Maximum Economic Yield. The most production for the least cost. Not just on a field basis, but on an individual "area" basis.
It is economically sound. As growers have shown in the past, they have spent about 80% of their inputs dollar on product and about 20% on information. As technology improves, the grower will eventually spend about 80% of the inputs dollar on information and have the potential to improve their bottom line.
It is agronomically sound. A grower knows that feeding a field for one yield potential is inaccurate. There are areas that will produce more than a field yield goal and areas that will produce less. Site specific will help to manage both situations.
It is environmentally sound. Producers want to give the crop every opportunity to produce maximum yield, but in cases where limited production is known, over-application of products is not only costly, financially, but can be costly to the environment with run off and leaching potential.
Record keeping. As regulations become stricter, keeping records of what was applied where and when will become necessary to comply with governmental regulations.
Adding value to property. There are documented cases of site specific land being more valuable on the open market than land without site specific records.
Preparation for operating loans. With the planning that site specific requires, financial lenders will look more favourably on operations that implement site specific programs.
Managing rental ground and landlords. With the records that are kept in a site specific program, landlords will look more favourably on tenants that implement site specific programs.
Nutrient Management Planning. Site Specific offers more record keeping than current regulations require. As operations manage nutrients, no matter the source, the records that provide information on what was applied where and when will become invaluable.
Identity Preservation of "Specialty Crops". As operations do more to produce specific traits in a crop or prove that a crop is not a genetically modified organism, site specific can help manage the information to maintain the identity of the crop and the commodity that is produced.
