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The Foretgn Agpcuhure Serr.ce (FAS) u charged wrii the mission of pcomotmg US agncuiura! proóscts abroad Carrymg ou: fos rottioo reąunci. m pici. fcme)y and accurate tnformahon regardng the health and prcd>cted yields of major gyain crops around Ac worfd To fos end. the FAS empSoys remote sensmg and geograpbcal E&cmanon fyitemi (GIS) techndogy ai a roeaw to aireii crop growth gSobaHy In fact. FAS u the largeit _ operationaS user of consnercul satelke imagery in thr worid. ógertmg. processr^g. analysng and archsvtng 0 5+ Terrabytei of magtry data yearty frorn the LANDSAT. SPOT. IRS ani AVHRR systems Ad&nonaly. FAS recerres h«ge amoonts of dady weather data &om the World Meteorlogpral Orgamra&on (WMO) and the US As Foce* Ihs data u used to wppott relanonal databaie appbcabons. mathematical crop modeli, data vuuifcrabon appb: anons and a number of GIS acalyses a&d bard copy map peoduct development Deahng wstfa the enorroous vota*s of dau cmpioyed at USDA reąrares deve5opment of toftware and syitemi wttch alow rnugery and crop anaJyiti to perform thex wocfc m a moce tonęły, accurate and ef&aent manner Ommicienl Technologies promdes toftware deveVopmenl and techrucal support geared towardt development ofremote te&fiog, GIS and databaie acob: anons wfcsch urorore oco&Ktntty tkrouoh the ng>rVnmg aod automanon of manualh? intcnswe o c* er anons    li