How Smith Farms Plan to Profitably Manage Their Operation Into the 21st Century

In this article the author will describe in detail the plan and implementation of the plan to move Smith Farms profitably into the twenty-first century. He will discuss the investments in human capital andfinancial capital to “Site Specific Precision Agriculture. ” Some of the new tools and procedures used are geographic information systems (GIS), global positioning systems, (GPS), harvester yield and moisture monitor. New procedures include site specific soil testing, treatments, monitoring, scouting, mapping, and yield and moisture data collection. Discussion will include selection, cost and purchase of systems, set upT use, problems and analysis and use of data. He will discuss using the emerging technology and procedures to economically maximize production potential and profitability into the twenty-first century.