The Diverse Rotations Improve Valuable Ecosystem Services (D.R.I.V.E.S.) Project has created a database of historical data from long-term agricultural field experiments in North America to address research questions about benefits of diverse crop rotations, including profits, nutrition, and resilience to climate change.
Our core objectives are to:
Develop a research network
Create a publicly available database
Conduct cross-site synthesis research
We collaborate with over 30 scientists from universities, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Services (USDA-ARS) sites, and International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) who manage long-term field experiments. Our core team of university and ARS scientists manages network-level data and research efforts.
About
QUICK FACTS
22 long-term field experiments
495 site-years of data
87,300 crop yield observations
311,600 daily weather observations
18 sites with long-term soils data
D.R.I.V.E.S. Contacts
Ann Bybee-Finley; Lead Agroecologist: [email protected]
Katherine Muller; Lead Data Analyst: [email protected]
Harry Schomberg; Lead USDA-ARS Scientist: [email protected]
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End Year
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1993
2002
1996
2014
1991
2011
2014
1993
2015
2014
1888
1962
1983
1981
1963
1980
2002
1995
2010
2002
1990
1990
2021
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
2013
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
2018
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
2025
Ongoing
2002
Ongoing