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Using Fieldwork Days Data to Manage Fieldwork

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Ray Massey and Pat Guinan University of Missouri Commercial Ag Program. Using Fieldwork Days Data to Manage Fieldwork. Crop Progress and Fieldwork Days. April through November USDA data – Reporters’ opinion of crop conditions and soil conditions allowing equipment into the field

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Using Fieldwork Days Data to Manage Fieldwork

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  1. Ray Massey and Pat Guinan University of Missouri Commercial Ag Program Using Fieldwork Days Data to Manage Fieldwork

  2. Crop Progress and Fieldwork Days • April through November USDA data – • Reporters’ opinion of • crop conditions and soil conditions allowing equipment into the field • Percent of crops at various stages • http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Missouri/Publications/Crop_Progress_and_Condition/

  3. Crop Reporting Districts

  4. NW Missouri Field Workdays

  5. NW Corn Planting Date Average Date of Last Spring Frost

  6. Missouri April Precipitation

  7. Median Date of Last Spring Frost (≤32°F) 1971-2000

  8. NW MO Corn Planting: Median date

  9. NW MO Corn Planting: Days between 25th and 75th percentiles

  10. NW Corn Harvesting Date Average Date of First Fall Frost

  11. Factors Affecting Planting Date • Weather: rainfall and temperature • Seed Coats • Seed Genetics • Seed Company Promotions – replant provisions • Adoption of no-till • Larger equipment – faster planting • Larger farms • Custom fertilizer and farming

  12. Uses of PFDM • Equipment management – number of pieces of equipment necessary to complete fieldword with confidence. • Land acquisition questions – can I add 200 acres with existing equipment? • Cropping dynamics – given delayed planting, what is the probability successfully carrying out current cropping plan. • Nutrient management plans – probability of completion for regulatory purposes

  13. crops.missouri.edu

  14. MU Resource Guides • Crops.missouri.edu • Swine.missouri.edu • Beef.missouri.edu • Dairy.missouri.edu

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