PROCEEDINGS 1996 INFORMATION AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE

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1 PROCEEDINGS 1996 INFORMATION AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE July 30 - August 1 Krannert Center for the Performing Arts University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois Conference on site-specific crop and soil management and computer communication systems for agriculture. UB/TIB Hannover

2 WELCOME Don Holt 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE INFORMATION AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE Harold F. Reetz, Jr 2 VARIABLE RATE NITROGEN: WHAT'S THE POTENTIAL? T. W. Bruulsema 4 PROFITABILITY OF VARIABLE RATE N ON CORN Gary L. Malzer ;... 6 TOOLS FOR SITE SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT Dale Cowan 8 AGRICULTURE ON THE WWW: FUTURE OF THE CYBERFARM John Schmitz 10 USE OF THE INTERNET IN A FERTILISER BUSINESS John Fuller 12 EFFECTIVE USE OF THE INTERNET Alaina G. Kanfer 14 SAMPLING & SENSING IN THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS David W. Franzen 15 PREDICTING CROP PRODUCTIVITY USING ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION Newell Kitchen 17 DIGITAL AERIAL PHOTOS IN PRECISION FARMING Kevin E. Spry 19 SOIL SENSOR UPDATE MarkT. Morgan 21 INTRODUCTION TO DIFFERENTIAL GPS FOR PRECISION AGRICULTURE APPLICATIONS Arthur F. Lange 23 PRECISION FARMING WITH GPS Norman R. Cantin 25 BEYOND GPS-GUIDED & CONTROLLED FARM EQUIPMENT James Lee Adams, Jr 27 CROP DISEASE FORECASTING USING WEATHER STATION NETWORKS M. D. Cahn, R. M. Davis, C. Pickel, and G. Miyao 29 ii

3 DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR PRECISION IN AGRICULTURE Perry M. Petersen 31 SAMPLING AND TESTING FOR VARIABLE RATE FERTILIZATION NyleC. Wollenhaupt 33 VARIABLE RATE EQUIPMENT AND CONTROLLERS FOR PRECISION AGRICULTURE Dean Fairchild 35 ABSTRACT Max Favourite 36 PUTTING THE TECHNOLOGY TO WORK Kyle Pierce 37 A BETTER GAMBLE WITH PRECISION Dennis Lindsay 38 YIELD MONITORS Thomas L. Krill 39 PRECISION INFORMATION HOW CAN IT PAY? Barry Denton 41 AGRIBIZ.COM VIRTUAL COOPERATIVE INTERNET WEB SITE Frank Beurskens 42 FARM APPLICATIONS OF THE INTERNET Kent Krukewitt 43 POWERAG SM THE AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION NETWORK Jerry Quinn 45 CONSULTING WITH THE INTERNET Kirk A. Wesley 47 STATUS OF PRECISION FARMING IN THE EASTERN MIDWEST Harold F. Reetz, Jr 49 OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR PRECISION FARMING IN THE WESTERN CORNBELT PaulE. Fixen 51 AN OVERVIEW OF REMOTE SENSING IN AGRICULTURE Chris J. Johannsen 53 ABSTRACT Gregory E. Knoblauch 55 iii

4 REMOTE SENSING: THE IMPORTANCE OF AGRONOMICS Neal Christensen, Mike Schlemer & Devon Liston 56 SPATIAL VARIABILITY IN CORN ROOTWORM POPULATIONS AND THE SOIL ENVIRONMENT: POTENTIAL MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS M. M. Ellsbury and W. D. Woodson 58 PRECISION A-Z Grant Mangold 60 ON-FARM RESEARCH WITH PRECISION TOOLS Francis J. Pierce 62 MAKING PRECISION PAY Chad Hertz, Bill Holstine, Shaun Lambertson 63 ON-FARM RESEARCH WITH PRECISION TOOLS D. G. Bullock, L. L. Anderson, T. R. Ellsworth, R. L. Hornbaker and M. Restrepo 65 EVALUATING POPULATION AND HYBRIDS WITH PRECISION TOOLS Todd A. Peterson 67 THE VALUE OF FARMER-UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS IN PRECISION AGRICULTURE DonBot 69 MINERALOGY/REDOX EFFECTS ON YIELD MAPS Charles B. Roth 70 GIS APPLICATIONS IN CROP INSURANCE Kris Lynn 71 LESSONS FROM SEVEN YEARS OF CONSECUTIVE YIELD MAPS TomColvin 72 REMOTE SENSING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM John Fuller 74 CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES WITH PRECISION MANAGEMENT FOR COTTON, PEANUTS AND FORAGE CROPS Cliffords. Snyder and Noble R. Usherwood 76 MARKETING A PRECISION PROGRAM Steve Sonka 77 ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF PRECISION FARMING/SITE SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: CURRENT RESEARCH RESULTS, ISSUES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS Robert H. Hornbaker 78 iv

5 INCREASING PROFITABILITY AND MANAGING RISK WITH PRECISION AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS? J. Lowenberg-DeBoer 80 FINDING A PEER GROUP OUT ON THE BLEEDING EDGE Robert Narem 82 THE USE OF PRODUCER GROUPS OR "CLUBS" TO AID IN THE ADOPTION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES Larry Lotz 83 CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRECISION FARMING IN THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES T.L.Roberts 84 SITE-SPECIFIC FARMING: A CONCEPT, NOT A PURCHASE Janice and Carl Mattson 86 FACTORS AFFECTING VARIABLE RESPONSE TO FERTILIZER IN SMALL GRAINS Tom Goddard, Doug Penney and Colin McKenzie 87 ROOT SIMULATORS FOR SOIL FERTILITY MAPPING Jeff J. Schoenau 89 AN INTRODUCTION TO PRECISION FARMING IN THE WESTERN U.S. Albert E. Ludwick 91 PRECISION VIA CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION Mitchell E. Schefcik and Jacqueline A. Pete 92 PRECISION FOR IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IN THE MIDWEST James S. Schepers 94 PRECISION IRRIGATION AND FERTIGATION IN THE NORTHWEST B. A. King, J. C. Stark, I. R. McCann and D. T. Westermann 96 ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSIONS OF PRECISION FARMING Luther Tweeten 98

6 POSTER PRESENTATIONS Table of Contents VARYING CORN POPULATIONS ACCORDING TO DEPTH OF TOPSOIL M. J. Bitzer, R. I. Barnhisel and J. H. Grove 1 SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS OF SOIL NITROGEN WITH CORN YIELD RESPONSE TO APPLIED NITROGEN T. W. Bruulsema, G. L. Malzer, P. C. Robert, J. G. Davis and P. J. Copeland 3 INTEGRATED GIS-EPIC MODEL FOR PRECISION FARMING Thomas Goddard, Len Kryzanowski, Karen Cannon, Cesar Izaurralde and Tim Martin 5 PREDICTING CORN PRODUCTIVITY FOR ERODED UPLAND LANDSCAPES IN KENTUCKY: SOIL CLAY AND ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS J. H. Grove, M. J. Bitzer, R. I. Barnhisel and W. W. Frye 7 SOIL UNIFORMITY IMPROVEMENT OF RESEARCH STATION FIELDS USING SPATIAL ANALYSIS J. V. Skinner, Jr., H. D. Scott and W. E. Sabbe 10 VI