AgYields - a national database for collation of past, present and future pasture and crop yield data

The New Zealand agricultural sector has a rich heritage of measuring yield and growth rates for pastures crops. Historically these datasets were collected by Government departments, Crown research institutes, Universities more latterly seed companies private providers as well on-farm. These data are expensive to collect, spatially temporally patchy, stored in range electronic physical platforms. Meanwhile the potential value such is increasing with ability create meta-analyses simulation modelling resilience crop pasture systems meet needs changing regulatory climate environment. A challenge collection different priorities skill sets those undertaking task. Thus, there need provide guidelines collection, collation publication standardize best practice maximize gained from increasingly scarce resources available support primary industries. In addition, declining funding field research, means an urgent draw together existing future into publicly accessible industry good resource. This paper outlines development AgYields web-based repository rate data. It describes rationale database standardization common formats. intent resource enhance livestock production throughout collection.