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General

• Agronomy Guide, Publication 811, Order this publication
• Coping with Fertilizer Logistics in 2007, May 2007
• Cover Crops
• OMAFRA Fertilizer Recommendation Tables
• New Soil Test Categories
• Field Crop Production, Best Management Practices (Order No. BMP02) Order this publication
• Field Scouting and On-Farm Trials
  • Are You Conducting On-Farm Trials On Your Farm This Season?
• Fruit Production Recommendations, Publication 360 Order this publication
• Greenhouse Gas Reduction in Livestock Production Systems (Best Management Practices) (Order No. BMP17) Order this publication
• Hazardous Gases (Order No. 04-087)
• Horticultural Crops (Best Management Practices) (Order No. BMP04) Order this publication
• Low-Tech Precision Agriculture, June 2002
• Soil Management (Best Management Practices) (Order No. BMP06) Order this publication
• The Art of Interpreting Field Trials…or, Can Good Data Lead to Bad Results?, March 2009
• Vegetable Production Recommendation, Publication 363 Order this publication

Nutrient Management

• Manure Management (Best Management Practices), (Order No. BMP16) Order this publication
• Nutrient Management Act (OMAFRA)
  • Nutrient Management (MOE)
• NMAN PC (Nutrient Management Software Program)
• Nutrient Management (Best Management Practices, (revised edition 2006)) (Order No. BMP05) Order this publication
• Your Livestock Operation Case Studies Under the Nutrient Management Act, 2002
  • Mixed Farm Example: (Order # 831)
  • A Small Horse Farm Example - (Order # 827)
  • Beef Feedlot (Order # 825)
  • Dairy - Revised (Order # 822)
  • Chicken - Revised (Order # 821)
  • Swine - Revised (Order # 819)

Sampling and Testing

• Soil Fertility Handbook (Publication 611) Order this publication
• Plant Analysis
  • Plant Analysis in Today's Agriculture, July 2006
  • Fruit Tree Leaf Analysis, July 2006
  • Laboratories for Leaf Analysis
  • Leaf Analyses for Fruit Crop Nutrition (Order No. 91-012)
• Soil Testing
  • Soil Test Categories Have Changed to Probability of Response, March 2008
  • Are Soil Samples Consistent Year to Year? Sept 2006
  • Don’t Guess…..Soil Test! Sept 2005
  • How Many Soil Samples Do I Need? Sept 2007
  • Laboratories for Soil Analysis
  • Soil Sampling and Analysis for Managing Crop Nutrients (Order #06-031)
  • Soil Testing Myths, Sept 2008
• 'Aromatic Gold' - How to Take a Sample to Determine Value of Manure, Nov 2008

Fertilizer Recommendations

• Adjustments to Fertilizer Recommendations (Legumes and Manure)
• Fall Fertilizer Tune-Up, Nov 2003
• Fertilizer, Fall or Spring? Nov 2008
• Is That Fertilizer a Good Deal? Nov 2008
• Fertilizer Recommendation Tables
• Field Crops
  • Fertility Management - Canola
    • Starter Fertilizers with Canola – Too Much of a Good Thing? March 2007
  • Fertility Management - Cereal Crops
    • Fertilizing for a Profitable Wheat Crop, Sept 2003
  • Fertility Management - Corn
    • Nitrogen
    • Phosphate and Potash
    • Secondary and Micronutrients
    • Which Fertilizer Attachments Should I Put on That New Planter? March 2007
      
  • Fertility Management - Field Beans
  • Fertility Management - Forages
  • Fertility Management - Soybeans
• Fruit Crops
  • Fertilizing Apple Trees
    • Affecting the Maturity of 'Honeycrisp' Using Calcium Chloride Sprays for Bitterpit Control, Dec 2006
    • Calcium for Bitter Pit Control, July 2006
    • Nutrient Removal by an Apple Crop, Dec 2006
  • Fertilizing Blueberries
  • Fertilizing Currants and Gooseberries
  • Fertilizing Grapes
  • Fertilizing Raspberries
    • Best Management Practices for Nutrient Management in Berry Crops, Jan 2005
  • Fertilizing Strawberries
  • Fertilizing Stone Fruit and Pears
• Vegetable Crops
  • Asparagus - Fertility
    
  • Beans - Fertility
    
  • Beets, Table - Fertility
    
  • Carrots - Fertility
    
  • Celery - Fertility
    
  • Cole Crops: broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, horseradish, kale, kohlrabi - Fertility
    
  • Cucurbits: cucumber, muskmelon, watermelon, pumpkin, squash (also known as vine crops) - Fertility
    
  • Eggplant - Fertility
    
  • Garlic - Fertility
    
  • Lettuce, Endive and Parsley - Fertility
    
  • Onions, Leeks and Shallots - Fertility
    
  • Parsnips - Fertility
    
  • Peas - Fertility
    
  • Peppers - Fertility
    
  • Potatoes - Fertility
    
  • Radishes - Fertility
    
  • Rhubarb - Fertility
    
  • Rutabagas - Fertility
    
  • Spinach and Swiss Chard - Fertility
    
  • Sugarbeets - Fertility
    
  • Sweet Corn - Fertility
    
  • Tomatoes - Fertility
    
• Fertilizer Materials
• Fertilizer Recommendations: Soil Acidity and Liming
• Fertilizer Recommendations: Nutrients
• Plan Your Fertilizer Program! Nov 2001

Fertigation

• Fertigation Fertilizer Sources, March 2006
• Fertigation Nitrogen Choices, May 2005

