Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Precision Agriculture (PA) comprises a set of tools to understand and manage inherent spatial variability within crop fields. PA relies on a variety of techniques to collect, analyze, process, and synthesize voluminous geo referenced data. However, prior to large-scale practice, PA requires a successful experimentation stage, which is the present stage of PA for the sugarcane system. This paper presents a data analysis workflow for PA experiments, including workflow application to a case study in a sugarcane area where an appreciable diversity of soil and plant attributes has been measured. 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