Development and Implementation of Fertilizer BMP Guides for Six Selected Major Cropping Systems
A multi-stakeholder committee initiative, funded through a conservation grant, to develop a list of management practices applicable in North Dakota.
IPNI-2006-USA-ND12
02 Feb 2009
2008 Annual Interpretive Summary
Development and Implementation of Fertilizer BMP Guides for Six Selected Major Cropping Systems--Suggested Practices for Semiarid North Dakota, 2008
Good progress was made in finalizing agreements regarding what fertilizer BMPs should be suggested for North Dakota in the Northern Great Plains (NGP). A publication was written and published describing these BMPs and how growers could evaluate their cropping system to see if improvements might be possible. The publication was finalized, printed, and distributed in September of 2008. All committee members were supplied with copies of the publication and they were made available to the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service and the Agricultural Research Service of the USDA. Copies were distributed throughout the NGP, including individuals and groups in Montana, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. There has been subsequent interest in some of these other jurisdictions to adapt the publication for their state or provincial use. ND-12F