1. Can Unreplicated Strip Trials Be Used in Precision On-Farm Experiments?

On-farm experiments are used to evaluate a wide variety of products ranging from pesticide and fertilizer rates to the installation of tile drainage. The experimental design for these experiments is usually replicated strip trials.  Replication of strip trials is used to estimate experimental error, which is the basis for judging statistical significance of treatment effects. Another consideration for using strip trials is greater within-field variability than smaller fields used... G. Hatfield, G. Reicks, E. Carter