2009
ISA On-Farm Network/On-farm Research
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Iowa Soybean Association
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Industry outreachResearch Coordination
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Ed Anderson, Iowa Soybean Association
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Iowa Soybean Association
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
Iowa Soybean Association
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

This project involves coordinating the On-Farm Network, which works with more than 500 Iowa soybean and corn growers who conduct a wide variety of on-farm research studies. The focus is on using precision ag technologies, including GPS, aerial imagery, and combine yield monitors, to determine the economic potential of specific crop production practices, such as use of fertilizers, fungicides, insecticides, pest resistant hybrids or varieties, tillage or other soil management practices, etc. To do this, growers use alternating replicated strips across their field(s) that compare their current management with the practice they want to study. Strips are marked with GPS, so they can be monitored...

Unique Keywords:
#research coordination
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

The project provides for an annual conference for On-Farm Network participants, technical presentations at national scientific conferences, local crop fairs, field days, county annual meetings, and other grower meetings with the goal of improving profits for Iowa's soybean growers.

Final Project Results

The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.