Federal conservation programs can target conservation assistance to the most vulnerable lands by stimulating the adoption of innovative technology including precision agriculture. Productivity and vulnerability vary within fields suggesting conservation programs could be targeted to marginal field regions potentially increasing the whole-field net revenue. Decision-support tools (DST) have been proposed to aid producers in determining where opportunities exist for profitably implementing precision agriculture in combination with conservation practices but whole farm quantitative assessments are limited. A user-friendly DST that delineates spatial eligibility of 35 Farm Bill conservation practices within farm fields and calculates the whole-field net revenue from conservation payments and crop production was modified. Three CRP practices—CP-22 Riparian Buffers, CP-33 Upland Bird Habitat Buffer, and CP-42 Pollinator Habitat Establishment were evaluated for three scenarios across 52 fields: maximum crop production, maximum conservation enrollment and economically targeted conservation enrollment. Net revenue was calculated by the DST from yield maps, commodity prices, and production costs. Whole-field net revenue was increased by an economically targeted scenario in 71% of the study fields. Mean whole-field net revenue was $316.50 ha⁻¹ under maximum row crop production, $279.59 ha⁻¹ for maximum conservation enrollment and $352.12 ha⁻¹ for economically targeted conservation enrollment. Economically targeted conservation produced an average increase in net revenue of 24% relative to maximum production. These results confirm that effective conservation delivery is enhanced when landowner’s can visualize and quantify economic outcomes of targeting federal conservation programs to marginal areas within fields where program payments exceed net revenue from crop production.

联邦保护计划可以通过鼓励采用包括精准农业在内的创新技术来针对最脆弱的土地提供保护援助。田间的生产力和脆弱性各不相同，这表明保护计划可以针对边缘田地区域，从而可能增加整个田地的净收入。已经提出决策支持工具 (DST) 来帮助生产者确定在哪些地方存在实施精准农业与保护实践相结合的盈利机会，但整个农场的定量评估是有限的。对用户友好的 DST 进行了修改，该 DST 描述了农田内 35 种农业法案保护实践的空间资格，并计算了来自保护支付和作物生产的全场净收入。三种 CRP 实践——CP-22 河岸缓冲区、CP-33 高地鸟类栖息地缓冲区和 CP-42 传粉媒介栖息地建立在 52 个田地的三种情景中进行了评估：最大作物产量、最大保护登记和经济目标保护登记。净收入由 DST 根据产量图、商品价格和生产成本计算得出。在 71% 的研究领域中，经济目标情景增加了整个领域的净收入。平均全场净收入为 $316.50 公顷 和生产成本。在 71% 的研究领域中，经济目标情景增加了整个领域的净收入。平均全场净收入为 $316.50 公顷 和生产成本。在 71% 的研究领域中，经济目标情景增加了整个领域的净收入。平均全场净收入为 $316.50 公顷^-1在最大行作物产量下，279.59 公顷^-1用于最大保护登记，352.12 公顷^-1用于经济目标保护登记。以经济为目标的保护使净收入相对于最大产量平均增加了 24%。这些结果证实，当土地所有者可以可视化和量化将联邦保护计划针对项目支付超过作物生产净收入的田地内的边缘地区的经济成果时，有效的保护交付得到增强。