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Where do Sensing Technologies Fit into a Farmers Program?. Where Do Sensors Fit. Fine Tuning High Yield Production Systems Crop Risk Management Evaluating Soil N Contributions Manure/Organics Management Crop Quality Environmental Management. Where Do Sensors Fit.
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Where Do Sensors Fit • Fine Tuning High Yield Production Systems • Crop Risk Management • Evaluating Soil N Contributions • Manure/Organics Management • Crop Quality • Environmental Management
Where Do Sensors Fit • Fine Tuning High Yield Production Systems • Spatial variability
Where Do Sensors Fit • Crop Risk Management • Drought risk, the KState sorghum approach • N Loss potential • Be able to figure out how much extra N may be needed in wet years • Be able to patch up the holes in variable fields
Where Do Sensors Fit • Evaluating Soil N Contributions: do soil tests even work? • Carry over N • An alternative to profile N sampling, which farmers won’t do. • Mineralized N • Soybean credits • Organic matter contributions • An open winter
Where Do Sensors Fit • Manure/Organics Management • Do we really know what’s in manure? • Do we really know how much was put on? • Distribution? • Mineralization rate? • Volatilization of ammonia?
Where Do Sensors Fit • Crop Quality • Protein content in wheat • Potato tuber size
Where Do Sensors Fit • Environmental Management • Shallow unprotected groundwater zones • Hypoxia • Protection against over tweaking
Where Do Sensors Fit • Fine Tuning High Yield Production Systems • Crop Risk Management • Evaluating Soil N Contributions • Manure/Organics Management • Crop Quality • Environmental Management