Several agricultural groups have joined the Keep GPS Working Coalition.
The coalition says the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to allow Ligado Networks to operate a terrestrial wireless network could threaten the reliability of GPS receivers used in precision agriculture.
Nick Rust, with farm equipment dealership H&R Agri-Power, says the industry is already operating on tight margins and any interference from Ligado Networks will cause more problems.
“We cannot allow anything like Ligado to threaten GPS–it’s too important to agriculture,” he says.
