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Description
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. Specific
efforts in this project are split between developing and advancing geospatial technologies in
support of three thrusts: i) agricultural systems, ii) land use planning and decision-making and
iii) natural resource management in Kentucky. These thrusts are addressed by specific objectives
within nine subprojects: 1) Reduced Equipment Set for Multiple Vehicle Guidance; 2) Crop Cut-
Width Sensing for Improved Accuracy of Yield Monitor Data; 3) Development of a Novel
Pneumatic Nozzle Control System for Variable-Rate Pesticide Application; 4) Optical Sensors to
Improve Nitrogen Management in Com Production; 5) Precision Residue Removal for Biofuels:
Yield or Organic Matter Map-Driven?; 6) Google Maps for Land Assessment Visualization; 7)
Characterization of Headwater Seep Wetlands in Southeastern Kentucky; 8) Using Remotely-
Sensed Imagery to Monitor Post-Fire Forest Dynamics; and 9) Spatial Prioritization for Invasive
Species Management. The first four projects are classified as agricultural systems projects, the
fifth project is a cross-over between agricultural systems and natural resource management, the
sixth project is a combination of land use planning and natural resource management, with the
remaining three projects being solely natural resource management. The overarching goals of
the subprojects are as follows: 1) to develop a reduced equipment set for vehicle guidance
substituting the RTK-based steering system in the tractor/cart in the grain harvesting operation;
2) to develop an automated sensing and processing approach for correcting effective cut-width
errors with the goal of improving overall yield map accuracy ; 3) to develop pneumatically
controlled spray nozzle technology to achieve flow rate control of individual nozzles while
maintaining pattern uniformity and droplet size distributions; 4) to reduce the applied fertilizer N
to the economically optimum nitrogen rate (ENOR) on a site specific basis; 5) to detennine the
relationshipbetween soil organic matter and changes in soil properties and subsequent crop yield with
residue removal; and the relationship between prior crop yield and changes in soil properties and
subsequent crop productivity with residue removal; ; 6) to further develop a method to make
existing publically available land use planning data visually available via the Internet through a
Google Maps Application Programming Interface; 7) to provide detailed spatial information
pertaining to the hydrology and geomorphic stability of headwater seep wetlands in the Frances
Johnson Palk State Nature Preserve in Pulaski County, KY; 8) to examine the potential of
remotely sensed imagery for monitoring forest dynamics following prescribed fire; and 9) to
prioritize areas and identify hotspots for invasive plant management with the assumption that
invasive control activities should be prioritized in areas where the invasive plant has the most
ecological impacts, high potential for quick establishment or further spread, and where the
invasion stage could be most effectively controlled.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 9/1/10 → 8/31/13 |
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Projects
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Precision Agriculture: Precision Resource Management - Phase VI
Stombaugh, T. (PI), Agouridis, C. (CoI), Arthur, M. (CoI), Barton, C. (CoI), Bewley, J. (CoI), Coolong, T. (CoI), Dillon, C. (CoI), Dowdy, T. (CoI), Grove, J. (CoI), Kadambanattu Illom N, S. (CoI), Lee, B. (CoI), McCulley, R. (CoI), Mueller, T. (CoI), Pitla, S. (CoI), Sama, M. (CoI), Shockley, J. (CoI), Warner, R. (CoI), Wilhoit, J. (CoI), Zandonadi, R. (CoI), Luck, J. (Former CoI) & Shearer, S. (Former CoI)
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
9/1/10 → 8/31/13
Project: Research project