggest keywords</button></span><div id="suggestk" aria-expanded="false" style="clear:both; float:left; width:50%;"></div><div id="ks-thank-you" role="status" aria-live="polite" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" style="display:none;">We appreciate your suggestion. 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