The objective of the Site-Specific Management Guidelines series is to provide a mechanism to assemble expert knowledge in a timely fashion on site-specific management in a form useful to farmers and their advisers. Each Guideline addresses a specific issue related to site-specific soil and crop management. Currently there are 43 titles in the series, which can be accessed from the list below.


SSMG-1

Site-Specific Use of the Environmental Phosphorus Index Concept


SSMG-2

Management Zone Concepts


SSMG-3

Profitability of Site-Specific Farming


SSMG-4

How to Determine an Accurate Soil Testing Laboratory


SSMG-5

Developing Management Zones to Target Nitrogen Applications


SSMG-6

Global Positioning System Receivers


SSMG-7

Variable Rate Equipment - Technology for Weed Control


SSMG-8

Standardization and Precision Agriculture - 'The Promised Land'


SSMG-9

Yield Monitor Accuracy


SSMG-10

The Pioneer Split-Planter Comparison Method


SSMG-11

The Earth Model--Calculating Field Size and Distances between Points Using GPS Coordinates


SSMG-12

Assessing Crop Nitrogen Needs with Chlorophyll Meters


SSMG-13

Identifying Good Candidates for Precision Phosphorus Management


SSMG-14

Selecting a DGPS for Making Topography Maps


SSMG-15

Scouting for Weeds


SSMG-16

Remote Sensing: Photographic vs. Non-Photographic Systems


SSMG-17

Setting Up On-Farm Experiments


SSMG-18

Simple On-Farm Comparisons


SSMG-19

Area-Wide Management Zones for Insects


SSMG-20

Estimating the Time of Weed Emergence


SSMG-21

Field Testing Management Zones for VRT


SSMG-22

Potential Applications of Remote Sensing


SSMG-23

Getting Specific with Site-Specific Nutrient Management


SSMG-24

Grain Protein Sensing to Identify Nitrogen Management in Spring Wheat


SSMG-25

Weed Biology and Precision Farming


SSMG-26

Interpreting Remote Sensing Data


SSMG-27

Spatial Variability in Corn and Soybean Insect Pests: Precision Farming and Insect Pest Management for the Future


SSMG-28

Strategic Approach to Site-Specific Systems


SSMG-29

Geographic Information Systems in Site-Specific Systems


SSMG-30

Soil Electrical Conductivity Mapping


SSMG-31

Yield Monitors - Basic Steps to Ensure System Accuracy and Performance


SSMG-32

Trouble-Shooting Yield Monitor Systems


SSMG-33

Bt Corn and Insect Resistance Management: What Are They?


SSMG-34

Site-Specific Soil Compaction Mapping Using a Digital Penetrometer


SSMG-35

Obtaining Soil Information Needed for Site-Specific Management Decisions


SSMG-36

Variable-Rate Nitrogen Management for Corn Production - Success Proves Elusive


SSMG-37

Estimating Corn Yield Losses from Unevenly Spaced Planting


SSMG-38

Collecting Representative Soil Samples for Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilizer Recommendations


SSMG-39

A ‘Cookbook’ Approach for Determining the ‘Point of Maximum Economic Return’


SSMG-40

Selecting the Appropriate Satellite Remote Sensing Product for Precision Farming


SSMG-41

Determining the “Best” Approach to Identify Nutrient Management Zones: A South Dakota Example


SSMG-42

Using Remote Sensing to Develop Weed Management Zones in Soybeans


SSMG-43

The First Step in Precision Agriculture: Sampling Old Farmsteads Separately from the Rest of the Field


SSMG-44

Characterizing Soil Variability Using On-the-Go Sensing Technology


SSMG-45

Developing Productivity Zones from Multiple Years of Yield Monitor Data



The complete set of SSMG's is available for purchase at the IPNIStore.

The First Step in Precision Agriculture: Sampling Old Farmsteads Separately from the Rest of the Field


Many of the small farms that dotted the countryside a hundred years ago had enclosures where horses, cows, and hogs were kept. Manure from animals contained in these enclosures still impacts soil properties today. Most fertilizer recommendations rely on the collection of representative soil samples.

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