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Faculty/Staff		Specific Area of Interest in Precision Agriculture
Mike Buschermohle Professor Biosystems Engineering and Environmental Science Department mbuscher@utk.edu		Extension Precision Farming Specialist
Paul Denton Professor Plant Sciences Department PDenton@utk.edu		Managing variability within production fields based on yield potential
Burton English Professor Agricultural Economics Department benglish@utk.edu		Modeling potential economic and environmental benefits of precision farming
Mike Essington Professor Biosystems Engineering and Environmental Science Department messington@utk.edu		Managing soil nutrient variability Soil sampling strategies Geostatistics
Robert Freeland Professor Biosystems Engineering and Environmental Science Department rfreelan@utk.edu		Non intrusive mapping of sub-surface soil features using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and electromagnetic imaging
William Hart Associate Professor Biosystems Engineering and Environmental Science Department whart@utk.edu		Variable rate application equipment Field evaluation of precision farming equipment
James Larson Associate Professor Agricultural Economics Department jlarson2@utk.edu		Risk analysis Production economics
F. Henry Moody, III Sr. Research Associate Biosystems Engineering and Environmental Science Department fmoody@utk.edu		Cotton yield monitor design Evaluation and integration of precision farming technologies with agronomic system Instrumentation and sensor development
Tim Prather Extension Specialist Biosystems Engineering and Environmental Science Department tprather@utk.edu		Farmer education with precision farming technologies
Roland Roberts Professor Agricultural Economics Department rrobert3@utk.edu		Production economics issues associated with precision farming
Donald Tyler Professor Biosystems Engineering and Environmental Science Department ddtyler@utk.edu		Agricultural sustainability through precision farming technologies Enhancing agronomic research by using precision farming technologies
John Wilkerson Associate Professor Biosystems Engineering and Environmental Science Department wilkerj@utk.edu		Yield monitoring system design GIS & GPS technologies Continuous & discrete application rate control systems Ground-based remote sensing for non-intrusive plant health monitoring