Michael P. Popp Source Confirmed

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Harold F. Ohlendorf Professor of Farm Managment

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

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29 h-index 235 pubs 3,182 cited

Research Areas

Remote Sensing in Agriculture Economic and Environmental Valuation Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics Higher Education Research Studies

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Michael P. Popp's research activities focus on the economic and environmental aspects of agricultural and conservation practices. He has investigated the economic implications of greenhouse gas emissions reductions through aeration and gypsum application in agricultural systems. His work also includes evaluating the effectiveness of remote sensing technologies for identifying winter cover crops and assessing their role in conservation agriculture. Popp has explored the economic and environmental impacts of tractor guidance systems in pasture management scenarios.

Further research by Popp examines the potential for afforestation to sequester carbon in the Lower Mississippi River Basin, modeling land use at fine spatial resolutions to determine carbon costs. He has also contributed to understanding the effects of pasture conservation management on soil surface infiltration in both hay and grazed systems. His publications include work on optimizing weed control strategies in specific crop systems and consumer willingness to pay for alternative products like second-generation ethanol.

Popp holds the Harold F. Ohlendorf Professorship of Farm Management at the University of Arkansas. He has a distinguished academic career with 235 publications and over 3,100 citations, reflected in his h-index of 29. He has been recognized as a highly cited researcher. Popp has collaborated with researchers from the University of Arkansas and Arkansas State University on multiple publications. He also serves as a Co-PI on a National Science Foundation grant totaling $941,348, focused on improving student retention and graduation in STEM fields.

Metrics

h-index: 29
Publications: 235
Citations: 3,182

Selected Publications

AgriSmart: An IoT-enabled framework for agricultural resource optimization (2026) DOI
Economically Optimal Soil Sampling Density and Application Technology for Potassium Fertilizer for Soybean in the Mid-Southern US (2025) DOI
Satellite Remote Sensing Reveals Voluntary Cover-Crop Adoption and Crop-Rotation Hotspots in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (2025) DOI
Consumer Confusion About Product Names Commonly Used to Describe Hemp‐Based Oils (2025) DOI
Economic considerations of in‐season potassium applications to soybean using payoff matrices (2024) DOI
Agronomic and economic productivity of summer annual forage systems under different poultry litter application methods (2024) DOI
Determining Economic Optimum Soil Sampling Density for Potassium Fertilizer Management in Soybean: A Case Study in the U.S. Mid-South (2023) DOI
Winter-time cover crop identification: A remote sensing-based methodological framework for new and rapid data generation (2023) DOI
156 The Impact of Sire Parasite Resistance on Offspring Gastrointestinal Nematode Indicators, and Relative Impact of Lamb Breeding Values on sale Value of Ram Lambs (2023) DOI
An examination of thematic research, development, and trends in remote sensing applied to conservation agriculture (2023) DOI
Potassium Fertilizer Rate Recommendations: Does Accounting for Soil Stock of Potassium Matter? (2023) DOI
The impact of sire fecal egg count estimated breeding values on indicators of offspring gastrointestinal nematode infection, and relative impact of lamb estimated breeding values on sale value of ram lambs (2022) DOI
A Decision-Support System for Economic Feasibility of Subsurfaced Poultry Litter (2022) DOI
Profit‐maximizing potassium fertilizer recommendations for corn and cotton (2022) DOI
Environmental Impact Assessment of Tractor Guidance Systems Based on Pasture Management Scenarios (2022) DOI