[00:09] Agriculture has evolved from the sickle, to horsepower, to tractors. Now in the information age, a technological revolution is taking place.

[00:20] With the aid of satellites, yield monitors, and the global positioning system, farmers, ranchers and land managers pinpoint trouble spots in their fields and adjust the amount of seed, pesticide and fertilizer to exactly what's needed.

[00:34] This precision agriculture helps boost production and cut costs while simultaneously minimizing unwanted runoff to the environment.

[00:42] Gary Wagner, Crookston, Minnesota Farmer
'For example we had a couple fields, just this last spring, we saved anywhere from 12 to 15 dollars an acre in nitrate costs. Besides being economically better it's also helping us in the environment.'

[00:55] Pete Carson, St. Thomas, North Dakota Farmer
'I guess my idea is I'd like to raise 30-40 percent more production on the same acreage with less inputs. And that's my idea of keeping the family farmer on the land...'

[01:08] '...If we could be more productive and have less input cost we're all going to win. I mean, environmentally we're going to win, cropwise we're going to win, everything.'

[01:20] Through precision agriculture, growers can feed more people and become even better stewards of the land.