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Modeling Soil Phosphorus Management
2013-04-12 00:56:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Agricultural Research magazine The U.S. Department of Agricultures Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is looking for ways to upgrade the Phosphorus Index, a simple management tool developed during the 1990s to gauge the risk of phosphorus losses from agricultural fields. In developing a national nutrient-management policy, NRCS allowed states to modify the original indexa matrix of source and transport factors that contribute to phosphorus losswith inputs to account for local variations in soils, climate, management and water quality goals. read more
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