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By Suzi Nelson Wahoo Newspaper
Aug 23, 2022
Aug 23, 2022 Updated May 23, 2023
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SPECIAL VISITORS: (From right) Dr. Karen St. Germain, director of NASA’s Earth Science Division; Forest Melton, associate program manager and program scientist in water resources with NASA and Brad Doorn, NASA agriculture and water applications program manager, gather on Monday behind Angela Knuth to look at some of the computer software she and husband Kerry Knuth use on their farm near Mead. (Staff Photo by Suzi Nelson)

CONNECTING: Members of NASA’s Earth Science Division came to the Knuth Farm near Mead to discuss the integration of satellite imagery and other data with precision agriculture on Monday morning. (Staff Photo by Suzi Nelson)

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By Suzi Nelson Wahoo Newspaper

MEAD – It would seem that the nation’s space agency and Nebraska farmers would have little in common.

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