Manure Technical Guidance

Soil sampling agronomic manure management Includes a summary table of agronomically useful soil tests and a Q&A section

Nutrient budgeting for crops receiving dairy manure Nitrogen budgeting for crops on dairy farms, calculations, reducing risks

Dairy manure N mineralization Conversion of manure organic N to plant-available forms and estimating Plant-Available N in manure

Dairy lagoon water nutrient calculator MS Excel spreadsheet for calculating dairy lagoon water plant-available N (PAN), P, and K and application volumes required from desired rate of PAN

Dairy manure nutrient content and forms Estimating quantity of nutrients excreted per animal and examples of liquid and solid manure nutrient content on dairies in the Central Valley of California

Legume N credit N credit for crops immediately following alfalfa -- "plowdown" credit

USDA NRCS Cost share programs Summary of NRCS EQIP program as related to manure nutrient management

Crop nutrient harvest removal Definitions and table values for NPK content of harvested agronomic crop material

End of season cornstalk nitrate test Plant tissue procedure for assessing excessive N levels

Nitrogen Cycling in California Dairies N cycle and impact of management on N losses on California dairies

Dairy Lagoon Water and Alfalfa Discusses pros and cons of dairy lagoon water applications to alfalfa and summarizes the results of a field study in Fresno County