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Title: GPFARM: A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN THE GREAT PLAINS

Author
item Shaffer, Marvin
item Edmunds, Debora
item Bartling, Patricia
item Hanson, Jonathan

Submitted to: American Society of Agronomy
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/1/1994
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Producers in the Great Plains and elsewhere must integrate complex site and management relationships in planning for sustainable agriculture. A decision support system is being developed for strategic whole-farm management planning in Great Plains agriculture. The system focuses on sustainability and includes consideration of on-site economic, management, pest, soil, and climate interactions with strong emphasis on control of environmental impacts. GPFARM is MS Windows based and incorporates a graphical user interface along with soil-crop simulation, expert system technology, integrated economics, and regional soil, climate, crop and management databases. This paper describes the current phase and direction of the GPFARM project.