David Hooker
Projects:
Precision Agronomy Cover Crops by Soil Type and their Soil Health Footprint
Agricultural research has been known for carrying out studies on small plots. The arrival of precision ag technologies potentially allows rigorous, replicated studies to scale up to cover whole farm fields, spanning multiple soil types and landscape po …
ACTIVE
Publications:
Corn and soybean yields and returns are greater in rotations with wheat
News:
Diversify crop rotations to improve yield and soil health
The corn-soybean rotation is the dominant cropping system on farmland throughout central Canada and the midwestern United States. However, long-term …
Tillage, crop rotation, and their effects on soil health
To till or not to till, if only there was an easy answer! Thankfully, a long-term research trial at the …
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Looking forward to some new ideas from these books.
#WorldSoilDay #GooseBumps This from one of my teaching videos this semester. Soils were extracted only 10 m apart — note the difference! — no cover crop and poor crop rotation vs. red clover cover crop underseeded into winter wheat.
