**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** A RECENT USDA-NIFA-SCRI PROJECT, PRECISION VINEYARD MANAGEMENT: COLLECTING AND INTERPRETING SPATIAL DATA FOR VARIABLE VINEYARD MANAGEMENT (AWARD NUMBER 2015-51181-24393), SUCCESSFULLY INVESTIGATED THE USE OF VINEYARD SENSORS, SPATIAL DATA PROCESSING, AND VARIABLE RATE PRECISION AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE VINEYARD PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY AND FARM PROFITABILITY. A KEY BARRIER TO TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION IDENTIFIED IN THAT PROJECT WAS THE GROWERS' ABILITY TO EASILY COLLECT, PROCESS, AND USE SPATIAL DATA FOR DIRECTED FARM MANAGEMENT, ESPECIALLY FOR SMALL FARMS WITH LIMITED TIME AND FUNDS TO INVEST INTO PRECISION TECHNOLOGY. IN RESPONSE TO THIS NEED, WE BEGAN DEVELOPING A FREE WEB-BASED SOFTWARE PLATFORM, BASED ON INTERACTIVE GROWER FEEDBACK, FOR EASY ON-FARM SPATIAL DATA MANAGEMENT, CALLED MYEFFICIENTVINEYARD (MYEV). THE GOAL OF THIS NEW PROJECT PROPOSAL IS TO INCREASE THE ADOPTION OF PRECISION VITICULTURE BY (A) COMPLETING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEB-BASED SPATIAL DATA PLATFORM FOR GROWERS, (B) DEMONSTRATING THE VALUE OF PRECISION VITICULTURE THROUGH RESEARCH FIELD TRIALS, AND (C) PROVIDING EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR PRODUCERS TO IMPLEMENT IN THEIR OWN OPERATIONS. ALTHOUGH WE WILL USE SMALL VINEYARDS OPERATIONS IN NY/PA AS A TARGET AUDIENCE, COLLECTING AND USING SPATIAL DATA FOR VARIABLE-RATE MANAGEMENT DECISIONS IS NOT UNIQUE TO VINEYARDS. OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT THE TOOLS AND INFORMATION DEVELOPED IN THIS PROJECT WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO ALL SMALL FARM OPERATIONS IN THE U.S. THIS PROJECT DIRECTLY ADDRESSES THE SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED FARMS PROGRAM PRIORITY TO IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP AFFORDABLE SMALL FARM APPROPRIATE DIGITAL AGRICULTURE TOOLS THAT IMPROVE PRODUCTION, LABOR MANAGEMENT AND FARM PROFITABILITY.