SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report

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Status: Approved

Basic Information

Project No. and Title: NCERA_old13 : Soil Testing and Plant Analysis
Period Covered: 10/01/2012 to 09/01/2013
Date of Report: 05/01/2013
Annual Meeting Dates: 02/25/2013 to 02/26/2013

Jon Dahl Michigan State University; Fabián Fernández University of Illinois; Robert Florence Kansas State University; Ron Gelderman South Dakota University; Brad Joern Purdue University; Daniel Kaiser University of Minnesota; Renuka Mathur Iowa State University; Antonio Mallarino Iowa State University; Manjula Nathan University of Missouri; John Peters University of Wisconsin-Madison; Kevin Jewell The Ohio State University;

Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

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[Minutes]

Accomplishments

In Progress 1. Prepare a new chapter titled Correlating and Calibrating Soil Tests for Fertilizer Recommendations. Dave Mengel will take the lead. 2. Revise Pub. 221, Chapter 8 (Sulfate-Sulfur). Dave Franzen will take the lead. 3. White paper on correlation and calibration of sulfate-sulfur soil tests. Dave Franzen will take the lead.

Completed or on hold 1. Revise Pub. 221, Chapter 6 (Phosphorus). One of the key items is to add the ICP Mehlich P option. Antonio Mallarino will take the lead. ON HOLD 2. Develop a document on end of season stalk nitrate testing. Robert Mullen was going to be the lead on this. ON HOLD 3. Update NCERA013 website and Pub. 221. Manjula Nathan will take the lead. DONE. 4. Revise Pub. 221, Chapter 1 (Soil Sample Preparation). This revision will include the handling of moist soil for analysis and slurry preparation. Ron Gelderman will take the lead on this. DONE 5. Revise Pub. 221, Chapter 4 (pH and Lime Requirement). John Peters will take the lead. DONE;

Impacts

Impact 9: Organize and conduct a regional soil and plant analysis workshop in 2011, 2013, and 2015.
Impact 10: Continue roundtable discussions with private soil testing laboratories and solicit involvement of private laboratories and members of federal agencies such as USDA, ARS, and EPA in committee activities.
Impact 11: Update and expand project website to distribute materials and project outputs within the North-central region.
Identify soil test procedures for use in the North central region and maintain and update a laboratory procedure manual for recommended soil test procedures.

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