Cotton Production Model

ARS, Washington, D.C.

BRIO - UPDATE

Pacific West Area

CATS

Pacific West Area

CATS files

TN327025PLUS

Pacific West Area

TN327025Plus upgrade.

Resampling Validation of Sampling Plans (RVSP)

Pest Management and Biocontrol Research, Maricopa, Arizona

RVSP is a software package that enables users to validate multiple arthropod sampling plans through resampling of actual independent data sets.  Plans include Kuno's and Green's numerical sequential sampling plans, Wald's sequential probability ratio test for binomial sampling plans and Fixed-sample-size binomial sampling.

UCPNM 1.0

Water Management and Conservation Research, Maricopa, Arizona

The UCPNM (Upland Cotton Petiole Nitrogen Management) application provides interpretation for cotton petiole nitrate data. Users can enter in-season petiole nitrate-N data in ppm from just before first square up to peak bloom. Secondly it is necessary to enter either the cotton growth stage or growing degree days since planting. The application returns information in graph form of what category the petiole nitrate data is in: deficient, optimal, or excessive. If deficient, a Nitrogen fertilizer application recommendation is given. The guidelines are based on Pennington and Tucker (1984), with the exception that we have lowered the deficiency line by 1000 ppm. The application is based on long-season, irrigated, low and high elevation arid cotton areas, so it may not be applicable for shorter season and humid cotton growing regions.

This application is available as either a web application or a Windows application.  Both are available using the Download link below.

WinFlume 2.1

Water Management and Conservation Research, Maricopa, Arizona

WinFlume is a software package for the hydraulic analysis of long-throated flumes and broad-crested weirs. These are flow measurement devices for open channels that operate on the principle of critical flow. WinFlume 2.1 is the most recent release of the software (September, 2023).  

WinSRFR 5.1.1

Water Management and Conservation Research, Maricopa, Arizona

WinSRFR is a hydraulic analysis tool for surface irrigation systems. The software combines simulation, evaluation, operational analysis, and design functionalities. WinSRFR 5.1.1 is the most recent release of the software (December 2019).

AGWA

Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, Arizona

The Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment (AGWA) tool is a GIS-based hydrologic modeling tool that uses commonly available GIS data layers to fully parameterize, execute, and spatially visualize results for the RHEM, KINEROS2, KINEROS-OPUS, SWAT2000, and SWAT2005 watershed runoff and erosion models. Accommodating novice to expert GIS users, it is designed to be used by watershed, water resource, land use, and resource managers and scientists investigating the hydrologic impacts of land-cover/land-use change in small watershed to basin-scale studies.  

KINEROS

Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, Arizona

The kinematic runoff and erosion model KINEROS is an event oriented, physically based model describing the processes of interception, infiltration, surface runoff and erosion from small agricultural and urban watersheds. The watershed is represented by a cascade of planes and channels; the partial differential equations describing overland flow, channel flow, erosion and sediment transport are solved by finite difference techniques. The spatial variation of rainfall, infiltration, runoff, and erosion parameters can be accomodated. KINEROS may be used to determine the effects of various artificial features such as urban developments, small detention reservoirs, or lined channels on flood hydrographs and sediment yield.

RHEM

Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, Arizona

The RHEM Web Tool is a web-based interface for the Rangeland Hydrology and Erosion Model (RHEM). The interface allows users to input commonly known rangeland characteristics and use parameter estimation equations to construct model input files and run the RHEM model.

This web application was built with the following goals in mind:

• Simplify the use of RHEM
• Manage user sessions
• Centralize scenario results (model runs)
• Compare scenario results
• Provide tabular and graphical reports

WEPPCAT

Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, Arizona

WEPPCAT is a web-based erosion simulation tool that allows for the assessment of changes in erosion rates as a consequence of user-defined climate change scenarios. This tool is based on the USDA-ARS Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) erosion model.

3DADE

Agricultural Water Efficiency and Salinity Research Unit, Riverside, California

CHAIN2D

Agricultural Water Efficiency and Salinity Research Unit, Riverside, California

Simulates the movement of water, heat, and multiple solutes in two dimensional variably-saturated porous media

CXTFIT

Agricultural Water Efficiency and Salinity Research Unit, Riverside, California

ESAP

Agricultural Water Efficiency and Salinity Research Unit, Riverside, California

Statistical software package for estimating field scale spatial salinity patterns from electromagnetic induction signal data (for Windows XP)

ExtractChem

Agricultural Water Efficiency and Salinity Research Unit, Riverside, California

FilmPC - Excel add-in

Agricultural Water Efficiency and Salinity Research Unit, Riverside, California

FilmPC - Windows app

Agricultural Water Efficiency and Salinity Research Unit, Riverside, California

GEOPACK

Agricultural Water Efficiency and Salinity Research Unit, Riverside, California

HYDRUS

Agricultural Water Efficiency and Salinity Research Unit, Riverside, California

HYDRUS-1D

Agricultural Water Efficiency and Salinity Research Unit, Riverside, California

N3DADE

Agricultural Water Efficiency and Salinity Research Unit, Riverside, California

RETC

Agricultural Water Efficiency and Salinity Research Unit, Riverside, California

ROSETTA

Agricultural Water Efficiency and Salinity Research Unit, Riverside, California

STANMOD

Agricultural Water Efficiency and Salinity Research Unit, Riverside, California

SWMS-2D

Agricultural Water Efficiency and Salinity Research Unit, Riverside, California

SWMS-3D

Agricultural Water Efficiency and Salinity Research Unit, Riverside, California

Simulates water and solute movement in three-dimensional variably saturated media

