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dc.contributor.authorHegedus, Paul B.
dc.contributor.authorMaxwell, Bruce
dc.contributor.authorSheppard, John
dc.contributor.authorLoewen, Sasha
dc.contributor.authorDuff, Hannah
dc.contributor.authorMorales-Luna, Giorgio
dc.contributor.authorPeerlinck, Amy
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-03T18:06:56Z
dc.date.available2023-03-03T18:06:56Z
dc.date.issued2023-02
dc.identifier.citationHegedus PB, Maxwell B, Sheppard J, Loewen S, Duff H, Morales-Luna G, Peerlinck A. Towards a Low-Cost Comprehensive Process for On-Farm Precision Experimentation and Analysis. Agriculture. 2023; 13(3):524. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13030524en_US
dc.identifier.issn2077-0472
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/17751
dc.description.abstractFew mechanisms turn field-specific ecological data into management recommendations for crop production with appropriate uncertainty. Precision agriculture is mainly deployed for machine efficiencies and soil-based zonal management, and the traditional paradigm of small plot research fails to unite agronomic research and effective management under farmers’ unique field constraints. This work assesses the use of on-farm experiments applied with precision agriculture technologies and open-source data to gain local knowledge of the spatiotemporal variability in agroeconomic performance on the subfield scale to accelerate learning and overcome the bias inherent in traditional research approaches. The on-farm precision experimentation methodology is an approach to improve farmers’ abilities to make site-specific agronomic input decisions by simulating a distribution of economic outcomes for the producer using field-specific crop response models that account for spatiotemporal uncertainty in crop responses. The methodology is the basis of a decision support system that includes a six-step cyclical process that engages precision agriculture technology to apply experiments, gather field-specific data, incorporate modern data management and analytical approaches, and generate management recommendations as probabilities of outcomes. The quantification of variability in crop response to inputs and drawing on historic knowledge about the field and economic constraints up to the time a decision is required allows for probabilistic inference that a future management scenario will outcompete another in terms of production, economics, and sustainability. The proposed methodology represents advancement over other approaches by comparing management strategies and providing the probability that each will increase producer profits over their previous input management on the field scale.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rightscc-byen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectagroecologyen_US
dc.subjectcrop modelingen_US
dc.subjectcrop productionen_US
dc.subjectdecision support systemen_US
dc.subjectecological managementen_US
dc.subjecton-farm experimentationen_US
dc.subjectoptimizationen_US
dc.titleTowards a Low-Cost Comprehensive Process for On-Farm Precision Experimentation and Analysisen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
mus.citation.extentfirstpage1en_US
mus.citation.extentlastpage20en_US
mus.citation.issue3en_US
mus.citation.journaltitleAgricultureen_US
mus.citation.volume13en_US
mus.identifier.doi10.3390/agriculture13030524en_US
mus.relation.collegeCollege of Agricultureen_US
mus.relation.departmentLand Resources & Environmental Sciences.en_US
mus.relation.universityMontana State University - Bozemanen_US
mus.data.thumbpage8en_US


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