Measuring GHGs in Arkansas Rice Fields: Effects of Different Water Management Practices and Soil Texture Gradient
This three-year research project partners with rice growers across Arkansas to evaluate how different water management strategies and soil texture gradients influence greenhouse gas emissions. The project aims to identify correlations between water-soil interactions and emission potential, with a particular focus on reducing methane emissions.
Engagement Targets
Notes: (1) Minor fluctuations in the number of retained growers is expected from year to year. These fluctuations may be due to year-over-year crop rotation effects or other factors beyond the control of the project. Enrolled acres represent the total number of acres on an individual farm in a specific year. The ability to report enrolled acres is based on the Fieldprint Project Standard requirement that individual growers enrolled in projects enter at least 10% of the acres managed for a specific crop. (2) Entered acres represent the actual number of enrolled acres for which data is entered in the Fieldprint Platform for analysis.
Objectives
The researchers have collected data to compare field data with platform outputs with hopes to better support calibration of the model related to methane and rice. The ultimate goal is to study the relationship between methane emissions and clay content over 3 years.