Brian Collins

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Would you use field capacity to evaluate soil workability?

I seek a relationship between soil Field Capacity (FC) and Lower Plastic Limit (LPL) or any other physical characteristics of a soil which can help evaluate soil workability. Would you use Field...

01 August 2021 4,529 3 View

What is the role of journals' reviewers? Should they be absolute judges?

- Ask questions where they are not sure/convinced about a statement/conclusion VS reject a statement/conclusion where they 'think' it is not correct? - Provide suggestions to improve a...

22 May 2020 2,791 7 View

Best confidence level for analysis of climatic trends?

Most of the studies on climatic trends adopt a confidence level of 90 or 95%, but don't mention any reason for the choice. What do you think should be the strategy to choose this value? Can we say...

09 January 2019 7,311 2 View

How can we estimate sowing date based on soil moisture and real farmer actions?

Hi, There are many algorithms aiming at estimating near-real sowing date for field crops mostly based on temperature and precipitation, and sometimes, soil moisture. But I am not sure which one...

23 August 2015 3,492 22 View

How Irrigation (and Drainage) Networks are Constructed Across the World? Main Canals First, then Tertiary Canals? Or vice versa?

The question to be answered is "How should we allocate financial resources while constructing irrigation (and drainage) networks?". We'd like to know about the factors affecting this decision....

09 August 2014 1,287 21 View