UNSATCHEM

Agricultural Water Efficiency and Salinity Research Unit, Riverside, California

UNSODA

Agricultural Water Efficiency and Salinity Research Unit, Riverside, California

WATSUIT

Agricultural Water Efficiency and Salinity Research Unit, Riverside, California

Imperfect SSR Finder

Northwest Irrigation and Soils Research, Kimberly, Idaho

The Imperfect SSR Finder is an interactive website to help you find imperfect (and perfect) SSRs. You can test small snippets or upload large files, change the lengths and types of the SSRs your are looking for, and create output with SSRs in inverted case and/or color highlights. A tabular information file is also created in .CSV format, for easy import into any spreadsheet program.

Please ignore the 'download' link below, as there is nothing to download. Instead, simply go to http://ssr.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov.

PIVNOZ-PIPELOSS

Northwest Irrigation and Soils Research, Kimberly, Idaho

This software aids in the design and analysis of center pivot and traveling lateral sprinkler irrigation systems. The programs can be used individually or in conjunction with each other.

SWAGMAN-Whatif

Northwest Irrigation and Soils Research, Kimberly, Idaho

Effectively managing salt affected irrigated lands and judicially using irrigation water of marginal salinity quality requires understanding the interactions among many inputs. They include soil salinity, crop salt tolerances, soil physical properties, irrigation water quality, irrigation management, water table depth and quality, climatic factors and crop yield. Visualizing the simultaneous interactions among this many factors over a cropping season extends beyond the capacity of the

A Baseflow Filter for Hydrologic Models in R

Forage Seed and Cereal Research Unit, Corvallis, Oregon

A Baseflow Filter for Hydrologic Models in R (1)

Forage Seed and Cereal Research Unit, Corvallis, Oregon

Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm-II

Forage Seed and Cereal Research Unit, Corvallis, Oregon

Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm-II (NSGA-II) in R

Gerald Whittaker  

SWAT Linux executable files

Forage Seed and Cereal Research Unit, Corvallis, Oregon

Dr. Gerald Whittaker's SWAT Linux executable files

AgroAtlas

Plant Germplasm Introduction and Testing Research, Pullman, Washington

The Interactive Agricultural Ecological Atlas of Russia and Neighboring Countries (AGROATLAS) is the world•s most comprehensive source of information on the geographic distribution of plant-based agriculture in Russia and neighboring countries. The Atlas contains 1500 maps that illustrate the distribution of 100 crops, 560 wild crop relatives, 640 diseases, pests and weeds, and 200 environmental parameters. <SPAN

CCE Nitrogen Index Tool - N Index 4.4.1 NRCS Users

Soil Management and Sugarbeet Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

The Nitrogen Index is a tool written in the programming language Java and is used to calculate nitrogen uptake and leaching in farming techniques.

myPhyloDB

Soil Management and Sugarbeet Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

myPhyloDB: a local web server for the storage and analysis of metagenomics data

Nitrogen Index Tool - N Index 4.5.1

Soil Management and Sugarbeet Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

The Nitrogen Index is a tool written in the programming language Java and is used to calculate nitrogen uptake and leaching in farming techniques.

Nitrogen Index Tool - N Index 4.5.1 - CODE

Soil Management and Sugarbeet Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

The Java programming code for the Nitrogen Index is available for users interested in tools to calculate nitrogen uptake and leaching in farming techniques.

NLEAP GIS 5.0

Soil Management and Sugarbeet Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

The NLEAP GIS 5.0 is written in the Java™ programming language and has GIS capabilities as provided by embedded NASA World Wind^TM technology.  NLEAP GIS 5.0 can help users identify hot spots across the landscape and identify management practices that can increase nitrogen use efficiency. A Nitrogen Trading Tool (NTT) analysis can be conducted to determine the potential benefits of implementing best management practices and the quantity of nitrogen savings that could potentially be traded in future air or water quality markets.

NLEAP GIS 5.0 - CODE

Soil Management and Sugarbeet Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

The NLEAP GIS 5.0 is written in the Java™ programming language and has GIS capabilities as provided by embedded NASA World Wind^TM technology and the basic NLEAP GIS 5.0 console is written in Fortran and C/C++. NLEAP GIS 5.0 can help users identify hot spots across the landscape and identify management practices that can increase nitrogen use efficiency. A Nitrogen Trading Tool (NTT) analysis can be conducted to determine the potential benefits of implementing best management practices and the quantity of nitrogen savings that could potentially be traded in future air or water quality markets.

OTUshuff

Soil Management and Sugarbeet Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

OPUS

Water Management and Systems Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

PhenologyMMS 1.3

Water Management and Systems Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

PhenologyMMS 1.3 is a software program designed to simulate the phenological development of certain crops.

