Simulating Dryland Water Availability and Spring Wheat Production under Various Management Practices in the Northern Great Plains
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The Department of Agronomy seeks to teach the study of the farm-field, its crops, and its science and management. It originally consisted of three sub-departments to do this: Soils, Farm-Crops, and Agricultural Engineering (which became its own department in 1907). Today, the department teaches crop sciences and breeding, soil sciences, meteorology, agroecology, and biotechnology.
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The Department of Agronomy was formed in 1902. From 1917 to 1935 it was known as the Department of Farm Crops and Soils.
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1902–present
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- Department of Farm Crops and Soils (1917–1935)
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- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (parent college)
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Spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L., excluding durum wheat) was harvested on 5.35 million ha of 3 croplands in the United States in 2011, with 89.1% occurring in the northern Great Plains (NGP) 4 states including North Dakota, Montana, Minnesota, and South Dakota. Montana had the 5 highest percentage of spring wheat acreage (31.3%) among all spring wheat production states 6 (USDA-NASS, 2011a). The 2007 Agricultural Census showed that about half of the spring 7 wheat acreage in Montana was under a continuous spring wheat production system while the 8 other half was in a two-year spring wheat-fallow system. Most of this spring wheat area (95.4%) 9 was rain-fed.
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This meeting presentation is from the ASABE Annual International Meeting (2012): 12-1338471.