1. A method, comprising: retrieving by a processing unit an application plan from memory, the application plan comprising coordinates for a buffer area associated with dispensing a product onto a field while avoiding the buffer area; receiving information from a weather station, the information corresponding to substantially current climatic conditions detected by the weather station in the field; responsive to receiving the information from the weather station and subsequent to commencement of the dispensing of the product onto the field according to the application plan, adjusting the application plan by changing the coordinates to thereby reconfigure the buffer area; and causing an agricultural machine to operate according to the adjusted application plan, including steering the machine to follow an adjusted path that is in compliance with the adjusted application plan, the adjusted path avoiding the reconfigured buffer area.