Enhanced Farm Research Analyst: Tools for On-Farm Crop Production Research Author: Quentin Rund 111 E Washington Phone: 217-762-2074 Enhanced Farm Research Analyst (EFRA) is an extension to ArcView GIS that enables crop production researchers, farm managers, and farmers to design and develop field-scale research plots and analyze resulting data. Begun as a series of Avenue scripts to ease repetitive tasks, EFRA developed into an integrated set of tools for crop production research. Two of the more powerful features of EFRA include the Design Plot Tool, which offers multiple design options for setting up experimental treatments, and the Equation Builder, one of a series of customizable options packaged in an integrated Access database. EFRA demonstrates the adaptability of Esri software. |