Mr. Matthew Macken:

Technologies such this allow for greater in-depth analysis of soil parcels individually, rather than taking soil samples as a collective or a whole over vast tracts of land. Precise discrepancies in soil quality, pH, texture, drainage properties and other areas such as this are taken into account. These can be overlaid using geographic information system, GIS, software and then a suitable application rates or cropping types can be suited to these soil sample results, as a whole, on account of this.

Just by a farmer altering and correcting the soil pH, the nitrogen inputs can be altered by 80 kg per ha according to the latest Teagasc results. That is something well worth looking at.