
Program Contacts
Conference Coordinator:
Dr James J Camberato
Purdue University
765/496-9338,
jcambera@purdue.edu
Crops Extension Secretary:
Lisa Green
Purdue University
765/494-4783, lmetts1@purdue.edu
2009 Conference of the
Optical Sensing Nitrogen Management Group
Aug 4 - 6, 2009
Beck Agricultural Center
4540 W. Hwy 52
W. Lafayette, IN 47906
Welcome to the home page for the 2009 Conference of the Optical Sensing Nitrogen Management Group. The 2009 conference was hosted by Purdue University and was held at the Beck Agricultural Center located on the Purdue Agronomy Farm northwest of West Lafayette off Hwy 52. Information about previous conferences can be found at Oklahoma State University's NUE Web site.
The conference is finished, but check out the links below to copies of the presentations made during the two days of the conference. The presentations are in Adobe Flash format and require Adobe's Flash Player which is a standard add-on to most of today's Web browsers. If you need to download and install the Flash Player, go to the Adobe download site at http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer.
Presentations
Wednesday, 5 August
- Trimble Outlook for the Future (GreenSeeker)
- Jack Gerhardt, NTech Industries Inc.
- Topcon Outlook for the Future
- Michael Gomes, Topcon Precision Agriculture
- AgLeader Crop Sensors
- Roger Zielke, Ag Leader Technology
- Landscape Position Zones and Reference Strips
- Larry Hendrickson, John Deere Ag Management Solutions
- Optical Sensing Regional Project for Corn. A Quebec - China Comparative Study
- Nicolas Tremblay, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- A Generalized Algorithm for Nitrogen Fertilization
- John Solie, Oklahoma State Univ.
- An Update on Efforts in Kansas to Make Sensor Based N Recommendations
- Dave Mengel, Kansas State Univ.
- Sensor Based Variable Rate N Management in Mid-Atlantic Cropping Systems
- Joshua M. McGrath, Univ. of Maryland
- Digital Representation of Soil Properties and Function – Applications for Nutrient Management
- Philip Owens, Purdue Univ.
- Tastes Great, Less Filling: Comparing Algorithms for Nitrogen Management
- Robert Mullen, The Ohio State Univ.

NUE 2009 Group Photo.
Click image for larger version.
(Photo courtesy of Robert Mullen,
The Ohio State Univ).
Thursday, 6 August
- A Crop and Soil Based Strategy for Sensor-Based Variable-Rate Nitrogen Management
- John Shanahan, USDA-ARS, Univ. of Nebraska
- On-farm N Sensor Demos: Lessons Learned and Outcomes
- Peter Scharf, Univ. of Missouri
- Interfacing Sensors with (VR) Application Equipment
- Scott T Drummond, USDA-ARS, Missouri
- Beltwide Sensor Studies in Cotton
- Brenda Tubana, Louisiana State Univ.
- Update on Midwest Regional Project
- Robert Mullen, The Ohio State Univ.
Related Links
- 2009 InfoAg Conference (14-16 July 2009, Springfield, Illinois)
- 2010 International Conference on Precision Agriculture (18 - 20 July 2010, Denver, Colorado)
- AgLeader Technologies
- Crop Circle optical sensors (Holland Scientific/AgLeader)
- Farm Works Software
- GreenSeeker optical sensors (NTech Industries/Trimble)
- Oklahoma State Univ. Nitrogen Use Efficiency Web site
- Raven Precision
- Topcon Precision Agriculture
- Trimble Precision Agriculture