Precision Conservation: Goespatial Techniques for Agricultural and Natural Resources Conservation

by Jorge A. Delgado, Gretchen F. Sassenrath, Tom Mueller

Overview

Precision conservation is a reality, and we are moving towards improved effectiveness of conservation practices by accounting for temporal and spatial variability within and off field. This is the first book to cover the application of the principles of precision conservation to target conservation practices across fields and watersheds. It has clearly been established that the 21st century will present enormous challenges, from increased yield demands to climate change. Without improved conservation practices it will not be possible to ensure food security and conservation effectiveness. Readers will appreciate the application of the precision conservation concept to increase conservation effectiveness in a variety of contexts, with a focus on recent advances in technology, methods, and improved results. IN PRESS! This book is being published according to the “Just Published” model, with more chapters to be published online as they are completed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780891183556
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/22/2020
Series:	Agronomy Monographs , #108
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	0.39(w) x 0.39(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Jorge A. Delgado is an Acting Research Leader at USDA-ARS, Fort Collins, Colorado and Fellow of ASA, SSSA and Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS). Dr. Delgado earned his B.S. degree from the University of Puerto Rico, and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Louisiana State University. He has been Chair of the Editorial Board of the SWCS and Research Editor of the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation since 2001. Among other prestigious awards, Dr. Delgado has received the ASA Werner L. Nelson Award, the ASA Environmental Quality Research Award, the SSSA Soil Science Research Award, the SSSA Soil Science Applied Research Award, the SWCS Hugh Hammond Bennett Award, and international awards from the ASA and SSSA. He is an international leader in nitrogen (N) management and has positively impacted N management and environmental quality by developing and transferring best nitrogen management practices and software tools to users.

Gretchen F. Sassenrath, Ph.D., is an associate professor of agronomy at Kansas State University Southeast Research and Extension Center in Parsons, KS. She received her B.A. from Oberlin College, M.S. from the University of Illinois, and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1988. Dr. Sassenrath worked as a researcher examining farming systems at the USDA Agricultural Research Service Crop Simulation Research Unit in Starkville, MS and then the Application and Production Technology Research Unit in Stoneville, MS. Dr. Sassenrath moved to Kansas State University in 2013, and is conducting research on integrated crop and animal production systems that improve agronomic productivity, enhance soil and water resources, and increase economic return for producers. She has served as chair of the regional project on Water Management in Humid Areas, and the Beltwide Cotton Production Physiology Conference. She currently is an associate editor for the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, and the vice-chair of the ASA Cover Crop Management community.

Tom Mueller, Ph.D., is an data research agronomist with the Decision Science and Modeling team at the Intelligent Solutions Group John Deere and Company in Urbandale, IA. His work there focuses on data analytics and introducing new technologies into the MyJohnDeere platform. He received his B.S. from Purdue University in 1990, his M.S. at Purdue in 1994, and his Ph.D. at Michigan State University in 1998. Dr. Mueller is currently the leader of the Precision Agriculture community of interest for the American Society of Agronomy, and has served on the editorial boards for the Agronomy Journal, Crop Science, and the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 Soil Erosion Modeling and Conservation Planning 1
James C. Ascough II, Dennis C. Flanagan, John Tatarko, Mark A. Nearing, Holm Kipka

CHAPTER 2 Nitrogen Component in Nonpoint-Source Pollution Models 27
Yongping Yuan, Ronald Bingner, Henrique Momm

CHAPTER 3 GPS, GIS, Guidance, and Variable-rate Technologies for Conservation Management 65
John Fulton, Matthew Darr

CHAPTER 4 Identifying Riparian Zones Best Suited to Installation of Saturated Buffers: A Preliminary Multi-Watershed Assessment 83
M.D. Tomer, D.B. Jaynes, S.A. Porter, D.E. James, T.M. Isenhart

CHAPTER 5 Vegetative Filters 95
M. G. Dosskey, S. Neelakantan, T. Mueller, Z. Qiu

CHAPTER 6 Identifying and Characterizing Ravines with GIS Terrain Attributes for Precision Conservation 109
David J. Mulla, Shannon Belmont

CHAPTER 7 Grassed Waterways 131
Peter Fiener, Karl Auerswald

CHAPTER 8 Terracing and Contour Farming 151
Allen Thompson, Ken Sudduth

CHAPTER 9 Elements of Precision Manure Management 165
Peter J.A. Kleinman, Anthony R. Buda, Andrew N. Sharpley, Raj Khosla

CHAPTER 10 Irrigation Management 193
David L. Bjorneberg, Robert G. Evans, E. John Sadler

CHAPTER 11 GIS and GPS Applications for Planning, Design and Management of Drainage Systems 209
Vinayak S. Shedekar, Larry C. Brown

CHAPTER 12 Calculating Soil Organic Turnover at Different Landscape Position in Precision Conservation 231
David E. Clay, Jiyul Chang, Graig Reicks, Sharon A. Clay, Cheryl Reese

CHAPTER 13 Precision Conservation for Biofuel Production 253
Indrajeet Chaubey, Raj Cibin, Qingyu Feng

CHAPTER 14 Precision Conservation to Enhance Wildlife Benefits in Agricultural Landscapes 285
Mark D. McConnell, L. Wes Burger Jr.

CHAPTER 15 Precision Conservation and Water Quality Markets 313
Ali Saleh, Edward Osei

CHAPTER 16 Field- and farm-scale assessment of soil greenhouse gas mitigation using COMET-Farm 341
Keith Paustian, Mark Easter, Kevin Brown, Adam Chambers, Marlen Eve, Adriane Huber, Ernie Marx, Mark Layer, Matt Stermer, Ben Sutton, Amy Swan, Crystal Toureene, Sobha Verlayudhan, Steve Williams

CHAPTER 17 Precision Conservation and Precision Regulation 361
G. F. Sassenrath, J.A. Delgado