Location: Adaptive Cropping Systems Laboratory
Project Number: 8042-21600-001-005-S
Project Type: Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Sep 25, 2024
End Date: Sep 24, 2028
Objective:
Major focus of this project is on-farm application of ACSL's Crop and Soil Process models at growers fields in the mid-west. In addition, we will focus on developing data bases for model development from controlled environmental chamber studies, experimental station research plots, and grower’s fields to improve models. Use these data to refine and improve existing simulation models for corn, soybean, cotton, and potato, rice and wheat crops. Evaluate these models under a range of environmental and management conditions in collaboration with growers in mid-west.
Approach:
Evaluate the knowledge gaps for Adaptive Cropping Systems Laboratory's crop and soil process models and design and conduct controlled environmental studies to develop data for model development. Model verifications, validation and application will be conducted using the data from field trials at the experimental station research plots and from collaborating grower’s fields. After the validation, the models will be released to crop consultants and growers. During the duration of this project the major focus is to work with growers and State Extension Specialists and Crop Consultants to implement the crop and soil process models for crop management and input optimization at the farm level.
