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Description
The historical management of Kentucky's land resources such as clear cutting of forests, land
application of animal wastes, intensive cultivation and over-fertilization of tobacco, conventional
tillage practices that promoted soil erosion, and aggregation of smaller fields into large production
units, have all combined to compromise environmental conservation, reduce water quality, and
introduce spatial variability in crop fields. The problem facing most Kentucky landowners and
farmers is the lack of appropriate and cost effective strategies to manage scarce and variable
resources in a site-specific manner. The advent of GIS and GPS provides these producers with
new tools to manage this variability. The goal of this project is to develop and assess precision
resource management equipment and technologies for implementation in Kentucky to improve
environmental quality, aid land use decisions, and enhance profitability. The objective is to focus
on the development and advancement of geospatial technologies in support of 1} sustainable
agriculture and natural resource management and 2} land-use planning and decision making in
Kentucky. This will be done by integrating 7 subprojects: Timber Harvesting Analysis Using GPS
and GIS - Track and evaluate harvest, skidding, and hauling operations in steep terrain forests to
develop methods that reduce deleterious impacts on water quality. Autosteer Technology for
Precision Agriculture - This project evaluate the use of precise placement of banded fertilizers
and seed into strip-tilled areas with the objective of improving seed emergence while minimizing
soil erosion. Development of CAN-Bus Control for Seeding - The proposed project utilizes a
Controller Area Network (CAN) system which varies seeding on each individual row unit,
preventing over or underseeding. Use of GIS for Planned Expansion of AFOs - This project
proposes to site AFO using existing soil and land use data, attempting to minimize the impact on
nutrient buildup, air pollution, and other deleterious results. Evaluating Sensing Methods for KY
Crops - This project attempts to add new capabilities of existing sensors for the need-specific
application of nutrients for com, soybean, and other crops common in Kentucky. Precision
Management of Carbon Sequestration - This project outlines the development of methods that
measure sequestered carbon in agricultural fields. GIS Outreach Training - This project seeks to
develop a set of GIS-based training systems which can be used for the training of farmers,
agribusiness professionals, government officials, and Extension Agents.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 9/15/06 → 9/14/09 |
Funding
- Cooperative State Research Education and Extension
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Projects
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Precision Agriculture: Precision Resource Management - Phase III
Shearer, S. (PI), Agouridis, C. (CoI), Arthur, M. (CoI), Babool, A. (CoI), Barton, C. (CoI), Brown, R. (CoI), Cox, J. (CoI), Dillon, C. (CoI), Fei, S. (CoI), Fleming, R. (CoI), Gandonou, J.-M. (CoI), Grabau, L. (CoI), Grove, J. (CoI), Karathanasis, A. (CoI), Koostra, B. (CoI), Lee, C. (CoI), Lee, B. (CoI), Maehr, D. (CoI), Mueller, T. (CoI), Obrycki, J. (CoI), Pagoulatos, A. (CoI), Poulette, M. (CoI), Rieske-Kinney, L. (CoI), Schwab, G. (CoI), Sikora, F. (CoI), Sikora, F. (CoI), Stombaugh, T. (CoI), Stringer, J. (CoI) & Workman, S. (CoI)
Cooperative State Research Education and Extension
9/15/06 → 9/14/09
Project: Research project