Spatiotemporal trends in crop yields, yield variability, and yield gaps across the USA

Future crop yield increases are unlikely to keep pace with the dietary needs of a global human population expected to reach nine billion by 2050. This study used United States Department of Agriculture county-level yield data and autoregressive moving-average models to examine how changes in maize ( Zea mays L.), soybean ( Glycine max L.)

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Crop science

• Publication date

  2020-05-28

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Biology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1002/csc2.20089
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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