It's an approach more commonly found at the county agriculturalextension office or in community college classrooms rather than flagship public research universities.
For example, technical assistance on the construction of storage facilities such as silos and warehouses, irrigation, roads and agriculturalextension programs could be provided.
"This technology should provide an opportunity to see parts of the field even down to the leaf level, " said Phil Hamm, director of the Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Oregon State University.
The only problem is that current law precludes the extension of Commodity Credit Corporation agricultural export credits unless there is a reasonable prospect of repayment.