Crop and Soil Sciences Publications in the Extension Resource Catalog  –  https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/catalog/department/40/

BMPs

• SoilFacts: Best Management Practices for Agricultural Nutrients

Lessons Learned from the NIFA, Conservation Effects Assessment Project

• Insights for Developing Successful Agricultural Watershed Projects
• Conservation Practice Implementation and Adoption to Protect Water Quality
• How Farmers and Ranchers Make Decisions on Conservation Practices
• Effective Education to Promote Conservation Practice Adoption
• Water Quality Monitoring for the Assessment of Watershed Projects
• Simulation Modeling for the Watershed-scale Assessment of Conservation Practices
• Identifying Critical Source Areas

Riparian Buffers

• SoilFacts: Agricultural Riparian Buffers
• Riparian Buffers and Controlled Drainage to Reduce Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution

Water Quality

• SoilFacts: Nitrogen Management and Water Quality
• SoilFacts: Good Soil Management Helps Protect Groundwater
• WaterShedss – A Decision Support System for Nonpoint Source Pollution Control

Grazing Practices

• Farm.A.Syst: Grazing Livestock and Water Quality
• Grazing Practices: A Review of the Literature. North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, Technical Bulletin 325-W

Agriculture

• SoilFacts: Selecting a Strip-Till Rig
• SoilFacts: Long-term Tillage Effects on Corn and Soybean Yield in the Piedmont
• SoilFacts: Soil Management Can Maximize Water Availability
• SoilFacts: Conservation Tillage Use in Peanut Production
• SoilFacts: Managing Equipment Traffic to Limit Soil Compaction
• SoilFacts: Conservation Compliance: The Clock Is Running

Construction

• Replacing Asphalt: Recommendations for Straw Tackifiers
• SoilFacts: Fiber Check Dams and Polyacrylamide for Water Quality Improvement
• SoilFacts: Surface Outlets for Sediment Basins
• SoilFacts: Mulch Options for Erosion Control on Construction Sites
• SoilFacts: Chemical Turbidity Control in Pumped Construction Site Water
• SoilFacts: The North Carolina Erosion and Sedimentation Pollution Control Program 
• SoilFacts: Chemical Treatment to Control Turbidity on Construction Sites
• SoilFacts: Using Polyacrylamide (PAM) to Reduce Erosion on Construction Sites
• SoilFacts: Using Baffles to Improve Sediment Basins

• SoilFacts: Soil Sampling for Precision Farming Systems

• 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
• SoilFacts: Nitrogen Management and Water Quality
• SoilFacts: Managing Lawns and Gardens to Protect Water Quality
• Home.A.Syst: Improving Lawn Care and Gardening in Coastal North Carolina
• Home.A.Syst: Caring for Your Lawn and the Environment
• Coast.A.Syst: Stormwater Management for Homeowners

• Farm.A.Syst: Managing Pests
• Restoration and management of coastal dune vegetation. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin AG-591. N.C. State University, Raleigh N.C.
• Effects of Wind-Induced Sodium Salts on Soils in Coastal Agricultural Fields

Crop Production

• Applying Animal Waste to Cover Crops
• Biomass Production of Biofumigant Cover Crop ‘Caliente Mustard and Oilseed Radish
• SoilFacts: Winter Annual Cover Crop
• SoilFacts: Nutrient Removal by Crops in North Carolina
• SoilFacts: Soil Fertility Management for Irish Potato Production in Eastern North Carolina
• SoilFacts: Soil and Plant Analysis for Christmas Trees
• SoilFacts: Plant and Soil Analysis for Apple Trees

Economics

• SoilFacts: How Rising Fertilizer Prices Affect Optimum Nitrogen Rates.

Fertilizers

• Selecting Nitrogen Rates in North Carolina: Recent Work on Corn and Wheat
• SoilFacts: Alternative Synthetic Nitrogen Fertilizer Products for Row Crop Production
• SoilFacts: Starter Phosphorus Fertilizer and Additives in NC Soils: Use, Placement, and Plant Response
• SoilFacts: Cold Injury and Boron Deficiency in Tobacco Seedlings
• SoilFacts: Sulfur Fertilization of North Carolina Crops

Liming

• SoilFacts: Soil pH Management for Fraser Fir Christmas Tree Production
• SoilFacts: Soil Acidity and Liming for Agricultural Soils
• SoilFacts: Soil Acidity and Liming: Basic Information for Farmers and Gardeners

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

• Delineating Agriculture in the High Rock Lake Watershed
• Delineating Agriculture in the Neuse River Basin
• Delineating Agriculture in the Lake Jordan River Basin
• Delineating Agriculture in the Tar-Pamlico River Basin
• 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

Soil Sampling

• SoilFacts: Deep Soil Sampling for Nutrient Management
• SoilFacts: Careful Soil Sampling-The Key to Reliable Soil Test Information
• Soil Health: What Does It Mean in North Carolina?

• SoilFacts: Why do Septic Systems Fail?
• SoilFacts: Septic System Owners Guide
• SoilFacts: Septic Systems and Their Maintenance
• SoilFacts: Investigate Before You Invest