Factors influencing the profitability of precision farming systems

MT Batte - Journal of soil and water conservation, 2000 - jswconline.org
The emerging site-specific management (SSM) technologies will allow farmers to manage
each parcel of land in a manner consistent with its unique endowments. The consequence …

A sociological analysis of site‐specific management

P Nowak - The state of site specific management for agriculture, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Any new or developing agricultural technology, despite design or marketing origin, will have
many questions related to costs, benefits and differential impacts. This chapter addresses …

Site-specific management: the application of information technology to crop production

RE Plant - Computers and electronics in agriculture, 2001 - Elsevier
Site-specific management (SSM; also called, precision agriculture) is the management of
agricultural crops at a spatial scale smaller than that of the whole field. Widespread farmer …

Economics of site‐specific management in agronomic crops

J Lowenberg‐DeBoer… - The state of site specific …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
The economics of site‐specific management (SSM) of agronomic crops is a rapidly moving
target. This chapter reviews knowledge on the economics of SSM. SSM expands potential to …

Returns to farmer investments in precision agriculture equipment and services

SM Swinton, M Ahmad - Proceedings of the Third International …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Michigan farmers interviewed report many unexpected costs and benefits from site‐specific
crop management (SSCM). Existing profitability analyses based on agronomic data are …

Precision agriculture: global prospects and environmental implications

GW Norton, SM Swinton - 2000 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
Producers in industrialized countries have been inundated by ideas and information about
precision agriculture (PA) and how new site-specific management (SSM) technologies will …

The current state of precision farming

YC Lu, C Daughtry, G Hart, B Watkins - Food reviews international, 1997 - Taylor & Francis
Precision farming, or site‐specific farming, has emerged as a promising group of
technologies that could increase agricultural productivity with environmental stewardship. It …

Evaluating the profitability of site‐specific farming

SM Swinton… - Journal of production …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Site‐specific farming (SSF) practices are being adopted at an accelerating rate, but
evidence of their profitability has been mixed or missing. This contribution evaluates the …

Whether and how to invest in site-specific crop management: Results of focus group interviews in Michigan, 1996

SM Swinton, SB Harsh, M Ahmad - 1996 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
How do farmers and agribusinesses decide whether to adopt site-specific crop management
(SSCM)? In spite of many agronomic experiments on variable rate fertilizer application, the …

Precision farming: an introduction

S Blackmore - Outlook on agriculture, 1994 - journals.sagepub.com
Traditional arable management practice has tended to manage fields uniformly and has
tended to ignore the inherent spatial variability found on most farms. This has been …