Sensing Technology for Site-Specific
Management to
Protect Environment Resources (USDA-ARS)
Contact: Ken Sudduth, 573.882.4090
The primary objective of this ongoing project is to develop and evaluate sensing technologies for soil and site properties and for growing season and harvest-time data acquisition in grain crops. A second objective is to acquire and evaluate long-term data to document within-field variability on claypan and alluvial soil landscapes in Missouri.
- RTK-GPS and ultrasonic sensing methods for quantifying combine swath width were developed and implemented at the field scale.
- Neural network analysis and crop growth modeling were used to evaluate the spatial relationship between crop yields and controllable and uncontrollable yield-limiting factors.
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