SWAT 021: Farmer-Led Science With Brett McArtor

SWAT Agronomy

Brett McArtor joins the show to talk about how he using SWAT MAPS in his role as senior research associate at Corteva Agriscience. Since graduating from Iowa State, Brett has remained focused on working directly with farmers to perform trials and research projects on their operations. His work has always involved farmer-led science to determine how new products fit into management systems and how they affect the bottom line.

“What does variability within a field mean? I mean, every field has variability, but to what degree is that variability? And is it yield limiting? Is it something that we need to make a decision on? And that's where that boots on the ground part comes in, where we're, we use that SWAT data to go back out, identify what's actually going on in that field.” - Brett McArtor

Brett dives into why and how a company like Corteva Agriscience is using precision ag technology, and why SWAT MAPS in particular.

00:00 How Brett thinks about field variability

00:32 Assessing the degree and relevance of variables in a field

00:36 Impact on yield and decision making

00:40 Field analysis with SWAT data

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