Nitrogen

• General
  • Cover Crops and Nitrogen - Can I Capture Some Nitrogen for Next Spring? August 2008
  • Does Wet Weather Equal Lost Nitrogen? June 2004
  • Fertigation Nitrogen Choices, May 2005
  • Greenhouse Gas Mitigation (aka: Improved Nitrogen Use Efficiency) July 2004
  • Price Ratios:? What Are They, and Why Do We Care? March 2008
• Corn
  • Considered Yet How to Fertilize the 2007 Corn Crop? Nov 2005
  • Cost Effective Nitrogen Rate Adjustments, April 2006
  • Growing Corn with Less Nitrogen, March 2005
  • High Prices and High Yields = More Nitrogen? Feb 2007
  • Nitrogen
  • Nitrogen Calculator
    • The Corn Nitrogen Calculator, May 2007
    • Nitrogen Calculator - Excel Version
    • New OMAFRA General Recommended Nitrogen Rates for Corn:
      The Ontario Corn N Worksheet - ( PDF )
  • N Rates Compared by Ontario Corn Producers, May-June 2007
  • Nitrogen Applied in the Skip-Row Pattern, March 2002
  • Nitrogen Management: 1.2 For Who? March 2004
  • Pound for Pound Nitrogen Management, Nov 2005
  • 2005 Ontario Nitrogen Survey
  • Sidedressing Nitrogen in Corn: Profit or Pain? December 2007
  • Target Maximum Economic Corn Production and Get Environmental Sustainability as a Bonus! July 2005
  • Three Years of Nitrogen Plots – What Can Nitrogen Rate Strips Do For You? March 2003
• Wheat
  • Agrotain? Jan 2002
  • Urea Treated With Agrotain on Spring Wheat, Jan 2004
  • What Does $500 Nitrogen Mean for Spring Wheat? Nov 2005

Phosphorous and Potassium

• Avail – Can it Improve Phosphorus Fertilizer Efficiency? April 2007
• Death to Corn Planters With Dry Fertilizer!? Sept-Oct 2007
• Forage Fertility, June 2003
• The Phosphorus (P) and Potassium (K) Soil Testing and Fertilizer Recommendation System in Ontario (Order No. 97-005)
• Making the Most of Potash Applications, March 2005
• Phosphorus Index
• Phosphorous Acid Fungicides and Phosphorus Nutrients, August 2006
• Phosphorus Leaching? Nov 2003
• Potash Deficiency in Soybeans, Sept 2007
• Starter Fertilizers For Corn - “Old- Fashioned Goodness”, April 2002
• Thames Valley Potash on Soybean Project, Jan 2003
• Which Corn Starter - Liquid or Dry? March 2004

Calcium, Magnesium, pH and Lime

• Calcium – Wonder or Waste? Feb 2002
• Base Saturation Basics! June 2004
• Soil pH - when is high too high? March 2009
• Sources of Agricultural Limestone for Ontario
• What's your pH (and Nutrient Availability)? July 2006

Micronutrients

• Copper on Winter Wheat Project, Sept 2008
• Does Manure Have a Place in the Sulphur Debate? June 2006
• Manganese Deficiency in Winter Wheat, May 2008
• Micronutrients For Berry Crops
• Micronutrient Fertilizers
• Sulfur? Jan 2002
• Peas and Sulphur in 2006, March 2007
• Yellow Soybeans - Is It Mn Deficiency??? June 2006

Manure

• Manure Management (Best Management Practices) (Order No. BMP16) Order this publication
• Available Nutrients and Value for Manure From Various Livestock Types - Sept 2008
• Building Soil Organic Matter With Manure! Nov 2003
• Calculating Available Nutrients from a Manure Analysis
• Comparing the Value of Various Manure Types, March 2007
  
• Dilution Can Be a Solution For Managing Phosphorus, September 2004
• "Knock-Knock" "Who's There?" "It's MOE Calling", Jan 2004
• 'Aromatic Gold' - How to Take a Sample to Determine Value of Manure, Nov 2008
• Increasing Manure Value With Calibration, March 2008
• Late Fall Applications Of Manure Can Do Wonders For Your Soil And Your Pocketbook! Dec 2004
• Manure Application for Forages - An Economic Alternative, March 2007
• Manure Applied to Hay has Value, June 2008
• Manure Applications Compared, Dec 2006
• Manure - Curse or Resource? Depends on the Fall Conditions! Nov 2007
• Maximizing Manure Value! Jan 2002
• Nman PC (Nutrient Management Software Program) (Order No. SOF001) Order this publication
• Potash - The Other Macro-Nutrient in Manure, November 2004
• Recipe for Keeping Clean Water When Applying Liquid Manure, July 2005
• Sidedressing Liquid Manure in Corn, Sept 2005
• Temporary Field Storage of Solid Manure or Prescribed Materials (Order No. 05-009)
• The Scoop on Manure, March 2004
• Weed Seeds & Manure, Nov 2006
• Winter Manure Application? Feb 2002

Composting

• Agricultural Composting Basics (Order No. 05-023)
• Art and Science of Composting
• Does Compost Need to be Turned? November 2004
• Interim Guidelines for the Production and Use of Aerobic Compost in Ontario, 2004 [PDF]
• Manure Composting as a Pathogen Reduction Strategy (Order No. 05-021)
• On-Farm Composting Handbook (NRAES-54)
• On-Farm Composting - A Review of the Literature
• On-farm Composting of Livestock and Poultry Mortalities
• Temporary Field Storage of Solid Manure or Prescribed Materials (Order No. 05-009)

Biosolids

• Biosolids Utilization on Agricultural Land - Phosphorus, Sept 2003
• Biosolids Land Application Project, March 2004
• Interim Guidelines for the Production and Use of Aerobic Compost in Ontario, 2004 [PDF]
• Nutrient Management Act & Biosolids Application, Nov 2003
• Nutrient Management (MOE)

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