Cropland, Pasture, Range, Orchards/Vineyards
Comet Farm allows for a maximum of 3 crops per year, including cover crops. Ensure that the crops do not overlap in dates.
Thu, 18 Jun, 2020 at 4:37 PM
Below is a list of crops currently available in COMET-Farm along with information on updates to the crop list as part of the new GUI release in September 20...
Tue, 1 Oct, 2024 at 10:38 AM
A "No Till" Tillage event means that there is a no-till planter that moving through the fields, which means there is still an impact to the soil s...
Thu, 3 Sep, 2020 at 4:48 PM
At this time, we are unable to estimate greenhouse gas emission changes as a result of irrigation method, but the Daycent model does account for quantity, f...
Wed, 18 Sep, 2024 at 3:08 PM
As outlined in Chapter 3 of the USDA Inventory Methods document, tillage implements and timing are required for the Tier 3 method using DayCent. Users are s...
Wed, 18 Sep, 2024 at 2:51 PM
If you wanted to convert a parcel of cropland to a windbreak or hedgerow, this is possible. In that case, we would recommend setting this up as two separate...
Wed, 7 Oct, 2020 at 10:54 AM
Harvest dates for vineyard or orchard crops are not asked for in COMET-Farm because a growing degree day model is used to determine when the vineyard crop i...
Wed, 14 Oct, 2020 at 11:54 AM
COMET-Farm currently does not have a mulch option. Users can, however, input a mulch surrogate by selecting compost under the manure pane. The default moist...
Tue, 27 Oct, 2020 at 1:19 PM
To help decrease the data entry load for users, the copy function in the cropland module allows users to copy data from one year/parcel to another year/parc...
Wed, 18 Sep, 2024 at 3:17 PM
As a limitation of Daycent (the principle model in the cropland accounting activity), the model will only take into account one 'X' event per day wh...
Wed, 18 Sep, 2024 at 2:59 PM