WeedSite

Water Management and Systems Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

WISDEM

Water Management and Systems Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

GPFARM

Rangeland Resources & Systems Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

HIRO2

Rangeland Resources & Systems Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

iFarm Record Keeper

Rangeland Resources & Systems Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

IFEAT

Rangeland Resources & Systems Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

iFEAT (iFARM Economic Analysis Tool) is a spreadsheet based tool developed to allow the user to assess current and potential management options for economic sustainability.  The user can evaluate lease arrangements, input costs, government programs, and insurance options to arrive at the best economic combination of these variables.

PAL

Rangeland Resources & Systems Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

Profit and Loss (PAL) Farm Budgeting Economic Software for Colorado Agriculture is a windows desktop software for analyzing farm operations budgets. The software was developed in cooperation with Colorado State University.

PhenologyMMS

Rangeland Resources & Systems Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

RZWQM2

Rangeland Resources & Systems Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

Root Zone Water Quality Model 2 (RZWQM2) is a whole-system model for studying crop production and environmental quality under current and changing climate conditions. It emphasizes the effects of agricultural management practices on physical, chemical and biological processes. RZWQM2 is a one-dimensional model with a pseudo 2-dimensional drainage flow. Crop simulation options include the generic plant growth model, DSSAT-CSM 4.0 and HERMES SUCROS models. It also can simulate surface energy balance with components from the SHAW model and water erosion from the GLEAMS model. An automated parameter estimation algorithm (PEST) was added to RZWQM2 for objective model calibration and uncertainty analysis.

Latest Version: 4.5; Release date: March 3, 2024

SHOOTGRO

Rangeland Resources & Systems Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

SPUR2

Rangeland Resources & Systems Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

WEPS - Researcher, Developer, Public Release

Rangeland Resources & Systems Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

WEPS • The Wind Erosion Prediction System is a tool for predicting the effects of management (practices and cropping rotations) on the wind erosion potential for a selected field site. WEPS simulates daily wind erosion processes based on weather, management crop rotations and soil conditions. The researcher, developer, public configuration allows full use of experimental methods available in WEPS for research, development and public purposes domestically and internationally.

WEPS 1.6 (WebStart WEPS) - ARS Public/Researcher/International User's Configurations

Rangeland Resources & Systems Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

The Wind Erosion Prediction System (WEPS) is a tool for predicting the effects of management (practices and cropping rotations) on the wind erosion potential for a selected field site. WEPS simulates daily wind erosion processes based on weather, management crop rotations and soil conditions. These ARS configured versions of WebStart WEPS allow full use of all methods available in WEPS for both public use and research purposes, domestically and internationally.

WEPS 1.6 (WebStart WEPS) - NRCS/TSP Configuration

Rangeland Resources & Systems Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

The Wind Erosion Prediction System (WEPS) is a tool for predicting the effects of management (practices and cropping rotations) on the wind erosion potential for a selected field site. WEPS simulates daily wind erosion processes based on weather, management crop rotations and soil conditions. This is the NRCS/TSP configured WebStart WEPS version required for official NRCS business and must be used by TSP (Technical Service Providers) under contract with NRCS.

WEPS-NRCS TSP Configuration

Rangeland Resources & Systems Research, Fort Collins, Colorado

WEPS (NRCS TSP Configuration) • This configuration of WEPS (Wind Erosion Prediction System) is required for use by NRCS TSP (Technical Service Provider) contractors when conducting NRCS official business. NRCS contact is Chris Coreil, NRCS Wind Erosion Specialist at Coreil, Chris - NRCS, Fort Worth, TX chris.coreil@usda.gov or 817-509-3213.

AgroEcosystem Performance Assessment Tool

Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, Mandan, North Dakota

The AgroEcosystem Performance Assessment Tool is a computer program used to evaluate the agronomic and environmental performance of management practices in long-term agroecosystem experiments.  The program employs a simple scoring method to quantify the performance of management practices using indicators grouped within agroecosystem functions.

Cover Crop Chart

Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, Mandan, North Dakota

The Cover Crop Chart (v. 4.0) is designed to assist producers with decisions on the use of cover crops in crop and forage production systems.

Crop Sequence Calculator Version 3.1

Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, Mandan, North Dakota

The Crop Sequence Calculator software is an interactive program for viewing crop sequencing information

Rachael Christensen

Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, Mandan, North Dakota

Crested Wheatgrass benefits from native species in Grand River Grasslands

Describes research results for planting native warm season grasses into crested wheatgrass (Agropyran cristatum) looking from a livestock nutrient availability and use point of view. Native warm season grasses such as Big Bluestem, Little Bluestem and Blue Gramma showed greater or comparative nutrition to the crested wheatgrass we propose to replace. These warm season grasses are more digestible and contain more nutrients of value for livestock than crested wheatgrass harvested in the late summer. The data presented here suggest these grasses should be used to rehabilitate grasslands invaded by crested wheatgrass.

