Diverse Rotations Improve Valuable Ecosystem Services (DRIVES) Database

The DRIVES database combines of historical data from long-term agricultural field experiments throughout North America. Currently, the database contains crop yield, weather, agronomic management, and experimental metadata for 21 long-term experimental sites in the US, Canada, and Mexico. For details on DRIVES research and participating sites, visit https://www.drives-network.org/.

As of May 2025, 17 sites have agreed to release the first round of data to the public on two conditions. First, users must complete a data request form to be granted access: https://www.drives-network.org/data-request. Second, any publications or products must adequately acknowledge the DRIVES data by citing this repository and acknowledging the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance for Canadian sites.

After completing the data request form, you will receive an email with instructions for logging into the database. Canadian sites require a separate data request form emailed to acorrend@uoguelph.ca (Elora) and dhooker@uoguelph.ca (Ridgetown). A partially filled form is included in this repository and at https://www.drives-network.org/data-request. Users can download and harmonize database tables using the drivesR package, which can be installed from github.com/DRIVES-Project/drivesR. Instructions for installing and using the package can be found on our github page: drives-project.github.io/drivesR/

This repository contains metadata tables, dictionaries, and inventories of DRIVES data. Detailed descriptions of each resource can be found in the README file.