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Date of this Version

1995

Document Type

Article

Citation

Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

225 Keirn Hall

Lincoln, NE 68583-0949

Comments

Copyright 1995 University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Abstract

Decision Case Studies are Ideal for On-Farm Research

R. Kent Crookston, University of Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I

Use of On-Farm Research by Farmers for Technology Development and Transfer

Stewart Wuest, Baird Miller, Stephen Guy, Russ Karow, Rojer Veseth,

and Donald Wysocki, Washington State U., U. of Idaho, Oregon State U. . ...... 7

Best Information for Choosing Crop Varieties

Dale Hicks and Robert Stucker, University of Minnesota . . . .. …….. 13

Adaptability Analysis for Diverse Environments

Peter Hildebrand and John Russell, University of Florida ………… 19

Washington State University, .................................. 29

Complementary Abilities and Objectives in On-Farm Research

Derrick Exner, Iowa State University ............................. 33

Credibility of On-Farm Research in Future Information Networks

Charles Francis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln ...................... 37

Recent Papers Related to On-Fann Research

Participatory Research and Other Sharing of Experience

Committee Report Summarized by Charles Francis, U. Nebraska - Lincoln; from

W.K. Kellogg Foundation Cluster Workshop, Integrated Farming Systems,

Santa Cruz, California; February 23, 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 51

On-Farm Research

Emerson Nafziger, University of Illinois (Chapter 19 from 1994 book from

Department of Agronomy, U. Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 55

Responsive Constructivist Requirements Engineering: a Paradigm

Michael Mayhew and Samuel Alessi, Iowa State Univ. and USDA/ARS, Morris,

Minnesota (In Systems Engineering: A Competitive Edge in a Changing World,

J. T. Whalen, D. J. Sifferman, and R. Olson, eds. Proc. 4th Ann. Int. Sym. Natl.

Council on Systems Engin., Aug. 10-12, 1994. San Jose, CA) . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 61

On-Farm Research in Kansas, 1993: Summarized Results of a Farmer Opinion Survey

Stay Freyenberger, Kansas St.ate University (unpublished) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 69

On-Farm Experiment Designs and Implications for Locating Research Sites

Phil Rzewnicki, Richard Thompson, Gary Lesoing, Roger Elmore, Charles Francis,

Anne Parkhurst, and Russell Moomaw, U. Nebraska and Practical Farmers of Iowa

(Amer. J. Altern. Agric. 3:168-173. 1988) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 81

Establishing the Proper Role for On-Farm Research

William Lockeretz, Tufts University (Amer. J. Altern. Agric. 2:132-136. 1987) 87

Farmer Participation in Research and Extension: N Fertilizer Response in Crop Rotation

Alan Franzleubbers and Charles Francis, University of Nebraska

(J. Sustain. Agric. 2:9-30. 1991) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 93

Modified Stability Analysis of Farmer Managed, On-Farm Trials

Peter Hildebrand, Univ. of Florida (Agron. J. 76:271-274. 1984) ............ 105

Farmer Initiated On-Farm Research

Ron Rosmann, Practical Farmers of Iowa (Amer. J. Altern. Agric. 9:34-37. 1994) . 109

Participatory Strategies for Information Exchange

Charles Francis, James King, Jerry DeWitt, James Bushnell, and Leo Lucas, Univ.

of Nebraska and Iowa State Univ. (Amer. J. Altern. Agric. 5:153-160.1990) 113

Farmer Participation in Research: A Model for Adaptive Research and Education

John Gerber, Univ. of Massachusetts (Amer. 1. Altern. Agric. 7:118-121. 1992) ... 121

Communicating between Farmers and Scientists: A Story about Stories

Connie and Doc Hatfield, Preston and Wanda Boop, and Ray William,

Oregon and Pennsylvania Farmers, and Oregon State Univ.

(Amer. J. Altern. Agric. 9: 186-187. 1994). . ........................ 125

On-Farm Sustainable Agriculture Reseach: Lessons from the Past, Directions for the Future

Donald Taylor, South Dakota State Univ. (J. Sustain. Agric. 1:43-86. 1990) ..... 127

Farmers' Use of Validity Cues to Evaluate Reports of Field-Scale Agricultural Research

Gerry Walter, Univ. of Illinois (Amer. J. Altern. Agric. 8:107-117.1993) ...... 151

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