Highly developed systems use computers installed in farm machinery such as harvesters, fertilizer spreaders and crop sprayers, combined with mobile satellite Global Positioning Systems, enabling farmers in some situations to spatially vary the rate at which inputs are applied, thereby optimising the growth potential of the crop based on accurate determination of soil and crop needs. Precision agriculture does not, of course, always require a highly sophisticated technological approach. The principle remains that farmers in all situations can significantly improve the precision of their management techniques by collecting and analysing information from soil and plant testing.