crop management Articles
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Corn belt assessment of cover crop management and preferences
Surveying end-users about their use of technologies and preferences provides information for researchers and educators to develop relevant research and educational programs. A mail survey was sent to Corn Belt farmers during 2006 to quantify cover crop management and preferences. Results indicated that the dominant cereal cover crops in Indiana and Illinois are winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) ...
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Agroforestry Buffers Reduce Runoff from Agricultural Watersheds
Despite increased attention and demand for the adoption of agroforestry practices throughout the world, rigorous long-term scientific studies confirming environmental benefits from the use of agroforestry practices are limited. The objective of this study was to examine nonpoint-source pollution (NPSP) reduction as influenced by agroforestry buffers in watersheds under grazing and row crop ...
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Revolutionizing Crop Management with Smart Irrigation Solutions
Manna Irrigation offers a customized cloud-based, sensor-free software solution that helps growers and corporations optimize irrigation and monitor crop growth. Why Choose Manna Irrigation? Optimized Irrigation Maximize irrigation efficiency to enhance production processes and improve yield quantity and quality. Prioritize sustainability goals for efficient irrigation practices and ...
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5 reasons commercial farming needs to embrace technology
Stepping forward with technological advancements Agriculture is one of the oldest industries known to man, and many traditional methods and commercial farming practices are still unrivalled. However, technological advancements are continuing at a rapid pace, and rather than shun these, commercial farmers can utilise them to improve their operations. Technology will probably never completely ...
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Participative modelling to help collective decision-making in water allocation and nitrogen pollution: application to the case of the Aveyron-Lere Basin
The aim of this study is to develop simplified tools and methods in collaboration with local stakeholders to facilitate collective decision-making. The project is based on a series of experiments carried out between farmers and environmental officers and researchers (Aquae Project)1 on the Aveyron-Lere catchment area. Within this framework, a model of the catchment area was constructed to examine ...
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Strengthen your Seeding Strategy
On-farm weather stations and soil moisture probes take the guesswork out of seeding plans and execution As the 2023 seeding season is fast approaching, why not end the soil moisture guessing game on your farm? Especially when you have technology available to inform weather-related planning and crop management decisions. Precision crop management tools, including on-farm weather stations and soil ...
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Can water use efficiency be modeled well enough to impact crop management?
Crop water use efficiency (WUE, yield per unit of water use) is key for agricultural production with limited water resources. Policymakers and water resource managers working at all scales need to address the multitudinous scenarios in which cropping systems and amounts, timing and methods of irrigation, and fertilizer applications may be changed to improve WUE while meeting yield and harvest ...
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Summer cover crop and management system affect lettuce and cantaloupe production system
Cover crops are widely used in both conventional and organic systems to protect and improve the soil. This study evaluated the effect of summer cover crop and management system on the production of fall romaine lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) and spring cantaloupe (Cucumis melo L.) from 1999 to 2003. Cover crop treatments included cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] incorporated (CPI), cowpea used ...
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High yielding organic crop management decreases plant-available but not recalcitrant soil phosphorus
Phosphorus is a nonrenewable resource, raising concerns that agricultural practices may deplete reserves. Organic farming with low P inputs can result in deficient levels of plant-available phosphorus (available-P). The purpose of this study was to determine if common organically managed rotations are depleting P reserves or if large reserves still exist in unavailable forms. The research was ...
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High yielding organic crop management decreases plant-available but not recalcitrant soil phosphorus
Phosphorus is a nonrenewable resource, raising concerns that agricultural practices may deplete reserves. Organic farming with low P inputs can result in deficient levels of plant-available phosphorus (available-P). The purpose of this study was to determine if common organically managed rotations are depleting P reserves or if large reserves still exist in unavailable forms. The research was ...
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Continuous corn response to residue management and nitrogen fertilization
Harvesting corn (Zea mays L.) residue in continuous corn (CC) may require changes in crop management for increased efficiency. Experiments were conducted in Illinois to determine how residue removal and tillage affect surface residue after planting and the response of CC to N fertilization. Partial removal of residue left 21 to 26% surface residue coverage with a chisel plow system, compared with ...
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Economic comparison of transgenic and nontransgenic cotton production systems in georgia
Transgenic cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivars produce lint and seed and their propriety traits provide part of the crop's insect management and/or enable use of broad-spectrum herbicides for weed management. The standard procedures for conducting official cultivar trials utilize common pest management across all cultivars; whereas the pest management options and their associated potential ...
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Performance of site-specific nutrient management for irrigated, transplanted rice in northwest india
Like in other parts of Asia, irrigated, transplanted rice (Oryza sativa L.) yield increases in Punjab, India, have slowed down in recent years. Further yield increases are likely to occur in smaller increments through fine-tuning of crop management mainly by accounting for the large spatial and temporal variation in soil characteristics. On-farm experiments were conducted from 2002 to 2004 at 56 ...
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Nitrogen supply for cover crops and effects on peanut grown in succession under a no-till system
In Brazil, as no-till (NT) crop management expands, there is an increased interest in growing peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) with this system. However, it is not known if the preceding cover crop species, the amount of straw on the soil surface, or the N supplied to the cover crop will affect peanut grown in a NT system. An experiment was conducted on a Typic Haplorthox in Botucatu, São Paulo ...
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The implications of US Government policy on the development and use of biopesticides
Biopesticides developed and used in the future will emerge against the backdrop of the environmental effects associated with the use of conventional pesticides and government policies designed to control these effects. In the final analysis, farmers' choices on pesticides will be influenced by the prevailing costs and benefits of conventional pesticides and their alternatives, including ...
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Testimonial Danbroiler, Denmark: we were convinced that DACS ventilation system was performing best
Johannes Kudsk, Operations Manager at Danbroiler in Denmark, produces 3.5 million broilers a year in fifteen sheds. The production is all in/all out resulting in 8.2 crops annually. All managed by Johannes Kudsk and his two employees. The DACS ventilation systems is installed in fourteen of the fifteen sheds. The choice was easy Eight years ago, the time had come to replace the ventilation ...
By DACS A/S
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Temporal yield variability under conventional and alternative management systems
Year to year variation in yield is an inherent risk associated with crop production and many growers rely on intensive mechanical or chemical inputs to preserve crop yield in the face of fluctuating environmental conditions. However, as interest grows in alternative crop management systems which depend less on external inputs, determining the degree to which management systems can impact the ...
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Optimize Your Operation Beyond Yields
Maximize your pre-harvest window, prep strategically for harvest with farm management software As a farmer, you oversee several things at once so it can be tough to decide which hat to wear and when. At any given time, you’re executing crop management tasks, including spraying or scouting, monitoring inputs and equipment needs across all those acres, scheduling who’s doing what and ...
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Normalized difference vegetation index and soil color-based management zones in irrigated maize
Spectral vegetation indices such as the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) have been shown to be useful for indirectly obtaining crop information such as photosynthetic efficiency, productivity potential, and potential yield. The objectives of this study were (i) to examine the relationships among NDVI determined early in the growing season, soil color-based management zones (SCMZ), ...
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Corner to Corner Irrigation
From Edge to Edge: Maximizing Crop Potential with Corner to Corner Irrigation In the world of agriculture, maximizing crop potential is the ultimate goal. Farmers strive to achieve this by implementing various techniques and technologies that optimize resource utilization, minimize waste, and enhance yields. One such innovation that has gained significant attention in recent years is ...
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