Helpful Tools

a collage of soybean, cotton, peanut, and corn plants

These free agricultural resources empower growers with real-time insights and precision planning. We invite you to explore our tools:

AgroClimate Viewer App (AgroVAP) enhances decision-making with satellite-based climate analysis, soil data, and weather forecasting. For questions or feedback, please contact presicion ag specialist Abhilash Chandel at abhilashchandel@vt.edu.

Corn Earworm Moth Tracker helps anticipate pest outbreaks, reducing crop damage and unnecessary pesticide use. For questions or feedback, please contact entomologist Tim Bryant at btim2@vt.edu.

Peanut-Cotton Infonet delivers daily updates on weather, soil temperature, and disease risk to guide timely field actions. For questions or feedback, please contact plant pathologist David Langston at vegpath@vt.edu.

Soybean Variety Selection Tool assists in choosing high-performing cultivars tailored to local conditions. For questions or feedback, please contact soybean agronomist Carrie Ortel at carrieo@vt.edu.

Cotton Variety Selection Tool aids in reliable performance data for each variety. This tool has been divided into three main pages: OVT Yield (small plot), OVT Lint Quality (small plot), and On-Farm Yield (large strips). For questions or feedback, please contact cotton agronomist Hunter Frame at whframe@vt.edu.

Together, these tools help producers boost yields, manage risks, and farm smarter with science on their side.

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