Forage Data Hub – A Platform for Sharing Valuable Datasets for Resilience

Presenter Information

Amanda J. Ashworth, USDA-Agricultural Research Service
L. Marshall, University of Texas at Arlington
J. J. Volenec, Purdue University
M. Berti, North Dakota State University
E. van Santen, University of Florida
C. Williams, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison
V. Gopakumar, University of Texas at Dallas
J. Foster, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
V. Picasso, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison
J. Su, University of Texas at Arlington

Description

In accord with the necessity to enhance ecosystem services and productivity in food systems, is the increase of data availability at multiple scales and over time. To help meet this need, we discuss the development of a National Forage Data Hub which will act as a platform to curate, share, and analyze data pertaining to forage systems. This centralized hub will leverage existing datasets by bridging multiple sources including forage crop—soil, water, and nutrient availability—yield (animal and crop) potential (and gaps)— climate—management systems at high spatial and temporal resolution enabling system interaction assessments through next-generation analytics. This novel approach to existing datasets will integrate Big Data at the soilwater- plant-animal-climate nexus to advance data storage technology systems for multiple trophic-level research projects.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.13023/pbdc-sa46

Citation

Ashworth, Amanda J.; Marshall, L.; Volenec, J. J.; Berti, M.; van Santen, E.; Williams, C.; Gopakumar, V.; Foster, J.; Picasso, V.; and Su, J., "Forage Data Hub – A Platform for Sharing Valuable Datasets for Resilience" (2024). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 63.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/XXV_IGC_2023/Sustainability/63