IFARM

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Web application I-FARM with GIS tool
Ed van Ouwerkerk Department of Agricultural and
Biosystems Engineering Iowa State University

• Briefly
• I-FARM development 2002 - 2008
• I-FARM system and application
• I-FARM input and simulation results
• Review project websites
• On-line I-FARM/GIS demo
• If time allows
• Preliminary Iowa biomass scenario study with
  I-FARM
• a farm scale analysis

I-FARM
For Iowa State University Department of Community
and Regional Planning, CRP 595 Seminar in GIS
Applications and Research. Design 526, Monday
September 26, 2005, 1210-100 pm. See
http//www.public.iastate.edu/xifang/
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I-FARM development 2002-2008

• 2002 through 2004USDA grant for project
  Re-Integration of Crop and Livestock Enterprises
  in Three Northern States
• Main participants
• The University of Maine
• Iowa State University
• Michigan State University
• Principal investigators in Iowa
• Matt Liebman, Agronomy, ISU
• Tom Richard, Agricultural and Biosystems
  Engineering, ISU
• project team with 10 other scientists
• Model developer Ed van Ouwerkerk, former
  research associate Wageningen University,
  Netherlands
• Start I-FARM development in October 2002

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I-FARM development 2002-2008

• 2005 through 2007USDA-DOE grant for project
  Integrated Feedstock Supply Systems for Corn
  Stover Biomass
• Main participants
• Iowa State University
• Penn State University
• The University of Wisconsin Madison
• World Resources Institute, Washington D.C.
• Principal investigators
• Tom Richard, Agricultural and Biological
  Engineering, Penn State University
• Rob Anex, Agricultural and Biosystems
  Engineering, ISU,
• currently on sabbatical leave in Switzerland
• - Kevin Shinners, University of Wisconsin
• - Suzie Greenhalgh, economist WRI
• Model developer Ed van Ouwerkerk, ISU

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I-FARM development 2002-2008

• 2005 through 2008NSF grant for project
  Biocomplexity in the Bioeconomy The Natural and
  Industrial Ecology of Biobased Products.Main
  focus lignocellulosic conversion of switch grass
  for bio-ethanol
• Main participants
• Iowa State University
• Penn State University
• Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
• World Resources Institute, Washington D.C.
• Principal investigators
• Rob Anex, Agricultural and Biosystems
  Engineering, ISU,
• Tom Richard, Agricultural and Biological
  Engineering, Penn State
• - Lee Lynd, Dartmouth College
• - Suzie Greenhalgh, economist WRI
• Main model developer Ed van Ouwerkerk, ISU
• Temporary GIS and .NET programmer Amritpal Kang,
  ISU graduate student

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I-FARM system and application

• System
• 2 Windows 2000 Server machines, each having 1 GB
  memory RAM
• Internet Information Server 5 web server, URL
  http//i-farmtools.org
• Microsoft .NET Framework
• ArcGIS Engine 9.1 ArcGIS Server 9.1
• SQL Server 2000 database, no data files
• I-FARM connections for 20 users simultaneously
• Application
• Main application written in ASP VBScript
• GIS tool for Iowa written in C ASP.NET (Visual
  Studio .NET 2003)
• and ArcGIS Desktop 9.1
• Integrated USDA ARS/NRCS models
• RUSLE soil erosion model
• SCI soil conditioning index (soil carbon
  sequestration)
• Integrated databases
• Weather database, extracted from WEPP erosion
  project
• ISPAID 7 soil database for the state of Iowa
• SOILS5 soil database for other states

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I-FARM input and simulation results

• Input
• 19 US northern states covered
• Per farm max. 6 livestock herds and 8 fields
• Livestock and manure beef cattle, dairy, swine
• Crops, crop rotations and field management for
  corn (for grain and for
• silage), soybeans, oats, wheat, alfalfa,
  grasses for forage and grazing,
• switch grass
• Commercial fertilizers and manure spreading
  plans
• Biomass handling storage (under development)
• Investments in land, machines, and buildings
  bank loans

I-FARM

• Simulation Results
• Livestock imports and exports at farm level
• Crops, forages, biomass balance at farm level
• Nutrient balance and leaching/runoff potential
  (N-P-K) and aerial
• emissions at field level
• Soil erosion and soil carbon balance at field
  level
• Energy consumption for traction
• Labor requirement at farm level
• Government payments
• Economic evaluation at enterprise level

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