Abstract
Adoption by farmers of certain precision agriculture tools is lagging behind expectations despite increased availability of technological offerings. This paper looks at the current state of the precision agriculture (PA) technology industry and summarizes the gaps between the technology availability and farmer adoption. A concept to address these barriers is presented: development of low-cost, farmer-focused, flexible, and open-source agriculture systems and software. The Sensor Collection And Remote Environment Care Reasoning Operation (SCARECRO) system is then described. The SCARECRO system is extensible to other types of sensors and communication protocols as it is expected no two farms will collect exactly the same data in exactly the same manner.