Rachael Christensen
John Hendrickson

Video Presentation by Dave Archer

Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, Mandan, North Dakota

Video Presentation by John Hendrickson

Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, Mandan, North Dakota

Video Presentation by Mark Liebig

Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, Mandan, North Dakota

Rock Chute Design

Agroclimate and Hydraulics Research Unit, El Reno, Oklahoma

Rock Chute Design Excel Spreadsheet

SITES

Agroclimate and Hydraulics Research Unit, El Reno, Oklahoma

Earthen spillway erosion prediction model

Small Watershed Hydrology (WinTR-55) at AHERU

Agroclimate and Hydraulics Research Unit, El Reno, Oklahoma

WinTR-55 is a single-event rainfall-runoff small watershed hydrologic model.  The model generates hydrographs from both urban and agricultural areas and at selected points along the stream system. Hydrographs are routed downstream through channels and/or reservoirs. Multiple sub-areas can be modeled within the watershed.

SWAT-LUT

Agroclimate and Hydraulics Research Unit, El Reno, Oklahoma

A desktop graphical user interface for updating land use in SWAT. There are several versions of this tool available linked.

WinDAM C (ver 1.1.15)

Agroclimate and Hydraulics Research Unit, El Reno, Oklahoma

Embankment overtopping and internal erosion prediction model in cooperation with the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Kansas State University. This software was updated from WinDAM C (ver. 1.1.9) on August 20, 2024.

BEARS Software (Mac)

Conservation and Production Research Laboratory, Bushland, Texas

BEARS Software for Mac. 

For more information or questions contact Jed Moorhead at Jed.Moorhead@ars.usda.gov

BEARS Software (Windows)

Conservation and Production Research Laboratory, Bushland, Texas

BEARS Software for Windows. 

For more information or questions contact Jed Moorhead at Jed.Moorhead@ars.usda.gov

Bushland ET Calculator

Conservation and Production Research Laboratory, Bushland, Texas

Bushland ET Calculator

Cotton Irrigation Tool

Cropping Systems Research Laboratory, Lubbock, Texas

https://www.csrl.ars.usda.gov/wewc/CottonIrrigTool/index.php

Dropping Ogallala aquifer levels and changing commodity prices and energy costs make irrigation management an important but uncertain issue to west Texas cotton producers. For example, is deficit or full irrigation more profitable under the current lint price and pumping cost conditions? Also, what is the best way to divide production into dryland and irrigated acreage with limited well capacity? To help producers answer these questions this web application estimates the effects of irrigation on the profitability of center pivot cotton production on the Southern High Plains. It's main purpose is to show the impact of irrigation on yield and the related effects on both profits per acre and profits over a center pivot area with combined dryland and irrigated production.

Please contact Dr. Steven Mauget or Dr. Gary Leiker for more information

Ogallala Agro-Climate Tool

Cropping Systems Research Laboratory, Lubbock, Texas

https://www.csrl.ars.usda.gov/wewc/Ogallala_Ag_Tool/index.php

The Ogallala Agro-Climate Tool is a Visual Basic application that estimates irrigation demand and crop water use over the Ogallala Aquifer region. The application can be installed on any Windows PC with a Pentium III or better processor running Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7 or higher. Once it is downloaded and installed, instructions for the application's use can be found by left single-clicking on the 'Help' button on the application's upper left corner.

Please contact Dr. Steven Mauget or Dr. Gary Leiker for more information.

West Texas Mesonet Agro-Climate Monitor

Cropping Systems Research Laboratory, Lubbock, Texas

https://www.csrl.ars.usda.gov/wewc/WestTXClimMonitor/index.php

Please contact Dr. Steven Mauget or Dr. Gary Leiker for more information.

Cotton Irrigation Tool

Wind Erosion and Water Conservation Research, Lubbock, Texas

https://www.csrl.ars.usda.gov/wewc/CottonIrrigTool/index.php

Please contact Dr. Steven Mauget or Dr. Gary Leiker for more information

Ogallala Agro-Climate Tool

Wind Erosion and Water Conservation Research, Lubbock, Texas

https://www.csrl.ars.usda.gov/wewc/Ogallala_Ag_Tool/index.php

Please contact Dr. Steven Mauget or Dr. Gary Leiker for more information

West Texas Mesonet Agro-Climate Monitor

Wind Erosion and Water Conservation Research, Lubbock, Texas

https://www.csrl.ars.usda.gov/wewc/WestTXClimMonitor/index.php

Please contact Dr. Steven Mauget or Dr. Gary Leiker for more information

CLIGEN

National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory, West Lafayette, Indiana

Cligen is a stochastic weather generator which produces daily estimates of precipitation, temperature, dewpoint, wind, and solar radiation for a single geographic point, using monthly parameters (means, SD's, skewness, etc.) derived from the historic measurements.

Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP)

National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory, West Lafayette, Indiana

The Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) model is a process-based, distributed parameter, continuous simulation, soil erosion prediction model for use on personal computers running Windows. This download includes the WEPP model, CLIGEN model and WEPP Windows interface.

