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Diverse Rotations Improve Valuable Ecosystem Services (DRIVES) Database

Published by Agricultural Research Service | Department of Agriculture | Catalog Last Checked: May 05, 2026 at 11:40 PM | Dataset Last Updated: November 21, 2025
The DRIVES database combines of historical data from long-term agricultural field experiments throughout North America. Currently, the database contains crop yield, weather, agronomic management, and experimental metadata for 21 long-term experimental sites in the US, Canada, and Mexico. For details on DRIVES research and participating sites, visit https://www.drives-network.org/.As of May 2025, 17 sites have agreed to release the first round of data to the public on two conditions. First, users must complete a data request form to be granted access: https://www.drives-network.org/data-request. Second, any publications or products must adequately acknowledge the DRIVES data by citing this repository and acknowledging the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance for Canadian sites.After completing the data request form, you will receive an email with instructions for logging into the database. Canadian sites require a separate data request form emailed to acorrend@uoguelph.ca (Elora) and dhooker@uoguelph.ca (Ridgetown). A partially filled form is included in this repository and at https://www.drives-network.org/data-request. Users can download and harmonize database tables using the drivesR package, which can be installed from github.com/DRIVES-Project/drivesR. Instructions for installing and using the package can be found on our github page: drives-project.github.io/drivesR/This repository contains metadata tables, dictionaries, and inventories of DRIVES data. Detailed descriptions of each resource can be found in the README file.

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description <p dir="ltr">The DRIVES database combines of historical data from long-term agricultural field experiments throughout North America. Currently, the database contains crop yield, weather, agronomic management, and experimental metadata for 21 long-term experimental sites in the US, Canada, and Mexico. For details on DRIVES research and participating sites, visit <a href="https://www.drives-network.org/" target="_blank">https://www.drives-network.org/</a>.</p><p dir="ltr">As of May 2025, 17 sites have agreed to release the first round of data to the public on two conditions. First, users must complete a data request form to be granted access: <a href="https://www.drives-network.org/data-request" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.drives-network.org/data-request</a>. Second, any publications or products must adequately acknowledge the DRIVES data by citing this repository and acknowledging the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance for Canadian sites.</p><p dir="ltr">After completing the <a href="https://www.drives-network.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">data request form</a>, you will receive an email with instructions for logging into the database. Canadian sites require a separate data request form emailed to <a href="mailto:acorrend@uoguelph.ca" target="_blank">acorrend@uoguelph.ca</a> (Elora) and <a href="mailto:dhooker@uoguelph.ca" target="_blank">dhooker@uoguelph.ca</a> (Ridgetown). A partially filled form is included in this repository and at <a href="https://www.drives-network.org/data-request" target="_blank">https://www.drives-network.org/data-request</a>. Users can download and harmonize database tables using the <a href="https://drives-project.github.io/drivesR/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">drivesR package</a>, which can be installed from <a href="https://github.com/DRIVES-Project/drivesR." rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">github.com/DRIVES-Project/drivesR</a>. Instructions for installing and using the package can be found on our github page: <a href="https://drives-project.github.io/drivesR/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">drives-project.github.io/drivesR/</a></p><p dir="ltr">This repository contains metadata tables, dictionaries, and inventories of DRIVES data. Detailed descriptions of each resource can be found in the README file.</p>
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identifier 10779/USDA.ADC.28654694.v1
keyword 
[
  "North America",
  "agronomic management",
  "crop diversity",
  "crop rotation",
  "crop yields",
  "long term experiments",
  "sustainable agriculture",
  "weather station data"
]
license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2025-11-21
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publisher 
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temporal 1962-01-01/2021-12-31
title Diverse Rotations Improve Valuable Ecosystem Services (DRIVES) Database

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