Cropland, Pasture, Range, Orchards/Vineyards
How do you treat crops that overlap calendar years? COMET-Farm cannot support growing more than one crop at the same tie on the same parcel/field. It is imp...
Wed, 10 May, 2023 at 1:57 PM
If the entity began as a small acre plot, but grew to a larger pivot in 20 years, how does COMET address this? Best option is to split up into 2 separate p...
Wed, 10 Jun, 2020 at 11:07 AM
How does COMET accommodate for a mixture or multiple cover crops on a single field? There are several common cover crops and combinations of cover crops...
Wed, 18 Sep, 2024 at 2:43 PM
It is common for cover crop planting to overlap with harvesting of the annual crops. However, COMET-Farm is only able to model one crop growing at a time, a...
Tue, 9 May, 2023 at 11:27 AM
Is it good enough to know that we planted in November or do we need to input exactly November 6th? It is best to have the actual date, especially regard...
Tue, 9 May, 2023 at 12:24 PM
For instance, the crop you are using as a cover crop is not available on the cover crop selection, but it is available as an annual crop. In this case ...
Thu, 18 Jun, 2020 at 4:20 PM
This separates if you are harvesting the whole plant or just part of it (e.g. the top of the corn stalk vs the whole plant). In each case, checking this box...
Wed, 10 Jun, 2020 at 12:59 PM
Orchards/Vineyards will renew or clear their fields as the trees near the end of their life. If the field is only partially renewed (i.e. some rows are clea...
Wed, 10 Jun, 2020 at 3:06 PM
Question: Does COMET Farm take into account the removal of diseased or dead trees within an orchard. Yes, this is taken into account when Orchard/Viney...
Wed, 18 Sep, 2024 at 2:46 PM
“What if I don’t know my historic management?” Gaps in historical management records are expected; however, users should select the option that is most rep...
Wed, 18 Sep, 2024 at 3:14 PM