SWAT-MOEA

National Laboratory for Agriculture and The Environment, Ames, Iowa

SWAT-MOEA (Soil and Water Assessment Tool- Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm)

APLE

Food Animal Environmental Systems Research, Bowling Green, Kentucky

Download site for the Annual Phosphorus Loss Estimator (APLE) model ver. 3.0

APLE-Lots

Food Animal Environmental Systems Research, Bowling Green, Kentucky

Modified Arcsine Log Calibration Curve (ALCC)

Food Animal Environmental Systems Research, Bowling Green, Kentucky

Download site for the spreadsheet for determining critical soil test values using the modified arcsine-log calibration curve

(ALCC) 

Modified Langmuir Equation Spreadsheet

Food Animal Environmental Systems Research, Bowling Green, Kentucky

Modified Langmuir Equation Spreadsheet

Sorption Isotherm Spreadsheet

Food Animal Environmental Systems Research, Bowling Green, Kentucky

Sorption Isotherm Spreadsheet Version 1.6

Forage-Fed Beef

Forage-animal Production Research, Lexington, Kentucky

Functional Feed

Forage-animal Production Research, Lexington, Kentucky

Global RainSIM - Version 1.0

Soil Management Research, Morris, Minnesota

The purpose of this tool is to estimate daily precipitation patterns for a yearly cycle at any location on the globe.  The user input is simply the latitude and longitude of the selected location.  There is an embedded Zip

Global TempSIM - Version 1.0

Soil Management Research, Morris, Minnesota

Nitrogen Decision Aid

Soil Management Research, Morris, Minnesota

The Nitrogen Decision Aid is a computerized program that predicts the amount of N mineralized from planting to side-dress or 5-leaf growth-stage. By applying just enough N-fertilizer to reach the critical soil nitrate concentration it is possible reduce this waste. This model is designed for Northern climates that will have some frost in the soil during the winter.

SeedChaser ? Version 2.0

Soil Management Research, Morris, Minnesota

SeedChaser is a 1-D empirical vertical soil tillage distribution model with 1 cm grid spacing that predicts vertical redistribution of weed seeds following user selected (a) sequences of tillage implements, and (b) initial seed distribution values. Results of this model are particularly suited for weed seed emergence modeling. However, the model can be adapted easily to any surface broadcasted agrochemical or incorporated residues. T

Soil Temperature and Moisture Model

Soil Management Research, Morris, Minnesota

The STM² model predicts the soil temperature and moisture conditions based on very limited user inputs. 

SolarCalc 1.0

Soil Management Research, Morris, Minnesota

SolarCalQ - Version 1

Soil Management Research, Morris, Minnesota

WeedCast Version 4

Soil Management Research, Morris, Minnesota

The WeedCast Software Suite is a decision aid that currently includes the WeedCast and WheatScout models. These models were created by the USDA ARS and the University of Wisconsin. The software is written in Java and is free to download and use. The source code is released under the GPL.

Zip Search ? Version 0.9

Soil Management Research, Morris, Minnesota

Arduino Data Logger

Soil and Water Management Research, St. Paul, Minnesota

Windows based serial data logging program originally written for Arduino microcontrollers, but can be used for any serial data source.

CALMIM

Soil and Water Management Research, St. Paul, Minnesota

The California Landfill Methane Inventory Model is a 1-dimensional soil gas transport and oxidation model that calculates annual landfill methane emissions based on the cover soil characteristics and annual climatic data for a given global location. 

Management Zone Analyst Version 1.0 Software

Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research, Columbia, Missouri

Management Zone Analyst (MZA) is a decision-aid for creating within-field management zones based on quantitative field information. It mathematically breaks up a field into natural clusters or zones based on the classification parameters and number of zones you specify.

Source Code for Yield Editor 2.0.7

Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research, Columbia, Missouri

Yield Editor 2.0.7

Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research, Columbia, Missouri

Yield Editor v. 2.0.7 is a tool which allows the user to select, apply and analyze a variety of automated filters and editing techniques used to process and clean yield data.  The software imports either AgLeader advanced or Greenstar text file formats, and exports data in a delimited ASCII format.

Yield Editor Version 1.02

Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research, Columbia, Missouri

Yield Editor is a tool which allows the user to select, apply and analyze a variety of automated filters and editing techniques used to process and clean yield data.  The software imports either AgLeader advanced or Greenstar text file formats, and exports data in a delimited ASCII format.

DepositScan

Application Technology Research, Wooster, Ohio

DepositScan is a scanning program that can quickly evaluate spray deposit distribution on water sensitive paper or Kromekote• cards.

DRIFTSIM

Application Technology Research, Wooster, Ohio

PhotoSim

Application Technology Research, Wooster, Ohio

Virtual Grower 3

Application Technology Research, Wooster, Ohio

Note:  Save files are not compatible between Virtual Grower 3 and previous versions.

Virtual Grower is a decision support tool for greenhouse growers.  Users can build a greenhouse with a variety of materials for roofs and sidewalls, design the greenhouse style, schedule temperature set points throughout the year, and predict heating costs and plant growth for over 785 sites within the US.  Different heating and scheduling scenarios can

Virtual Grower En Espanol

Application Technology Research, Wooster, Ohio

Virtual Grower es un instrumento de apoyo de decisi•n para los cultivadores del invernadero. Los usuarios pueden construir un invernadero, predicen costes de la calefacci•n y mucho m•s.

Virtual Grower en Français

Application Technology Research, Wooster, Ohio

Virtual producteur est un outil d'aide • la d•cision pour les producteurs • effet de serre. Les utilisateurs peuvent cr•er un effet de serre, de pr•dire les co•ts de chauffage et bien plus encore.

