Precision Conservation Decision Support Tool

Description:

Overview of Technology

Provides a user-friendly approach that allows agricultural producers to simultaneously optimize conservation and economic objectives. 

Background

By using precision agriculture in a conservation framework, natural resource professionals can demonstrate the overlap between conservation eligibility and economics in addition to detailed date on farm inputs.

Description of Technology

This technology is a software plug‑in that is used with ArcGis software and illustrates spatial eligibility of on‑farm conservation programs offered through the US Farm Bill and creates a profit map to identify unprofitable field regions. This tool also identifies field regions where conservation enrollment exceeds production agriculture.

Benefits

This tool offers a more detailed and accurate way to illustrate the economic outcome of user‑defined conservation scenarios and optimize conservation and economic goals.

Applications

This tool is intended to help agricultural producers and natural resource planners make informed decisions regarding the economic alternatives available through Farm Bill conservation programs. Mississippi State University currently seeks parties that desire a technology that provides a unique framework for identifying economic and conservation opportunities in production agriculture.

Seeking

Mississippi State University currently seeks parties that desire a technology that provides a unique framework for identifying economic and conservation opportunities in production agriculture.