KBS GLBRC Intensive Site Crop History — GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment
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Crop history on GLBRC Intensive Site (“field 98”) prior to the start of the GLBRC project. Field 98-1 (5.8 acres) is approximately the field area west of the GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment, field 98-2 (23.4 acres) is approximately the northern section of the GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment where blocks 1-3 are located and field 98-3 (26 acres) is approximately the southern section of the GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment where blocks 4-5 are located.
Prior to 1988, field 98 was managed by the KBS Dairy Farm. Crop rotations or rotation duration for specific years prior to 1988 can not be identified. With relative confidence we can say that the crops produced prior to 1988 consisted of four types: alfalfa, corn, soybeans, and wheat. By verbal communication from KBS Dairy Farm members KBS has owned/managed field 98 in 1980 and most likely as far back as the 1950’s-1960.
This datatable is part of the GLBRC Experiment dataset.
Baseline and general data for the GLBRC Experiments.
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| Experiment: | GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment |
| Data available from: | January 1988 to January 2007 |
| Dataset: | GLBRC083 |
| Datatable ID: | GLBRC083-011.101 |
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| Last Updated | 2024-06-24 |
| Variate | Description | Units |
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| year | crop year | |
| field id | Field identifier used prior to the GLBRC project. See the description of these field locations in the data table description above. | |
| crops | crops planted in given year | |
| blocks | GLBRC BCSE blocks and KBS GLBRC Intensive Site experiments. |
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Data Excerpt
| year | field_id | crops | blocks |
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| 1988 | 98-1 | Alfalfa/Corn | Biofuel Productivity Exp, Switchgrass Productivity Exp., etc. along western border of Intensive site |
| 1989 | 98-1 | Corn | Biofuel Productivity Exp, Switchgrass Productivity Exp., etc. along western border of Intensive site |
| 1990 | 98-1 | Corn | Biofuel Productivity Exp, Switchgrass Productivity Exp., etc. along western border of Intensive site |
| 1991 | 98-1 | Corn | Biofuel Productivity Exp, Switchgrass Productivity Exp., etc. along western border of Intensive site |
| 1992 | 98-1 | Corn | Biofuel Productivity Exp, Switchgrass Productivity Exp., etc. along western border of Intensive site |