APLE

U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin

APLE is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet model that runs on an annual time step and simulates sediment bound and dissolved P loss in surface runoff.  It is intended to simulate edge-of-field P loss for uniform fields of several hectares in size, or smaller.  APLE considers different kinds of animal manure (beef, dairy, poultry, swine), applied either by machine or by grazing beef or dairy cattle, and highly soluble commercial fertilizers.

APLE-Lots

U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin

This version of the Annual Phosphorus Loss Estimator is a spreadsheet model that simulates dissolved and sediment-bound phosphorus loss from outdoor cattle lots.

Rumen Microbiology Textbook

U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin

We are pleased to make available, in PDF format, Dr. James B. Russell's classic textbook, "Rumen Microbiology and Its Role in Ruminant Nutrition", originally published in 2002.

Gas Flux from Band Application

Soil Dynamics Research, Auburn, Alabama

Gas Flux from Band Application (GF-Band) is an MS Excel spreadsheet tool that calculates the effective gas flux from soil of a multiple-band area to which manure or fertilizer has been applied in bands.  One spreadsheet is for circular gas flux chambers and another is for rectangular chambers.

ARS-Media

U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, Florida

ARS-Media utilizes a linear programming optimization algorithm to determine the combination of salts, acids, and bases that satisfies any given target solution of ions allowing researchers to construct experimental designs that use ions as individual factors and, hence, experimentally determine ion-specific effects on biological responses.

Bacterial-viability

Quality and Safety Assessment Research Unit, Athens, Georgia

Model training for bacterial viability detection

SpatioSpectralBactCells

Quality and Safety Assessment Research Unit, Athens, Georgia

Spatial-spectral data extraction from hypercubes of bacterial cells

Irrigator Pro for Corn

National Peanut Research Laboratory, Dawson, Georgia

Irrigator Pro is an expert system designed to provide irrigation scheduling recommendations based on scientific data resulting in conservation minded irrigation management. The success of Irrigator Pro for Peanuts created interest in other groups. A collaborative effort between the NPRL, Cotton Commission, University of Georgia, and the Peanut Foundation was established to create comparable models for cotton and corn.

Irrigator Pro for Cotton

National Peanut Research Laboratory, Dawson, Georgia

Irrigator Pro is an expert system designed to provide irrigation scheduling recommendations based on scientific data resulting in conservation minded irrigation management. The success of Irrigator Pro for Peanuts created interest in other groups. A collaborative effort between the NPRL, Cotton Commission, University of Georgia, and the Peanut Foundation was established to create comparable models for cotton and corn.

IrrigatorPro for Peanuts

National Peanut Research Laboratory, Dawson, Georgia

Irrigator Pro is an expert system designed to provide irrigation scheduling recommendations based on over 25 years of scientific data resulting in conservation minded irrigation management.  Irrigator Pro for Peanuts was the original model developed.  This computerized expert system is designed to manage peanut irrigation and pest management decisions.

PECMAN Software

National Peanut Research Laboratory, Dawson, Georgia

AGNPS - Annualized AGricultural Non-Point Source Pollutant Loading Model

Watershed Physical Processes Research, Oxford, Mississippi

The Annualized Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution Model (AnnAGNPS) is a continuous simulation watershed-scale program. The model is an expansion of the capabilities developed in the single event model AGNPS and is the pollutant loading model in the suite of models for the next generation of the suite of AGNPS modeling components. To use AnnAGNPS, the watershed is subdivided into homogenous land areas with respect to soil type, land use, land management, and climate. Areas can be of any shape including hydrologically-based or square grid (as was used in the single-event AGNPS). AnnAGNPS simulates quantities of surface water, sediment, nutrients, and pesticides leaving the land areas (cells) and their subsequent travel through the watershed. Some of the sediment, nutrients, and pesticides will reach the watershed outlet while the remainder will be deposited in the stream system. Calculations are done on a daily time step. Runoff quantities are based on runoff curve number while sheet & rill sediment is determined using RUSLE. Special components are included to handle concentrated sources of nutrients (feedlots and point sources), ephemeral gully sources, concentrated sediment sources (classical gullies), added water (irrigation), and the impacts of riparian buffers and wetlands. Output is expressed on an event basis for selected stream reaches and as source tracking (contribution to outlet or any other point in the watershed) from land or reach components over the simulation period.

 For direct download to software, please click on this link: AGNPS Software Download

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RIST - Rainfall Intensity Summarization Tool

Watershed Physical Processes Research, Oxford, Mississippi

RIST has improved efficiency and output files suitable for input to runoff, erosion, and water quality models including RUSLE, WEPP, SWAT, and AnnAGNPS. RIST inputs text files in user-specified fixed-width or comma-delimited formats. Rainfall records may be time-and-date stamp, fixed interval, or variable interval (breakpoint) data. Standard outputs include:

• Standard RUSLE outputs include a storm-by-storm summary of total precipitation, duration, intensity, kinetic energy, and EI30; and bi-weekly and monthly rainfall summaries of rainfall, energy, EI30 and erosivity density.   Optionally, storms with less than 0.5 in. (12.7mm) of precipitation may be excluded from the energy and intensity calculations.
• Standard WEPP outputs include daily rainfall, storm duration (reduced by excluding periods greater than 30 minutes without rain), ip, and tp.
• Output for SWAT and AnnAGNPS include daily precipitation and, optionally, sub-daily precipitation totals.
• RIST also includes the capability to generate (1) precipitation totals at any user-specified  fixed  time interval  or (2) a storm-by-storm analysis including maximum intensities observed during  5, 10, 15, 20, 30, and 60 minute within-in storm periods.

