Cardinal

Integrated Cropping Systems Lab

Finch

Predict-Explain-Design

Profitable and sustainable cropping systems 

Research Focus

  • Cropping systems Modeling
  • Digital Agriculture and Decision Support Tools
  • Crop Production and Physiology
  • Agricultural Sustainability and Regenerative Ag 
  • Soil-plant processes, Water Balance, Nitrogen Cycling 

Research Approach

  • Field and lab experimentation to fill knowledge gaps
  • Process-based modeling to connect data and processes to enable 1) systems analysis, 2) prediction, and 3) scenario analysis