Days suitable for fieldwork in Missouri (2022)
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"The number of days available to complete land-based agricultural activities influences decisions about inputs, such as variety/hybrid planted and pesticide used, and machinery. The limited fieldwork days available for completing crucial tasks -- such as tillage, planting and harvest -- require careful management. A large machinery complement will complete fieldwork quickly but can increase ownership costs. A small machinery complement may have lower ownership costs but may also delay some key activities that affect productivity. The size of machinery needed to efficiently complete the necessary activities depends on how many days the machinery can actually be used in the field. From 1977 to 2017, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reported the number of days each week that soil and moisture conditions were suitable for fieldwork. These data start around the first week of April. This start date leaves a gap in fieldwork days data when important field operations such as fertilizer application and early corn planting occur."--Page 1.
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