Spatial and temporal optimization of potato planting based on on-farm collected data and field experiments

Puck J.A.M. Mulders, Menno J.T.C. van Zutphen, Arie P.P. Ravensbergen, A.T.J.R. Cobbenhagen, Edwin R. van den Heuvel, M.J.G. van de Molengraft, Pytrik Reidsma, Duarte Guerreiro Tomé Antunes and W.P.M.H. Heemels

Agricultural Systems, 2025, vol. 225, issue C

Abstract: Managing large farms with many different heterogeneous fields is a complex task. To maximize profits, farmers have to make trade-offs in their management strategy that take into account costs, constraints and the expected yield. A particularly challenging management task is planning the potato planting period, because the decisions within this period highly influence potato yield. These decisions pertain to the planting distance, seed size and the planting date, among other variables. However, it is not straightforward to determine how large the influence of these decisions actually is, especially given the diversity in soil conditions within a farm.

Keywords: Agriculture; Optimization; Planting period; Solanum tuberosum; Farm management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104271

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