Ensure long term success and minimize ongoing hassles by planning for these field characteristics:
Design block layout and cultivation strategies to account for soil compaction – Avoid the stubborn challenges presented by compacted soils by anticipating drainage, aeration, and root pressure. Using SIS, you can precisely identify a field’s compaction characteristics and plan for success.
Determine appropriate irrigation zones and design new blocks accordingly – It is common practice to plan irrigation systems that uniformly water an entire crop, regardless of variability in moisture holding capacity. Unfortunately, this practice results in wasting water in some zones while under-watering others. Utilizing SIS to plan irrigation allows growers to address variability at the developmental phase to provide optimal growing conditions for every part of a field.
Plan fertility zones and pre-amend soils – Design blocks to take advantage of existing soil property patterns while intelligently planning amendment and fertilizer applications. SIS makes it possible to develop blocks that share physical and chemical characteristics, allowing growers to utilize targeted application strategies. In addition, pre-plant analysis gives growers the opportunity to amend soils at a deep-root level before planting - offering a long-term solution to potentially troublesome soils.