Precision Agriculture:

Observation, impact assessment and timely strategic response to fine-scale variation in causative components of an agricultural production process.

Therefore Precision Agriculture may cover a range of agricultural enterprises, from dairy herd management through horticulture to field crop production. The philosophy can be also applied to pre- and post-production aspects of agricultural enterprises. With this definition in mind, the Australian Centre for Precision Agriculture is presently focused on applying Precision Agriculture to field crop production. The term Site-Specific Management describes this facet of Precision Agriculture.
 
 

Site-Specific Crop Management:


A form of PA whereby decisions on resource application and agronomic practices are improved to better match soil and crop requirements as they vary in a field.

Collectively these actions are referred to as the 'differential' treatment of field variation as opposed to the 'uniform' treatment that underlies traditional management systems.


A general introduction these two concepts can be accessed from the Educational Resources page.

 

5 Main Processes for a Site-Specific Management System



 
 

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