GLBRC Sustainability Data Catalog

Activity Report — GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment

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This tables lists the activities and equipment used on replicate 1 of the GLBRC BCSE (Biofuel Cropping System Experiment). This table only lists one replicate since most activities are the same between replicates.

This datatable is part of the GLBRC Experiment dataset.

Baseline and general data for the GLBRC Experiments.

Note

Experiment: GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment
Data available from: April 2008 to November 2019
Dataset: GLBRC083
Datatable ID: GLBRC083-003.100
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Last Updated 2023-10-24
Variate Description Units
obs date observation date
site study site
treatment experimental treatment
observation type type of activity performed
equipment equipment used
comment more information about activity
id observation id
Protocols

Data Excerpt

obs_date site treatment observation_type equipment comment id
2023-11-16 KBS G1 Harvest {"Loftness 15' Draper Windrower Shredder","John Deere 7520 Tractor","Krone Baler (Big Pack 1270 XC Multi-Bale)","John Deere 7420a Tractor","John Deere 7420b Tractor (14.9 R 46 back tire size)","Trailer 34 ft (Gooseneck) Low-Profile with Hydraulic Dove Tail ","Truck # 1653 (White Dodge RAM 5500 with Flat Bed)"} Jarrod Rhoades mowed corn stover in G1 main plots: Reps 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5. 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. Equipment Used: JD 7520 tractor with Krone 1270 square baler. Equipment Used: JD 7420 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 taken to KBS Dairy Center to be used for bedding for the cows. 6071
2023-11-16 KBS G3 Harvest {"Wagon - GNUSE 12 ton forage wagon","John Deere 7350 Self-propelled forage harvester/chopper"} Harvest GLBRC main site treatment G3 (sorghum) and G6 (miscanthus) main plots. Equipment Used: All plots were harvested with the JD 7350 self-propelled forage harvester equipped with a JD 676 cutting head. Plant material was chopped into a Gnuse forage wagon that is fitted with load cells to determine weight of harvested biomass. Cutting height of remaining plant stubble was 4-6 inches in all reps. Grab samples from each rep was placed in paper bags weighed for wet weight and placed in plant dryer and reweighed to determine percent moisture for each replication. 6070
2023-11-16 KBS G6 Harvest {"John Deere 7350 Self-propelled forage harvester/chopper","Wagon - GNUSE 12 ton forage wagon"} Harvest GLBRC main site treatment G3 (sorghum) and G6 (miscanthus) main plots. Equipment Used: All plots were harvested with the JD 7350 self-propelled forage harvester equipped with a JD 676 cutting head. Plant material was chopped into a Gnuse forage wagon that is fitted with load cells to determine weight of harvested biomass. Cutting height of remaining plant stubble was 4-6 inches in all reps. Grab samples from each rep was placed in paper bags weighed for wet weight and placed in plant dryer and reweighed to determine percent moisture for each replication. 6070
2023-11-14 KBS G1 Harvest {"Truck # 1653 (White Dodge RAM 5500 with Flat Bed)","Weigh Wagon, Brent by Unverferth Manufacturing Co.","Truck #1270 (White/Green)","John Deere S660 Combine"} Harvested corn in the main plot area of G1 plots, reps: 5, 4, 3, 2, & 1. 6066
2023-11-14 KBS G10 Harvest {"John Deere 4995 Discbine with 14'6\" cutting head","GNUSE Forage Wagon","John Deere 7350 Self-propelled forage harvester/chopper"} Harvested biomass in G4, G5, G7, G9, and G10 plots, all reps. Harvested the main-plot area. Wet grab samples were collected and placed in the Grieve plant drier to determine percent moisture in the biomass. 2023 was the first year that all the biomass was mowed with the JD discbine and chopped with the JD self-propelled chopper equipped with a 'hay (biomass) pick-up head'. In past years the biomass was 'direct' cut with the JD selp-propelled chopper equipped with 'kemper' direct harvesting head. See notes relating to the harvesting equipment heads under the JD 7350 sel-propelled harvester 'chopper'. The 7350 self-propelled forage harvester/chopper is equipped with a JD 676 Rotary Rowless Header, (Kemper Harvesting Head), 15 ft (4.57 meter) wide, or a JD 630B Windrow Pickup Head with Finger Auger, 3.0 Meter (9.8 ft) Wide. 6067
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