Bioconductor - PAST

Corn Host Plant Resistance Research, Mississippi State, Mississippi

Mixed Linear Model Approaches for Quantitative Gen

Genetics and Sustainable Agriculture Research, Mississippi State, Mississippi

Wu, J., Zhu, J., Jenkins, J. N.  Mixed linear model approaches for quantitave genetic models. pp. 171-180.  In Handbook of Formulas and Sortware for Plant Geneticists and Breeders, M. S. Kang (ed.).  The Haworth Press, Binghamtion, NY.  2003.

Catfish BAC Fingerprinting

Warmwater Aquaculture Research Unit, Stoneville, Mississippi

BMC Genomics P. Pachyrhizi Supplemental Data

Genomics and Bioinformatics Research, Stoneville, Mississippi

Rice Data

Genomics and Bioinformatics Research, Stoneville, Mississippi

• SNP Data (12 chromosomes)
• MY2 SSRs
• MY2 Traits

UPIC

Genomics and Bioinformatics Research, Stoneville, Mississippi

BufferCapacity3

Food Science and Market Quality and Handling Research Unit, Raleigh, North Carolina

The current software is available as a Matlab application, which requires Matlab to run. The Matlab Optimization Toolbox is also required. After downloading the file BufferCapacity3.mlappinstall, simply drag the file into the Matlab command window. The program will install automatically and can be launched from the Matlab Apps tab at the top of the main window.

The file ‘Help and Instructions for BufferCapacity3.pdf’ is included in the software download package. 

BufferCapacity3 (Matlab NOT required)

Food Science and Market Quality and Handling Research Unit, Raleigh, North Carolina

For the MS Windows version, download and run the install program.

Help and instructions for BufferCapacity3

Food Science and Market Quality and Handling Research Unit, Raleigh, North Carolina

This PDF download includes Help and instructions for the BufferCapacity3 software. 

Help and instructions for IngredientDB

Food Science and Market Quality and Handling Research Unit, Raleigh, North Carolina

This PDF download includes Help and instructions for the BufferCapacity3 software. 

Help and instructions for MicroplateGR2

Food Science and Market Quality and Handling Research Unit, Raleigh, North Carolina

This PDF download includes Help and instructions for the MicroplateGR software. 

IngredientDB (Matlab NOT required)

Food Science and Market Quality and Handling Research Unit, Raleigh, North Carolina

For the MS Windows version, download and run the install program.

MicroplateGR2

Food Science and Market Quality and Handling Research Unit, Raleigh, North Carolina

Asian Longhorned Beetle Endnote Bibliography

Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit, Newark, Delaware

Listing of current and discontinued ALB literature in Endnote 8.0.2 format.

Asian longhorned beetle EndNote Library

Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit, Newark, Delaware

Emerald Ash Borer Rearing SOP

Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit, Newark, Delaware

Updated Emerald Ash Borer Rearing SOP

Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit, Newark, Delaware

Isotope-corrected Critical Ratio calculations

Food Composition and Methods Development Laboratory

This workbook calculates Critical Ratios for triacylg

Quantification of TAGs by LC-MS

Food Composition and Methods Development Laboratory

This Microsoft Excel workbook contains spreadsheets for calculating response-factor normalized triacylglycerol (TAG) compositions from response factors derived from GC-FID of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME).

Updated Bottom Up Solution for Triacylglycerols

Food Composition and Methods Development Laboratory

Whole PI True Type Font

Food Composition and Methods Development Laboratory

This is the True Type font for characters associated with the symbol for Whole PI. After downloading, the font is installed by 'right-clicking' the file name and selecting "Install". All programs will then have access to the font. Characters within this font can be viewed using the Character Map at Windows-->Start-->All Programs-->Accessories-->System Tools-->Character Map.

AROP

Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland (BARC)

AROP (1)

Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland (BARC)

AROP (v2.2.9) is an automated precise registration and orthorectification package for Landsat and Landsat-like data processing. The Landsat and Landsat-like satellite images acquired from different sensors at different spatial resolutions and projections can be re-projected, co-registered, and orthorectified to the same projection, geographic extent, and spatial resolution using a common base image. The software has been tested in Linux system on various medium resolution data sources.

Nearest Neighbor Soil Water Retention Estimator

Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland (BARC)

The k-nearest neighbor (k-NN) technique is a non-parametric technique that can be used to make predictions of discrete (class-type) as well as continuous variables. The k-NN technique and many of its derivatives belong to the group of 'lazy learning algorithms'. It is 'lazy', as it passively stores the development data set until the time of application; all calculations are performed only when estimations need to be generated.

