Abstract
A total of 344 soil cores were taken in annually cropped fields of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario from 2011 to 2013 in areas where the field shapes, or obstacles within fields, required the driving pattern of farm operations to overlap. Soil nitrate-N concentrations in overlapping areas were 60% greater, soil Olsen-P concentrations were 23% greater, and pH was 0.5 units greater at 0–15 cm depth compared with non-overlapping areas, suggesting smaller nutrient use efficiency and potential for greater nutrient loss.
Highlights
Precision agriculture (PA) is an important element of innovation in the Canadian crop production sector
During the survey development process and in subsequent literature searches related to PA, it became apparent that a survey to identify the farm usage rates for PA technologies or to identify the broader barriers to PA technology adoption had not been conducted recently across western Canada
It is recognized that all survey results can reflect inherent biases in the survey design and format based on the length of the questionnaire, detail sought, paid vs voluntary participation, e-survey vs paper or interview format and predisposition of the survey respondents to complete a survey
Summary
Precision agriculture (PA) is an important element of innovation in the Canadian crop production sector. Input was gathered from a wide variety of western Canada PA industry stakeholders, provincial government extension specialists, and academics on their practical experiences regarding on-farm adoption of PA innovations This network of experts, influencers and service providers helped with the design of the questions for the producer survey, which served as the cornerstone for this study. They aided in promoting that the Analysis of Precision Agriculture Adoption and Barriers in western Canada – Farmer Survey would be conducted between January 9th, 2016 and March 4th, 2017. @AlbertaBarley @AlbertaWheat @AlbertaCanola @AlbertaPulse @StaffPGS @abseedpro @abseedgrower @canolacouncil @GrainGrowers @KSAgriculture @SaskPulse @SaskFlax @SaskBarley @SaskCanola @Sk_Wheat @canolacouncil @flaxcouncil @AlbertaAg @AFSC_AB @AAFC_Canada @SKAgriculture @skcropinsurance @MBGovAg @FCCagriculture @AAFC_Canada @realagriculture @MBCooperator @MBFarmJournal @westernproducer @ABFarmerExpress @AGCanadadotcom @MBwheatbarley @mbflax @MbPulseGrowers @MBCornGrowers @CanolaGrowers @Kap_Manitoba @MBAgDays @CattleFeedersAB @albertabeef @SaskPork @RMEHQ @MBAgDays @AlbertaBarley @AlbertaWheat @abseedgrower @AlbertaCanola @AlbertaPulse @AlbertaFedAg Hashtags: #westcdnag #precisionag #farmers #agtech #plant16 #plant17 #crops #organic #winterwheat #canola #wheat #barley #winterwheat #crops #calving17 #beef #CropConnect17 #FarmTech17 #agexpo17 #CPS17 #WCCPS17 #CdnAgDay
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
