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Overview

Newell R. Kitchen is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to environmental science. Key subfields of study include soil science, environmental engineering, plant science, agronomy and crop science, and environmental chemistry.

The work of Newell R. Kitchen addresses several main topics such as soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, soil and water nutrient dynamics, crop yield and soil fertility, soil geostatistics and mapping, remote sensing in agriculture, smart agriculture and AI, as well as remote sensing and LiDAR applications.

Several frequent co-authors have collaborated extensively with Kitchen, including Curtis J. Ransom, David W. Franzen, James J. Camberato, Richard B. Ferguson, and Fabián G. Fernández. These collaborations demonstrate a network of research partnerships within the agricultural sciences.

Newell R. Kitchen has published multiple papers in a variety of academic venues. Frequent publication sources include the Agronomy Journal and the Soil Science Society of America Journal, each with nine publications, followed by Computers and Electronics in Agriculture with three, Soil Biology and Biochemistry with two, and Precision Agriculture with two.

Notable papers published by Newell R. Kitchen include:

  • An evaluation of carbon indicators of soil health in long-term agricultural experiments, 2022, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Evaluation of aggregate stability methods for soil health, 2022, Geoderma
  • Corn nitrogen rate recommendation tools' performance across eight US midwest corn belt states, 2020, Agronomy Journal
  • Early corn stand count of different cropping systems using UAV-imagery and deep learning, 2021, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • Carbon-sensitive pedotransfer functions for plant available water, 2022, Soil Science Society of America Journal

Best Publications

  • Accuracy issues in electromagnetic induction sensing of soil electrical conductivity for precision agriculture

    K.A. Sudduth;S.T. Drummond;N.R. Kitchen

  • Relating apparent electrical conductivity to soil properties across the north-central USA

    K. A. Sudduth;N. R. Kitchen;W. J. Wiebold;W. D. Batchelor

  • Soil Electrical Conductivity as a Crop Productivity Measure for Claypan Soils

    N. R. Kitchen;K. A. Sudduth;S. T. Drummond

  • Estimating depths to claypans using electromagnetic induction methods

    J. A. Doolittle;K. A. Sudduth;N. R. Kitchen;S. J. Indorante

  • Delineation of Site-Specific Management Zones by Unsupervised Classification of Topographic Attributes and Soil Electrical Conductivity

    C. W. Fraisse;K. A. Sudduth;N. R. Kitchen

  • Responsive in-season nitrogen management for cereals

    J. F. Shanahan;N. R. Kitchen;W. R. Raun;J. S. Schepers

  • Comparison of electromagnetic induction and direct sensing of soil electrical conductivity

    K. A. Sudduth;N. R. Kitchen;G. A. Bollero;D. G. Bullock

  • Conservation practices to mitigate and adapt to climate change

    Jorge A. Delgado;Peter M. Groffman;Mark A. Nearing;Tom Goddard

  • Soil electrical conductivity and topography related to yield for three contrasting soil-crop systems

    N. R. Kitchen;S. T. Drummond;E. D. Lund;K. A. Sudduth

  • Field-scale variability in optimal nitrogen fertilizer rate for corn

    Peter C. Scharf;Newell R. Kitchen;Kenneth A. Sudduth;J. Glenn Davis

  • Challenges and opportunities for mitigating nitrous oxide emissions from fertilized cropping systems

    Rodney T. Venterea;Rodney T. Venterea;Ardell D. Halvorson;Newell Kitchen;Mark A. Liebig

  • Corn response to nitrogen is influenced by soil texture and weather

    Nicolas Tremblay;Yacine M. Bouroubi;Carl Bélec;Robert William Mullen

  • Management Zone Analyst (MZA)

    Jon J. Fridgen;Newell R. Kitchen;Kenneth A. Sudduth;Scott T. Drummond

  • Delineating productivity zones on claypan soil fields using apparent soil electrical conductivity

    N. R. Kitchen;K. A. Sudduth;D. B. Myers;S. T. Drummond

  • STATISTICAL AND NEURAL METHODS FOR SITE–SPECIFIC YIELD PREDICTION

    Scott T. Drummond;Kenneth A. Sudduth;Anupam Joshi;Stuart J. Birrell

  • An evaluation of carbon indicators of soil health in long-term agricultural experiments

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  • Ground-Based Canopy Reflectance Sensing for Variable-Rate Nitrogen Corn Fertilization

    Newell R. Kitchen;Kenneth A. Sudduth;Scott T. Drummond;Peter C. Scharf

  • Assessing indices for predicting potential nitrogen mineralization in soils under different management systems.

    Harry H. Schomberg;Sirio Wietholter;Timothy S. Griffin;D. Wayne Reeves

  • Sensor-Based Nitrogen Applications Out-Performed Producer-Chosen Rates for Corn in On-Farm Demonstrations

    Peter C. Scharf;D. Kent Shannon;Harlan L. Palm;Kenneth A. Sudduth

  • Corn response to conventional and slow-release nitrogen fertilizers across a claypan landscape.

    A. J. Noellsch;P. P. Motavalli;K. A. Nelson;N. R. Kitchen

  • Electromagnetic Induction Sensing as an Indicator of Productivity on Claypan soils

    Kenneth A. Sudduth;Newell R. Kitchen;David F. Hughes;Scott T. Drummond

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth A. Sudduth
Kenneth A. Sudduth Agricultural Research Service
Richard B. Ferguson
Richard B. Ferguson University of Nebraska–Lincoln
John E. Sawyer
John E. Sawyer Iowa State University
Emerson D. Nafziger
Emerson D. Nafziger University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Robert J. Kremer
Robert J. Kremer University of Missouri
Stephen H. Anderson
Stephen H. Anderson University of Missouri
Claire Baffaut
Claire Baffaut United States Department of Agriculture
William J. Wiebold
William J. Wiebold University of Missouri
James S. Schepers
James S. Schepers University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Carl J. Rosen
Carl J. Rosen University of Minnesota

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