Publications
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Buffers and/or Water Quality
BMPs
Lessons Learned from the NIFA, Conservation Effects Assessment Project
- Conservation Practice Implementation and Adoption to Protect Water Quality
- Effective Education to Promote Conservation Practice Adoption
- How Farmers and Ranchers Make Decisions on Conservation Practices
- Identifying Critical Source Areas
- Insights for Developing Successful Agricultural Watershed Projects
- Simulation Modeling for the Watershed-scale Assessment of Conservation Practices
- Water Quality Monitoring for the Assessment of Watershed Projects
Riparian Buffers
- Riparian Buffers and Controlled Drainage to Reduce Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution
- SoilFacts: Agricultural Riparian Buffers
Water Quality
Grazing Practices
Coastal Management
- Effects of Wind-Induced Sodium Salts on Soils in Coastal Agricultural Fields
- Restoration and Management of Coastal Dune Vegetation. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin AG-591. N.C. State University, Raleigh N.C.
- Saltwater Intrusion in Agricultural Fields in Northeastern North Carolina and Potential Remediation Options.
Erosion, Sediment and Turbidity Control
Agriculture
- SoilFacts: Conservation Tillage Use in Peanut Production
- SoilFacts: Long-term Tillage Effects on Corn and Soybean Yield in the Piedmont
- SoilFacts: Managing Equipment Traffic to Limit Soil Compaction
- SoilFacts: Selecting a Strip-Till Rig
- SoilFacts: Soil Management Can Maximize Water Availability
Construction
- Replacing Asphalt: Recommendations for Straw Tackifiers
- SoilFacts: Chemical Treatment to Control Turbidity on Construction Sites
- SoilFacts: Chemical Turbidity Control in Pumped Construction Site Water
- SoilFacts: Fiber Check Dams and Polyacrylamide for Water Quality Improvement
- SoilFacts: Mulch Options for Erosion Control on Construction Sites
- SoilFacts: The North Carolina Erosion and Sedimentation Pollution Control Program
- SoilFacts: Surface Outlets for Sediment Basins
- SoilFacts: Using Baffles to Improve Sediment Basins
- SoilFacts: Using Polyacrylamide (PAM) to Reduce Erosion on Construction Sites
Homeowners
- Managing the Impact of Floodwater Contaminants on Soil and Produce in Residential, Community, and School Vegetable Gardens.
- SoilFacts: Improving Lawn Care and Gardening.
- SoilFacts: Managing Lawns and Gardens to Protect Water Quality
- SoilFacts: Minimizing Risks of Soil Contamination in Urban Gardens
- SoilFacts: Modifying Soil for Plant Growth around Your Home
- SoilFacts: Soil Acidity and Liming: Basic Information for Farmers and Gardeners
Nutrient Management
Crop Production
- Alternative Product Demonstration and Research Guidelines for Extension Agents
- Applying Animal Waste to Cover Crops
- Biomass Production of Biofumigant Cover Crop Caliente Mustard and Oilseed Radish
- SoilFacts: Nutrient Removal by Crops in North Carolina
- SoilFacts: Plant and Soil Analysis for Apple Trees
- SoilFacts: Soil and Plant Analysis for Christmas Trees
- SoilFacts: Soil Fertility Management for Irish Potato Production in Eastern North Carolina
- SoilFacts: Winter Annual Cover Crop
Soybeans
- Aluminum (Al) Toxicity in Soybean.
- Mid-Season Soybean Boron (B) Deficiency.
- Mid-Season Soybean Copper (Cu) Deficiency.
- Mid-Season Soybean Magnesium (Mg) Deficiency.
- Mid-Season Soybean Manganese (Mn) Deficiency.
- Mid-Season Soybean Molybdenum (Mo) Deficiency.
- Mid-Season Soybean Nitrogen (N) Deficiency.
- Mid-Season Soybean Phosphorus (P) Deficiency.
- Mid-Season Soybean Potassium (K) Deficiency.
- Mid-Season Soybean Sulfur (S) Deficiency.
- Mid-Season Soybean Zinc (Zn) Deficiency.
Economics
Fertilizers
- North Carolina Realistic Yield Expectations and nitrogen fertilizer decision making.
- Selecting Nitrogen Rates in North Carolina: Recent Work on Corn and Wheat
- SoilFacts: Alternative Synthetic Nitrogen Fertilizer Products for Row Crop Production
- SoilFacts: Cold Injury and Boron Deficiency in Tobacco Seedlings
- SoilFacts: Starter Phosphorus Fertilizer and Additives in NC Soils: Use, Placement, and Plant Response
- SoilFacts: Sulfur Fertilization of North Carolina Crops
Liming
- Calculating the Rate of Acidifiers to Lower the pH of North Carolina Soils.
- SoilFacts: Soil Acidity and Liming: Basic Information for Farmers and Gardeners
- SoilFacts: Soil Acidity and Liming for Agricultural Soils
- SoilFacts: Soil pH Management for Fraser Fir Christmas Tree Production
Phosphorus Loss Assessment Tool – PLAT
- The North Carolina Phosphorus Loss Assessment Tool (PLAT)
- The North Carolina Phosphorus Loss Assessment Tool (PLAT): A Fact Sheet for Technical Specialists
River Basin Information
- Accounting Method for Tracking Relative Changes in Agricultural Phosphorus Loading to the Tar-Pamlico River
- Agricultural Nitrogen Accounting in Nutrient Impaired and Regulated River Basins: The Nitrogen Loss Estimation Worksheet Tool
- Delineating Agriculture in the High Rock Lake Watershed
- Delineating Agriculture in the Lake Jordan River Basin
- Delineating Agriculture in the Neuse River Basin
- Delineating Agriculture in the Tar-Pamlico River Basin
Soil Sampling
- SoilFacts: Careful Soil Sampling-The Key to Reliable Soil Test Information
- SoilFacts: Deep Soil Sampling for Nutrient Management
- Soil Health: What Does It Mean in North Carolina?
- Soil Sampling Strategies for Site-Specific Field Management
Septic Systems and Soil Properties
- SoilFacts: Investigate Before You Invest
- SoilFacts: Septic Systems and Their Maintenance
- SoilFacts: Septic System Owners Guide
- SoilFacts: Why do Septic Systems Fail?
Waste Management
Wastewater
Animal Waste
- Appendices to Certification Training for Operators of Animal Waste Management Systems.
- Certification Training for Operators of Animal Waste Management Systems-Type B Systems. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Publication AG-538-B (revised).
- Field Calibration Procedures for Semi Solid Animal Waste Application Equipment-Load-area method. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Publication AG-553-5.
- Field Calibration Procedures for Solid and Semi Solid Animal Waste Application Equipment-Weight-Area Method. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Publication AG-553-4.
- SoilFacts: Dairy Manure as a Fertilizer Source
- SoilFacts: Guidelines for the Commercial Application of Poultry Litter
- SoilFacts: Phosphorus management for land application of biosolids and animal waste
- SoilFacts: Poultry Manure as a Fertilizer Source
- SoilFacts: Swine Manure as a Fertilizer Source
- SoilFacts: Use of On-farm records for Modifying a Certified Animal Waste Management Plan.
- SoilFacts: Waste Analysis