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Clemson Precision Agriculture publishes a periodic newsletter in which we aim to provide you with an update on what we are currently working on, provide you with one technical article from research we are conducting at Clemson, inform you of any seasonal precision agriculture information, share current and upcoming events, and let you get to know us better.
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Past Newsletter
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Feb 2019
Soil Moisture Thresholds in Cotton, Online Calculators, Precision Planting
We hope that everyone has had a great holiday season and that 2019 is off to a great start. I am sure that many of you, like myself, are hopeful that the excessive rainfall we have received throughout harvest of 2018 will subside in 2019 to allow fertilizer spreading and planting to begin. ...
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Nov 2018
Variable Rate N in Hay, Soil Sampling Software, CapstanAG
For most South Carolina growers cotton, peanut, and soybean harvest is now in full swing. The last two months around Edisto REC and across the state have been busy for us...
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Sept 2018
Management Zones, Grain Yield Monitor Calibration, BMP Logic - Soil Moisture Probes
Overall, this summer has been productive for the Precision Ag. program at Edisto REC with the trials we have been conducting, as well as, providing extension support to growers...
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May 2017
Sensor-Based Nutrient Management, Southern Crop Solutions
On average, growers in the US apply about 90 lb/acre nitrogen for cotton, 140 lb/acre for corn, and 90 lb/acre for wheat for a total of 9 million tons for these three crops. ...
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Mar 2017
Variable Rate Prescription Development, Veris - Soil EC and More
Variable rate application capabilities exist for most of today’s inputs used in row crop production. The underlying goal of variable rate application is to improve use of crop inputs to increase profitability; ...
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Feb 2017
Grid Sampling vs. Zone Sampling
There are advantages and disadvantages to both grid sampling and zone sampling. Both grid sampling and zone sampling show a better picture of a field than just taking a composite sample for the entire field. ...
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Sept 2016
Grain Yield Monitor Calibration, Precision Ag Opportunities in Hay Production, John Deere StarFire and AutoTrac
Yield monitors are the second most commonly applied precision agriculture technology. They are, for the most part, standard equipment on new grain combines. Properly calibrating a yield monitor is extremely important depending on how the data is going to be used. ...
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Jan 2016
Rent This Field?, Crop Water Requirement
With the 2015 Harvest Season coming to an end means that rent payments for property are due. This also can mean that rental land may be changing hands, land that was fallow last year may be coming available for farmers, or new ground may be up for rent. ...
