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Agronomic Calendars for the Bushland, Texas Soybean Datasets

Metadata Updated: May 2, 2024

This dataset consists of agronomic calendars for each growing season (year) when soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] was grown for seed at the USDA-ARS Conservation and Production Laboratory (CPRL), Soil and Water Management Research Unit (SWMRU) research weather station, Bushland, Texas (Lat. 35.186714°, Long. -102.094189°, elevation 1170 m above MSL). In 1995, 2003, 2004, and 2010, soybean was grown on two large, precision weighing lysimeters, each in the center of a 4.44 ha square field. In 2019, soybean was grown on four large, precision weighing lysimeters, each in the center of a 4.4 ha square fields. The four fields were contiguous. The fields were designated northeast (NE), southeast (SE), northwest (NW), and southwest (SW), and were themselves arranged in a larger square with the fields in four adjacent quadrants of the larger square. Irrigation was by linear move sprinkler system in 1995, 2003, 2004, and 2010. In 2019, the NE and SE fields were irrigated using subsurface drip irrigation (SDI), while the NW and SW fields were irrigated using a linear move system. Irrigations designated as full were managed to replenish soil water used by the crop on a weekly or more frequent basis as determined by soil profile water content readings made with a neutron probe to 2.4-m depth in the field. Irrigations designated as deficit typically involved full irrigation to establish the crop. A crop calendar for each season lists by date the pertinent agronomic and maintenance operations (e.g., planting, thinning, fertilization, pesticide application, lysimeter maintenance, harvest). For each season there is one crop calendar for each two lysimeters (NE and SE, and/or NW and SW). These datasets originate from research aimed at determining crop water use (ET), crop coefficients for use in ET-based irrigation scheduling based on a reference ET, crop growth, yield, harvest index, and crop water productivity as affected by irrigation method, timing, amount (full or some degree of deficit), agronomic practices, cultivar, and weather. Prior publications have focused on ET, crop coefficients, and crop water productivity. Crop coefficients have been used by ET networks. The data have utility for testing simulation models of crop ET, growth, and yield and have been used for testing, and calibrating models of ET that use satellite and/or weather data. See the README for descriptions of each data file. Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: 1995 Bushland, TX, west soybean agronomic calendar. File Name: 1995 West Soybean Calendar(FINAL).xlsxResource Description: This agronomic calendar lists by date the agronomic operations on the Bushland, TX, large weighing lysimeters and surrounding fields, including tillage, planting, fertilization, pesticide application, furrow diking, irrigations, etc., and also sensor installation, sensor reading that might disturb lysimeter operation (neutron probe readings), maintenance operations such as emptying drainage tanks, adjusting lysimeter scale counterweights, electronic and electrical maintenance, etc. Amounts and kinds of fertilizer and pesticide applications are given with proper chemical names and SI units.Resource Title: 2003 Bushland, TX, east soybean agronomic calendar. File Name: 2003 East Soybean Calendar (FINAL).xlsxResource Description: This agronomic calendar lists by date the agronomic operations on the Bushland, TX, large weighing lysimeters and surrounding fields, including tillage, planting, fertilization, pesticide application, furrow diking, irrigations, etc., and also sensor installation, sensor reading that might disturb lysimeter operation (neutron probe readings), maintenance operations such as emptying drainage tanks, adjusting lysimeter scale counterweights, electronic and electrical maintenance, etc. Amounts and kinds of fertilizer and pesticide applications are given with proper chemical names and SI units.Resource Title: 2010 Bushland, TX, west soybean agronomic calendar. File Name: 2010 West Soybean Calendar(FINAL).xlsxResource Description: This agronomic calendar lists by date the agronomic operations on the Bushland, TX, large weighing lysimeters and surrounding fields, including tillage, planting, fertilization, pesticide application, furrow diking, irrigations, etc., and also sensor installation, sensor reading that might disturb lysimeter operation (neutron probe readings), maintenance operations such as emptying drainage tanks, adjusting lysimeter scale counterweights, electronic and electrical maintenance, etc. Amounts and kinds of fertilizer and pesticide applications are given with proper chemical names and SI units.Resource Title: 2019 Bushland, TX, east soybean agronomic calendar. File Name: 2019 East Soybean Calendar(FINAL).xlsxResource Description: This agronomic calendar lists by date the agronomic operations on the Bushland, TX, large weighing lysimeters and surrounding fields, including tillage, planting, fertilization, pesticide application, furrow diking, irrigations, etc., and also sensor installation, sensor reading that might disturb lysimeter operation (neutron probe readings), maintenance operations such as emptying drainage tanks, adjusting lysimeter scale counterweights, electronic and electrical maintenance, etc. Amounts and kinds of fertilizer and pesticide applications are given with proper chemical names and SI units.Resource Title: 2019 Bushland, TX, west soybean agronomic calendar. File Name: 2019 West Soybean Calendar(FINAL).xlsxResource Description: This agronomic calendar lists by date the agronomic operations on the Bushland, TX, large weighing lysimeters and surrounding fields, including tillage, planting, fertilization, pesticide application, furrow diking, irrigations, etc., and also sensor installation, sensor reading that might disturb lysimeter operation (neutron probe readings), maintenance operations such as emptying drainage tanks, adjusting lysimeter scale counterweights, electronic and electrical maintenance, etc. Amounts and kinds of fertilizer and pesticide applications are given with proper chemical names and SI units.Resource Title: 2004 Bushland, TX, east soybean agronomic calendar. File Name: 2004 East Soybean Calendar(FINAL).xlsxResource Description: This agronomic calendar lists by date the agronomic operations on the Bushland, TX, large weighing lysimeters and surrounding fields, including tillage, planting, fertilization, pesticide application, furrow diking, irrigations, etc., and also sensor installation, sensor reading that might disturb lysimeter operation (neutron probe readings), maintenance operations such as emptying drainage tanks, adjusting lysimeter scale counterweights, electronic and electrical maintenance, etc. Amounts and kinds of fertilizer and pesticide applications are given with proper chemical names and SI units.Resource Title: README. File Name: README_Soybean_Agronomic_Calendars.txt

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

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Metadata Created Date May 2, 2024
Metadata Updated Date May 2, 2024
Data Update Frequency irregular

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Harvested from USDA JSON

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Metadata Created Date May 2, 2024
Metadata Updated Date May 2, 2024
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Data Last Modified 2024-04-02
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