• Project No. and Title: NCERA_old13 - Soil Testing and Plant Analysis
• Dates: 02/25/2019 to 02/27/2019
• Contacts: [David Franzen] [Antonio Mallarino]

This authorizes the annual meeting: .
The meeting will be held on 02/25/2019 at Iowa City, IA. :

Admin Advisor: Frank Casey (Francis.Casey@ndsu.edu)

NCERA-13 2019 Plant Analyst’s Workshop, Draft agenda 1-17-19<br /> <br /> Monday February 25<br /> Logistics planning for meeting<br /> <br /> Tuesday February 26<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 1:00 – Welcome. A. Mallarino<br /> <br /> 1:10 - Does a healthy soil really requires less fertilizer? Evidence from corn-soybean cropping systems. Jordon Wade, Steve Culman (Ohio State Univ.).<br /> <br /> 1:40 - Soil enzyme activities: measurement and interpretation in soil health frameworks. Andrew Margenot (Univ. of Illinois).<br /> <br /> 2:10 - Initial evaluation of routine and soil health nutrient tests in Wisconsin”. Carrie Laboski (Univ. of Wisconsin).<br /> <br /> 2:40 - NAPT update, and Results of labs survey regarding soil health measurements. Grant Cardon (NAPT and Utah State Univ.).<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 3:00 – Break, sponsors displays.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 3:15 - Evaluation of soil testing laboratory performance in the Illinois Soil Testing Association. Robert Miller (ALP and Colorado State Univ.).<br /> <br /> 3:45 - Lime requirement methods in the NC region. Manjula Nathan (Univ. of Missouri).<br /> <br /> 4:10 - Using infrared spectroscopy to measure routine soil properties. Leonardo Deiss, Steve Culman (Ohio State Univ.).<br /> <br /> 4:40 - Sponsor displays, hors d'oeuvres and cash bar.<br /> <br /> 6:00 - Adjourn for the day (dinner on your own).<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Wednesday February 27<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 6:30 – Breakfast buffet (provided)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 8:00 - Soil salinity, sodium adsorption ratio, and gypsum amendments. Tom DeSutter, Dave Franzen (North Dakota State Univ.).<br /> <br /> 8:30 - Do we need to consider soil Ca:Mg ratios? Steve Culman (Ohio State Univ.).<br /> <br /> 9:00 - Percent K saturation, CEC, and soil-test K relationships with crop yield response to K fertilization. Antonio Mallarino, Ryan Oltmans (Iowa State Univ.)<br /> <br /> 9:30 - Clay chemistry and soil-test K. Review and impact on recent ND K recommendations. John Brekke, David Franzen. (North Dakota State Univ.).<br /> <br /> 10:00 - Break, sponsors displays.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 10:15 - Mehlich-3 extracted P, Cu, Mn, and Zn: Relationships with other routine soil-test methods and with crop yield response (A. Mallarino, Iowa State Univ.)<br /> <br /> 10:45 - OSHA Silica Standard Review for Soil Testing. David Phillips, (OSHA Iowa)<br /> <br /> 11:15 - ALP update, and Inter-lab comparison of soil test phosphorus methods in North America. R. Miller (ALP, Colorado State Univ.).<br /> <br /> 11:45 – Concluding remarks. David Franzen (Chair, NCERA-13 committee).<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 12:00 – Workshop adjourn.