TY - GEN
T1 - Heuristic optimization for variable rate nitrogen and seeding decisions
AU - Dillon, C. R.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The economic opportunities for combining heuristics management (herein, rules-of-thumb) with several farming technologies (uniform rate, variable rate seeding, variable rate nitrogen (N) and variable rate of both seeding and N) are modeled and investigated. Results suggest that weather-based heuristics as a strategy of selecting optimal production practices is promising for enhancing profitability. The ability to exploit interactive effects between heuristic strategies and precision agriculture technologies offers the potential to enhance profitability of both. The model shows potential for providing useful insights into improved production management decisions.
AB - The economic opportunities for combining heuristics management (herein, rules-of-thumb) with several farming technologies (uniform rate, variable rate seeding, variable rate nitrogen (N) and variable rate of both seeding and N) are modeled and investigated. Results suggest that weather-based heuristics as a strategy of selecting optimal production practices is promising for enhancing profitability. The ability to exploit interactive effects between heuristic strategies and precision agriculture technologies offers the potential to enhance profitability of both. The model shows potential for providing useful insights into improved production management decisions.
KW - Economics
KW - Modeling
KW - Weather-based experiential decisions
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U2 - 10.3920/9789086867783_096
DO - 10.3920/9789086867783_096
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84893399797
SN - 9789086862245
T3 - Precision Agriculture 2013 - Papers Presented at the 9th European Conference on Precision Agriculture, ECPA 2013
SP - 761
EP - 768
BT - Precision Agriculture 2013 - Papers Presented at the 9th European Conference on Precision Agriculture, ECPA 2013
T2 - 9th European Conference on Precision Agriculture, ECPA 2013
Y2 - 7 July 2013 through 11 July 2013
ER -