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Building an Operational Tillage Information System (OpTIS)

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Agriculture 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
 Program Year/Program:
2011 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
2011-02352 		Solicitation Year:
2011 		Solicitation Topic Code:
8.4 		Solicitation Number:
USDA-NIFA-SBIR-00339
Small Business Information
Applied Geosolutions, LLC
87 PACKERS FALLS RD DURHAM, NH 03824-
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 2011
Title: Building an Operational Tillage Information System (OpTIS)
Agency: USDA
Contract: 2011-02352
Award Amount: $460,000.00
 

Abstract:

Agricultural row crops occupy hundreds of million acres of land in the United States. Decisions regarding the implementation of tillage practices in these agricultural areas have a significant effect on other environmental outcomes including soil erosion, water quality, and carbon sequestration. In addition, the effects of tillage practices can vary due to soil type and topographic conditions. There is currently no systematic and cost-effective method for documenting tillage practices, or the resulting effects, over a large region. Currently, agricultural tillage practices are typically mapped at the regional level using a drive-by survey method, which is time consuming, expensive, and limited in spatial extent and temporal sampling. The high cost, in time and resources, of identifying tillage practices across a large region using this traditional drive-by survey is prohibitive. The use of remote sensing data for mapping tillage practices across large regions represents a cost efficient solution. With funding from the USDA, we will build a prototype operational tillage practice monitoring platform (OpTIS) that will systematically provide information about the spatial and temporal dynamics of tillage practices through a web-GIS environment.

Principal Investigator:

Stephen Hagen
Senior Research Scientist
603-659-3363
shagen@appliedgeosolutions.com

Business Contact:

William Salas
President
603-292-5747
wsalas@agsemail.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

APPLIED GEOSOLUTIONS LLC
87 PACKERS FALLS RD Durham, NH 03824-4318

EIN/Tax ID: 020518753
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No