The future of farming has evolved from the antiquated practices of planting and harvesting by the cycles of the moon or by consulting the Farmer’s Almanac. To be competitive in a modern agriculture marketplace, farmers will need to embrace changes, as generations did before them, in order to thrive.
That was the underlying theme from guest speaker Chris Creek, the Northeast Region Manager for Precision Planting, at a lecture presentation Thursday evening hosted by the WVU Potomac State College Agriculture Club.
During a two-and-a-half-hour program at the Davis Conference Center, Creek presented the nearly thirty-five people in the room – the majority of whom were local representatives of the farming community – with a picture of the future in which modern technology and even artificial intelligence will be utilized in the industry.
“I actually made some projections back in 2023, and those projections I made three years ago are now headed toward becoming a reality,” Creek said. “Look, we only have so many resources to feed a planet where the population so far is still growing. Believe it or not, there are still some people in this world who are not eating enough, and there are people in this world who need more, and we owe it to them to try and do what we can and raise what we can.”
While he has been employed by Precision Planting for 15 years, since 2014, Creek has been a requested speaker on the lecture circuit on the subjects of technology, corn planting, seed genetics, and agriculture. At his lecture at PSC, he covered topics like proper seeding, nutrients, water and hydration, consistent depth, optimal soil content, temperature, oxygen, and sunlight. On the subject of proper sunlight exposure, Creek posed a question to those in attendance.
Source : potomacstatecollege.edu