Nitrogen Management Tools and Resources

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1 University of California Nitrogen Management Training for Certified Crop Advisers MODULE 6 Nitrogen Management Tools and Resources Daniel Geisseler 1, Asif Maan 2 1 Department of Land, Air and water Resources, UC Davis 2 California Department of Food and Agriculture (now CASS)

2 Nitrogen Management Resources Nutrient Management of Specific Crops.Slide 3 Field Soil Properties.....Slide 11 Irrigation Management Slide 14 Risk of Nitrate Leaching..Slide 17 N Removed with Harvested Crops..Slide 19 Manure Management..Slide 22 Fertilizer Sources and Transformations Slide 25 Cover Crops....Slide 28 Other/Print Resources...Slide 31

3 Nutrient Management of Specific Crops

4 FREP Database Up-to-date California crop research Database searchable by crop, county and research date

5 Fertilization Guidelines for Major CA Crops Application rates & times Fertilizer placement Fertilizer type Deficiencies Tissue Analysis

6 Vegetable Research and Information Center Information about nutrient management, irrigation, and fertilization in CA vegetables organized by crop _info.htm Calendar of educational events and new research projects m

7 CropManage Irrigation and N management of coastal vegetables and berries Sharing data between users of a single farm operation

8 Fruit and Nut Research and Information Information on biology, fertilization and management of fruit and nut crops Links to literature searchable by crop

9 Orchards and Grapevines Links to information on grapevine nutrition, with attention to Boron, Phosphorous, and Zinc. ulture/grapevine_nutrition/ Links to recent and ongoing UC viticulture research and educational events

10 Almond Resources A model the calculates site-specific Almond N requirement and timing for optimum yield. models/ Instructions for leaf sampling and predicting N and K status _Services/Nitrogen_Prediction_Models_f or_almond_and_pistachio/

11 Field Soil Properties

12 SoilWeb Soil survey areas and mapped soil properties Interactive GPS features

13 NRCS Web Soil Survey Global and local soil maps Guide to soil maps by topic area

14 Irrigation Management

15 UC Cooperative Extension Irrigation Management Introduction to irrigation management

16 WATERIGHT How to get started with irrigation scheduling Irrigation scheduling planning tools Water and energy management

17 Risk of Nitrate Leaching

18 Nitrate Groundwater Pollution Hazard Index Estimate of a field s nitrate pollution risk N management suggestions

19 N Removed with Harvested Crops

20 IPNI Crop Nutrient Removal Calculator N, P, K harvest removal estimates of field crops Multilingual crop nutrient calculator

21 NRCS Crop Nutrient Tool Elemental N, P, K harvest removal estimates of field crops Explanation of how removal calculations are made

22 Manure Management

23 Manure Management for CCAs Technical information on dairy manure nutrient management Goals for CCAs serving CA dairy farmers

24 Manure Nutrient Management Help quantifying nutrients in manure sources Nutrient recordkeeping Application targeting calculator and design ideas

25 Fertilizer Sources and Transformations

26 Nutrient Source Specifics Background about properties and use of fertilizers Chinese and Spanish language series

27 Nitrogen Notes Information on N fertilizer transformations Management suggestions to prevent leaching

28 Cover Crops

29 Cover Crop Guides Descriptions of 40 cover crops including management practices, climate and soil requirements, and uses Guidelines for when and how to use common cover crops national/landuse/crops/?cid=stelprdb

30 Cover Crop Information Calculator comparing nutrient values of cover crops, organic and synthetic fertilizers, and compost. Managing-Cover-Crops-Profitably-3rd-Edition A book explaining how to integrate cover cropping into a farming operation.

31 Additional Resources

32 California Agriculture Research, reviews, and news in peerreviewed journal format

33 UC Agriculture and Natural Resources Academic Directory Contact information for UC experts. The directory can be filtered by commodity and appointment (e.g. Farm Advisors).

34 Agriculture and Natural Resources Catalog Publications on agriculture, natural resources, and nutrition from UC ANR.

35 IPNI Publications Print information about fertilizers, with a special focus on the 4Rs

36 Books Soil Fertility and Fertilizers, 8 th ed Havlin et al. Western Fertilizer Handbook, 9 th ed Western Plant Health Association Western Fertilizer Handbook: Horticulture, 3 rd ed Pier and Barlow 4R Plant Nutrition Manual, 1 st ed International Plant Nutrition Institute

37 Contributing partners: University of California Nitrogen Management Training for Certified Crop Advisers Course materials available at: ciwr.ucanr.edu/nitrogenmanagement University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources web: ucanr.edu California Institute for Water Resources University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources web: ciwr.ucanr.edu California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA) web: California Association of Pest Control Advisers (CAPCA) web: capca.com