Variable Rate Technology

All kinds of Variable rate technology so where should you start. Auto steer is the most common place that people get started with adding geographically related technology and that is fine. Planter and sprayer shutoff seem to have a good payoff, so maybe there. Soil sampling by soil type or management zone does not really require the producer to do anything. Just tell your provider and fertilizer dealer that is what you want and go at it. Management zones can be fine tuned when with yield data so I am a big advocate of getting your yield information to the guy who does your sampling. All this is going toward trying to get everything in the field evened out. When or while you are getting your fertility evened out, look at other management practices need for improvement such as erosion control and drainage. After your yields are as even as they can get and you have fixed other problems, then it might be time to implement variable rate seeding. That is the last step.