Don’t see your crop?
COMET-Farm is limited in what crops are available in the dropdown menu based on what crops are or have been parameterized in DayCent.
*Some crops that were available in the old version of COMET-Farm are no longer available due to updates to the DayCent model. Some of these include:
Broccoli-Coast and Broccoli-Desert → combined into “Broccoli”
Carrots → removed
Lettuce-Head and Lettuce-Romaine → combined into “Lettuce”
Strawberry → removed
Tomatoes, Fresh → removed
Avocados → removed
Cherries → removed
Grapefruit → removed
All wine grapes → combined into “Grape, Wine”
Lemons and limes → removed
Olives → removed
Oranges → removed
Pistachio → removed
Tangerines and Mandarins → removed
If a project created prior to the update included one of the "removed" crops, the crop will show as undefined, the associated management data will be wiped, and the green validation check will be grayed out. The user will have to enter a new crop and data or abandon the project.
If a desired crop is unavailable, users may try to find a surrogate that is modeled similarly (e.g., winter wheat as a surrogate for triticale). Some crops are unfortunately just not available for accounting because they are not parameterized nor do they have a surrogate (e.g., onions). The COMET team maintains a “wish list” of crops that users request for inclusion in the tool, so please reach out to appnrel@colostate.edu to request the addition of a parameterized crop.
We cannot currently offer a surrogate for: apples, hemp, herbaceous wetland, hops, zucchini, squash, asparagus, garlic, cantaloupes, honeydew, mint, onions, pears, pumpkins, watermelons, kale, fennel, chard, turnips, spinach, peppers, ginger, bok choi, okra, rutabaga, and collards.