Small Watershed Hydrology (WinTR-55)

Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland (BARC)

WinTR-55 is a single-event rainfall-runoff small watershed hydrologic model.  The model generates hydrographs from both urban and agricultural areas and at selected points along the stream system. Hydrographs are routed downstream through channels and/or reservoirs. Multiple sub-areas can be modeled within the watershed. Update 08/2023: The software is now available at https://www.ars.usda.gov/research/software/download/?softwareid=527&modecode=30-70-10-10

Snowmelt Runoff Model for Windows (WinSRM)

Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland (BARC)

SPAW

Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland (BARC)

SPAW (Soil Plant Atmosphere Water) is a daily hydrologic budget model for agricultural fields and ponds (wetlands, lagoons, ponds and reservoirs). Included are irrigation scheduling and soil nitrogen. Data input and results are graphical screens.

STARFM

Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland (BARC)

The Spatial and Temporal Adaptive Reflectance Fusion Model (STARFM, v1.2.2) is a data fusion algorithm that combines the spatial resolution of Landsat with the temporal frequency of MODIS. STARFM uses comparisons of one or more pairs of observed Landsat and MODIS images, collected on the same day, to predict images at Landsat-scale on other MODIS observation dates.

CLASSIM - Crop Land and Soil Simulator

Adaptive Cropping Systems Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland (BARC)

CLASSIM is a python based graphical user interface for the crop models developed by the USDA-ARS Adaptive Cropping Systems Laboratory. It includes these crop models:

MAIZIM (Maize)

GOSSYM (Cotton)

GLYCIM (Soybean)

SPUDSIM (Potato)

 The github link for the source code can be found here

The installer is for Windows 10 or Windows 11 operating systems. It allows non-administrative installs. By default, it installs the executable into the user's profile. The installer creates a folder called CLASSIM in the user's documents folder and puts the models and databases into this folder.

• To install, download  the ‘CLASSIM-2.3.0.6-setup.exe’ file using the download link below.
• Follow the default folder or path shown in the installation window by clicking ‘next.’
• Select 'install for this user only and select the default local folder which should go to a subfolder in your profile
• Click the check mark button on ‘Create a Desktop shortcut’
• This will create a desktop icon and install the CLASSIM executable in the program files (x86) folder.
• This will also create a " CLASSIM " folder in your documents folder. This folder contains the databases and executables for creating and running scenarios.
• The CLASSIM can be accessed from the desktop icon or by searching (win+s) for CLASSIM on the windows search button.

Please contact Dennis.Timlin@usda.gov  if you have any questions

 We also welcome any feedback. 

CLASSIM Program for Tutorial

Adaptive Cropping Systems Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland (BARC)

CLASSIM Program and Setup

This is a version of CLASSIM we used for a class we gave in the People's Republic of Laos in the fall of 2024. The executables are the same but the database contains examples for the tutorial.

Tutorial Information Files

Adaptive Cropping Systems Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland (BARC)

These are the powerpoint and instructions used in the tutorial

ConvertCufflinksToExcel

Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland (BARC)

This program converts several Cufflinks output files into easily readable Microsoft Excel tables using Apache's POI library. Only the "cuffdiff" output format currently is supported, but future versions may include other output formats.

FINDHAP

Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland (BARC)

The findhap.f90 program finds haplotypes and imputes genotypes using multiple chip sets and sequence data.

FINDMAP

Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland (BARC)

The findmap.f90 program aligns sequence reads to reference map, calls previous variants, and identifies new variants.

FIXPED

Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland (BARC)

The fixedped.f90 package checks pedigree relationships and discovers additional relatives.

GENOSIM

Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland (BARC)

The genosim package simulates genotypes, breeding values, and phenotypes; simulates DNA sequence read depth (numbers of A and B alleles); and resolves SNP conflicts between parent and offspring genotypes.

Beef Gas Emissions Model (BeefGEM)

Pasture Systems & Watershed Management Research, University Park, Pennsylvania

The Beef Gas Emissions Model (BeefGEM)  uses process level simulation and process related emission factors to predict ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, VOC and greenhouse gas emissions along with the carbon and energy footprints of beef cattle farms, ranches and feedlots.

The software was last updated on January 4, 2024.

Dairy Gas Emissions Model (DairyGEM)

Pasture Systems & Watershed Management Research, University Park, Pennsylvania

The Dairy Gas Emissions Model (DairyGEM)  uses process level simulation and process related emission factors to predict ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, VOC and greenhouse gas emissions along with the carbon and energy footprints of dairy production systems.

Further information on DairyGEM is available at https://www.ars.usda.gov/northeast-area/up-pa/pswmru/docs/dairy-gas-emissions-model/

The software was last updated on January 4, 2024.

Integrated Farm System Model (IFSM)

Pasture Systems & Watershed Management Research, University Park, Pennsylvania

The Integrated Farm System Model (IFSM) is a process-based simulation of dairy, beef, and crop farming systems. This whole farm model provides a tool for evaluating the long-term performance, economics, and environmental impacts of production systems over many years of weather.

Further information on the Integrated Farm System Model is available at: https://www.ars.usda.gov/northeast-area/up-pa/pswmru/docs/integrated-farm-system-model/

This software was last updated on November 28, 2023.

Projected Climate Data for IFSM

Pasture Systems & Watershed Management Research, University Park, Pennsylvania

Downscaled climate data (1950 to 2100) are available for 78 locations across the United States. Each location includes 18 climate files created using 9 general circulation models and 2 projected emission scenarios. Those files can be accessed at: