Applications
"I can't image planting another vine without using STI's Soil Information Service."
- Steve Harrow, Director of Viticulture West Coast Grape Farms
Soil and Topography Information’s SIS (Soil Information System) produces highly accurate soil and topographic information. SIS outputs are three-dimensional interactive data models of cropland with over 65 different discrete data elements available, including root zone depth, moisture retention and availability, and soil richness.
Analogous to an MRI, the solution provides valuable information for all stages of farming from pre purchase land evaluation to improving crop yields and quality to informing sustainable practices.
Soil and Topography Information’s SIS (Soil Information System) makes it possible to obtain a complete picture of the land you are considering before purchase or development. With an SIS analysis you will be able to predict a field’s potential for growing capacity and identify challenges that will come up in the course of layout and planting. SIS helps growers avoid the pitfalls associated with sub-optimal soil properties that can permanently limit crop quality and yield.
The single greatest opportunity a grower has to influence the long-term output of a field, vineyard, or orchard comes with the design and planting of a new field. Utilizing Soil and Topography Information’s SIS (Soil Information System) ensures that growers are able to design and prepare fields that are optimized for the long-term. SIS makes it possible to know precisely where to add deep-root amendments, select and plant rootstock based on known moisture holding characteristics, and minimize in-block variability.
Soil and Topography Information’s SIS (Soil Information System) gives growers the tools they need to optimize growing conditions and improve overall crop quality. Plant materials within a field may be uniform, but the soils in which those crops grow are not. With SIS growers can assess the variability within a field and treat different zones according to their unique needs, thereby raising quality to the highest grade achievable throughout the field.
Despite best efforts, sub-par field areas can vex even the most committed grower. Soil and Topography Information’s SIS (Soil Information System) can eliminate the guesswork and experimentation that goes into "fixing" these areas by revealing the exact factors that are limiting yield. Understand what keeps these areas from meeting production standards and design a strategy to bring all field areas to maximum growing capacity.
Growers can immediately improve their bottom line by employing more efficient watering, fertilizer, and amendment application strategies. The difficulty comes with knowing where and to what degree you can reduce inputs without compromising crop quality. Soil and Topography Information’s SIS (Soil Information System) makes it possible to target applications – making sure expensive inputs are used efficiently. Growers using SIS data no longer need to manage to the lowest common denominator, instead they can take advantage of naturally occurring availabiltity while concentrating on helping low-productivity areas achieve higher yield and quality.
Soil and Topography Information’s SIS (Soil Information System) helps growers interested in transitioning to more sustainable methods with implementing changes that do not sacrifice crop quality. Intelligent modeling provides the tools you need to address key concerns of sustainability: conserving natural resources (water, top soil and naturally occurring soil biota); reducing chemical inputs; and restoring native fertility.
Industries that have traditionally relied on interpolating data from soil samples and pits now have a powerful new way of gathering data. From engineers concerned about levee vulnerability to those interested in enhancing soil carbon sequestration, Soil and Topography Information’s SIS (Soil Information System) can provide fast, efficient, accurate collection of critical data.
