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:

  1. Develop a research network

  2. Create a publicly available database

  3. 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]

Site Number

Start Year

End Year


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10.

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8.

9.

11.

15.

12.

13.

14.

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20.

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18.

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22.

Site Name

21.

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