EC04-704 Precision Agriculture: Listening to the Story Told by Yield Maps

Authors

Viacheslav I. Adamchuk, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Achim Dobermann, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Jianli Ping, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Date of this Version

2004

Document Type

Article

Comments

© 2004, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska on behalf of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension. All rights reserved.

Abstract

When discussing current issues in precision agriculture, the terms “yield mapping” or “yield monitoring” often are used to refer to one of the most crucial components of the entire system for site-specific crop management. In fact, yield monitoring equipment was introduced in the early 1990s and is increasingly considered a conventional practice in modern agriculture. The pioneers of precision agriculture already have generated several years of yield history and have examined different ways of interpreting and processing these data. The goal of this publication is to review several common methods of yield data analysis and to discuss potential applications for the information obtained.