--- title: Blog | management zones (2) description: management zones | (2) --- [Careers](https://www.premiercrop.com/careers/) [Customer Login](https://services.premiercrop.com/?__hstc=238270879.be9eccecf6a7b1d4075b99a177f6f9ae.1534825773967.1534840763958.1534843546092.3&__hssc=238270879.2.1534843546092&__hsfp=877493044) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/premiercropsystems/) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/PremierCrop) [![Premier Crop Systems](https://info.premiercrop.com/hubfs/PremierCropSystems_August2018%20Theme/img/PCS-color-horizontal_cs6_300.png)](https://www.premiercrop.com/) - [Home](https://www.premiercrop.com/) - [Who We Are](https://www.premiercrop.com/who-we-are/) - [What We Do](https://www.premiercrop.com/what-we-do/) - [Why It Matters](https://www.premiercrop.com/why-it-matters/) - [Podcasts](https://www.premiercrop.com/podcasts/) - [Blog](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog?__hstc=238270879.be9eccecf6a7b1d4075b99a177f6f9ae.1534825773967.1534840763958.1534843546092.3&__hssc=238270879.8.1534843546092&__hsfp=877493044) - [Contact Us](https://www.premiercrop.com/precision-agriculture-contact-us/) Search for: ## [Remove the Guessing and Make Data Driven Decisions](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/remove-the-guessing-and-make-data-driven-decisions) Posted by [Laura Kelley](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/author/laura-kelley) on 2/12/19 8:15 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![premiercrop_costperbushel_blog_lk](https://info.premiercrop.com/hubfs/premiercrop_costperbushel_blog_lk.png)](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/remove-the-guessing-and-make-data-driven-decisions) As farmers face another year with challenging markets and high inputs, we as agronomic advisors continue to work with our clients in order to find where we can remove some of the guessing when it comes to the decision-making process of planning another season. It comes as no surprise to anyone that is involved in Agriculture that many areas saw higher than normal precipitation in 2018. [Read More](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/remove-the-guessing-and-make-data-driven-decisions) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/remove-the-guessing-and-make-data-driven-decisions#comments-listing) Topics: [Farming](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/farming), [data analytics](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/data-analytics), [Precision ag](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/precision-ag), [Ag technology](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/ag-technology), [management zones](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/management-zones), [cost per bushel](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/cost-per-bushel) ## [Why You Should Test Products on Your Own Farm](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/why-you-should-test-products-on-your-own-farm) Posted by [Sarah Windhorst](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/author/sarah-windhorst) on 1/24/19 12:04 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![premiercropenhancedlearningblock](https://info.premiercrop.com/hubfs/premiercropenhancedlearningblock.png)](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/why-you-should-test-products-on-your-own-farm) Why should you test products on your own farm? Your farm is unique and you have the equipment capabilities and data to conduct those trials. With little risk, you can have a more robust dataset than many companies.  I’ll explain… [Read More](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/why-you-should-test-products-on-your-own-farm) 2 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/why-you-should-test-products-on-your-own-farm#comments-listing) Topics: [Enhanced learning blocks](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/enhanced-learning-blocks), [data analytics](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/data-analytics), [Precision ag](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/precision-ag), [crop protection](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/crop-protection), [management zones](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/management-zones), [trials](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/trials) ## [Learning Blocks](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/learning-blocks) Posted by [Dan Frieberg](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/author/dan-frieberg) on 11/26/18 4:22 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![learningblock](https://info.premiercrop.com/hubfs/learningblock.png)](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/learning-blocks) Some people remember phone numbers or slender dates; I remember farm fields. Before the 2005 crop year, the program leaders for Central Advantage from Central Valley Cooperative in southern Minnesota asked me to help generate variable-rate planting prescriptions. The primary question was “agronomically, what makes sense?” [Read More](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/learning-blocks) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/learning-blocks#comments-listing) Topics: [management zones](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/management-zones), [trials](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/trials), [learning blocks](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/learning-blocks) ## [When Two Negatives Make a Positive](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/when-two-negatives-make-a-positive) Posted by [Dan Frieberg](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/author/dan-frieberg) on 10/22/18 12:03 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![Screen Shot 2018-09-18 at 11.38.18 AM](https://info.premiercrop.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202018-09-18%20at%2011.38.18%20AM.png)](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/when-two-negatives-make-a-positive) When we look back to 2012 it was historically dry, and 2013 started out wet and then turned dry. As some growers in the Midwest face yields below expectations, they're finding new and different ways to learn from their data. 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