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Extension Publications or ISU Web Pages

• ISU Soil Fertility Web Page
• PM 3020 Determine your Manure Management Plan Due Date
• PM 3014 How to Interpret Your Manure Analysis
• PMR 1003 Using Manure Nutrients for Crop Production
• PM 1558  Management Practices: How to Sample Manure for Nutrient Analysis
• PM 2021 Data Collection Worksheet for RUSLE2 and Iowa Phosphorus Index
• PM 1993 10 Questions about the Phosphorus (P) Index in Iowa
• PM 287 Take a Good Sample to Help Make Good Decisions
• PM 1931 Developing Whole-Farm Nutrient Plans for Feedlots
• PM 1688 General Guide for Crop Nutrient Recommendations in Iowa 
• SP 126 Interpreting Mehlich-3 soil test results 
• PM 1310 Interpretation of Soil Test Results
• PM 1584  Cornstalk testing to evaluate nitrogen management
• PM 1714 Nitrogen Fertilizer Recommendations for Corn in Iowa

Abstracts, Conference Proceedings, Presentations and Research Reports

• E2004-29 Developing ecologically sound and profitable alternative fertilizer and manure phosphorus management strategies
• Runoff phosphorus loss as affected by tillage, fertilizer, and swine manure phosphorus management in corn-soybean production systems.
• Swine Manure Nutrient Utilization Project: Final Report
• Maquoketa Watershed Project 2004 Field Demonstration Summary of Results
• AS Leaflet R2120 Concentration and Extraction of Phosphorous from Swine Manure Slurries (as Struvite)
• ASL-R1596 Liquid Swine Manure Nutrients
• ASL-R1597 Ammonia Losses from Broadcast Liquid Manure
• Nitrogen Conservation in Swine Manure Composting: Land Application Systems >>summary
• Development and Implementation of Cost-effective Fertilization and Tillage Practices for Improving Soil Quality in Corn-Soybean Rotations >>summary
• Statewide Manure Management Education Initiative >>summary
• Crop Response to Selected Micronutrients in Iowa >>summary
• Dairy Manure Quantification and Characterization in Grazing Systems >>summary
• Manure Management Education and Demonstration Project >>summary
• Calibration of the Late-Spring Soil Test for Manured Soils >>summary
• Animal Manure Utilization in Crop Nutrient Management Planning: An On-Farm Demonstration with Selected Producers in Northeast Iowa  >>summary
• Development of Guidelines for Swine Manure Application in Corn for N Management >>summary
• Manure Management for Water Quality: Costs to Animal Feeding Operations of Applying Manure Nutrients to Land
• Manure Nutrients Relative to the Capacity of Cropland and Pastureland to Assimilate Nutrients: Spatial and Temporal Trends for the United States
• Confined Animal Production and Manure Nutrients

Journal Articles

 

Newsletter Articles

• Sample soil and plan now for fall manure management that includes the P index
• Adapting a CAFOs NMP for Today's Nutrient Challenges
• Producers Must Account for Commercial Fertilizer on Manure Application Fields
• Soil Phosphorus Testing for the Iowa P Index and Manure Management Plans in Calcareous Soils
• Soil sampling requirements for manure management plans
• Manure management plan changes
• Part 2: Nutrient recovery options
• Nutrient recovery options
• Producers may benefit from testing manure following a change in feed ingredients

Popular Press

• Growing a Crop of Algae on Dairy Manure 
• The Ultimate Trash To Treasure: ARS Research Turns Poultry Waste into Toxin-grabbing Char

Other Resources

• Manure Use for Fertilizer and for Energy: Report to Congress
• RP 189  Agricultural Nitrogen Management for Water Quality Protection in the Midwest
• ASAE D384.2 Manure Production and Characteristics
• AG-BU-08424 2007 Effects of Swine Manure Applications on Soil Nutrient Levels and Phosphorus Risk Loss
• RP 187 Agricultural Phosphorus Management and Water Quality Protection in the Midwest
• A3769 Recommended Methods of Manure Analysis
• The Iowa NRCS 590 Nutrient Management Standard
• Nutrient Management Q&A: Quick Answers to Iowa Producer Questions
• The Phosphorus Index Iowa NRCS Fact Sheet
• NRCS National Engineering Handbook (NEH) Part 651 - Agricultural Waste Management Field Handbook
• Understanding Soil Phosphorus: An Overview of Phosphorus, Water Quality, and Agricultural Management Practices
• NRAES 130 Managing Nutrients and Pathogens from Animal Agriculture
• NRAES 132 Poultry Waste Management Handbook
• Agricultural Phosphorus and Eutrophication
• Manure Application for Corn Fertility NE Iowa Demonstration Project
• Nutrients Available from Livestock Manure Relative to Crop Growth Requirements

How to Order

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USDA-NRCS Publications
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