We use a variety of tools, including remote sensing, GPS and yield monitors to collect data in real world conditions. Growers and agronomists follow protocols that ensure the accuracy and reliability of the data collected, yet are easy and practical to implement. Trials run throughout fields and are made up of replicated strips marked with GPS. The strips compare a grower’s normal practice with just one alternative, which can be a difference in products used, application method, timing, or other management practices.
A single trial has value, particularly to the grower on whose farm it was conducted. However, there is much more value in looking at data from many trials, whether they are collected from farmers in a local group or pooled from across the state and across time.
On-Farm Network® Staff
- Christine Borton
Contract and Administrative Manager - Suzanne Fey
Database Technician - Steve May
Resource Development - Mick Lane
Communications Manager - Peter Kyveryga
Senior Research Associate - Tracy Blackmer
Director of Research - Patrick Reeg
Technology Manager - Matt Sweeney
Project Manager
Back Row (L-R)
Peter Kyveryga, Ph.D - Senior Research Associate
Tracy Blackmer, Ph.D - Director of Research
Patrick Reeg, CCA - Technology Manager
Front Row (L-R)
Suzanne Fey - Database Technician
Christine Borton - Contract and Administrative Manager
Steve May - Resource Development
Mick Lane - Communications Manager
Matt Sweeney, CCA - Project Manager
