Geo-referenced Annual Crop Yields - Processed JD — Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE)
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Geo-referenced annual crop yields as reported by the John Deere cloud software. This data table covers the LTER MCSE.
This datatable is part of the Precision Agriculture Yield Monitoring in Row Crop Agriculture dataset.
The LTER annual crops (corn, soy and wheat), treatments 1-4, are harvested annually using a combine equipped with a GPS and precision agriculture software to allow detailed yield measurements with coincident GPS latitude and longitude data..
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| Experiment: | Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE) |
| Data available from: | July 2012 to October 2025 |
| Dataset: | KBS037 |
| Datatable ID: | KBS037-003.46 |
| Core Areas | Primary Production |
| Repository link: | http://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/423c07d6ea3317c545beabb4b8e502c8 |
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| Last Updated | 2025-10-17 |
| Variate | Description | Units |
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| longitude | decimal longitude WSG84 datum | lat-long |
| latitude | decimal latitude WSG84 datum | lat-long |
| yield bu ac | wet yield | bu/ac |
| crop | crop name | |
| variety | variety name as recorded during harvest | |
| moisture | percent moisture measured by the yield monitor | % |
| percent dry matter | percent dry matter as calculated by the yield monitor | % |
| sample datetime | harvest datetime | |
| heading | the direction the machine is traveling. I think that 0 is north. | |
| distance ft | the distance the machine traveled for this datapoint | foot |
| swath width ft | the width of the harvester head | foot |
| treatment | MCSE treatment name | |
| replicate | MCSE replicate name |
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Data Excerpt
| longitude | latitude | yield_bu_ac | crop | variety | moisture | percent_dry_matter | sample_datetime | heading | distance_ft | swath_width_ft | treatment | replicate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -85.37085064079274 | 42.40812306858422 | 34.9372896 | corn | PIONEER P0306Q | 24.718 | 75.282 | 2023-11-10 00:35:59 +0000 | 336.69895494 | 3.53109988 | 15.0 | T1 | R2 |
| -85.36973718104659 | 42.41518598084483 | 71.40183355 | corn | PIONEER P0306Q | 24.86 | 75.14 | 2023-11-09 01:47:57 +0000 | 181.99867422 | 5.28599357 | 15.0 | T2 | R5 |
| -85.36833433331722 | 42.41496444639261 | 67.28032184 | Wheat (Soft Red Winter) | Variety 21878 | 12.13 | 87.87 | 2013-07-19 15:14:59 +0000 | 0.0 | 7.04166667 | 15.0 | T3 | R5 |
| -85.36833433331722 | 42.41512000239266 | 46.43680406 | Wheat (Soft Red Winter) | Variety 21878 | 12.13 | 87.87 | 2013-07-19 15:15:07 +0000 | 0.0 | 6.95833333 | 15.0 | T3 | R5 |
| -85.37221666661837 | 42.40766244579133 | 59.92955513 | Wheat (Soft Red Winter) | Variety 21878 | 9.09 | 90.91 | 2013-07-24 22:19:48 +0000 | 0.0 | 7.15833333 | 15.0 | T2 | R1 |