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Agronomic Field Log and Activity Reports — GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment

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Log of the agronomic activities on the GLBRC sites. See here for an interactive version

This datatable is part of the Agronomic Log Queries - GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment dataset.

It contains specific queries of agronomic activities carried out on the Biofuel Cropping System Experiment, prepared from the Agronomic Log. The Agronomic Log contains all agromonic activities for multiple experiments. Contact the GLBRC Sustainability Information Manager if you need additional information from the aglog.

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Experiment: GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment
Data available from: October 2007 to August 2024
Dataset: GLBRC113
Datatable ID: GLBRC083-001.9
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Last Updated 2024-08-28
Variate Description Units
obs date Date of the Observation
site site
comment The observation or operation that was perfomed

Data Excerpt

obs_date site comment
2026-04-21 KBS Fertilize wheat. This in the second split application.
2026-04-11 KBS Applied Glyphosate to G4 and G5 to control cool season perennial grasses.
2026-03-24 KBS Fertilize wheat, canola, and rye with 15 gallons 28% UAN and 5 gallons ATS per acre (50 lbs. N + 15 lbs. S per acre). Fertilizer applied with Chafer stream bars. In E1 double crop experiment, the full season soybean treatment was also fertilized. H2, A1, E1, and IP2 completed on 3/25/2026.
2026-03-18 KBS Harvest on KBS GLBRC BCSE Site G8 poplar trees. Order of harvest for G8 plots: Rep 5 and 3 harvested on March 18, 2026. Reps 4 and 1 were harvested on March 19, 2026. Reps 2 was harvested on March 20, 2026. Trees were removed and weighed from Rep 5 on March 18, 2026. Trees were removed and weighed from Reps 3 and 4 on March 19, 2026. Trees were removed and weighed from Reps 2 and 1 on March 23, 2026. K.J. Kettler, Mickey Trimmer, and Sam from the Michigan State University Kellogg Forest harvested the G8 poplar tree. Trees were cut/harvested with chainsaw. Because of reduced labor and slow tree growth (or no tree grow) from the new planting in 2019 harvest the micro-plots were never fertilized with N fertilizer. i.e. the trees never reached the growth stage that would have been optimal to apply N fertilizer so we never applied the N fertilizer to the tree micro-plots. The first row on both the north and south side being removed first to eliminate edge effect and the first row on the east and west sides were removed to eliminate edge effect. Entire plot area was combined in to one plot weight for each plot. Bundles of trees were removed from the plots with the JD 7420a loader tractor. Trees were fed through a wood chipper. The wood biomass was chopped in to the GNUSE 12 ton forage wagon. The GNUSE wagon is equipped with load cells so that it can weigh biomass in the field directly on the wagon. Wet grab samples were collected and placed in the Grieve plant drier to determine percent moisture in the wood biomass. After cutting trees stumps were treat with Roundup to prevent poplar for regrowing.
2025-11-24 KBS Corn Stover Harvest: Jarrod Rhoades mowed corn stover in G1 main plots: Reps 3, 2, 5, 4, & 1. Corn stover was mowed into windrows so that they could be bailed. The 6 rows (15 ft) in the west micro-plots of each rep were not mowed. Equipment Used: JD 7420a tractor and Loftness 15 ft Draper Windrower Shredder. Joe Simmons bailed corn stover with Krone 1270 square baler. Reps 2, 3, 4, 5, & 1. Equipment Used: JD 7520 tractor with Krone 1270 square baler. Ethan Rocklin removed bales from plots: Equipment Used: JD 7420(b) tractor (with loader) was used to move/load bales. Equipment Used: Dodge truck and gooseneck trailer were used to move and weigh bales. Portable scale was put on the rear of gooseneck and bales were place on scale to obtain weight. Bales were used as hunting blinds in the BCSE site.