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Section 1:
Comprehensive Cropping System Guide |
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1a - Integrated Cropping System Guide (PDF; 79 KB) |
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1b - Soil Organic Matter and Organic Carbon Gains and Losses Guide (PDF;
525 KB) |
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1c - Energy, Carbon, Nutrients and Water Cycle Guide (PDF;
435 KB) |
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1d - Healthy Chile Fields at Deming, NM (PDF; 165) |
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1e - Soil Aggregated Stability Demo (PDF; 135) |
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1f - Soil Food Web (PDF; 2357 KB) |
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1g - Simplified Soil Food Web (PDF; 244 KB) |
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1h - Soil Quality Considerations (PDF; 142 KB) |
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1i - Soil Dynamics
(PDF; 214 KB) |
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1j - Living Soil (PDF; 260 KB) |
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Section 2:
Producer Resources Inventory |
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2a - IWM Resource Inventory (PDF; 22 KB) |
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2b - Crop Salt Tolerances (PDF; 43 KB) |
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2c - Soils Data Interpretation Table for IWM Planning (PDF; 46 KB) |
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2d - Soils Surface Area (PDF; 206 KB) |
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2e - Types of Soil Structure and Drainage (PDF; 81 KB) |
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2f - Soils Intake Guide (PDF; 27 KB) |
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2g - QT=DA Calculations for Assessing IWM Requirements
(PDF; 38 KB) |
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2h - Irrigation Water Quality Sampling (PDF; 37 KB) |
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2i - Solube Salts (PDF; 171 KB) |
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2j - Irrigation Water Salinity and Sodium Adsorption Ratio (SAR)
Assessment Guide (PDF; 41 KB) |
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2k - Irrigation Water Quality Guidelines (PDF; 25 KB) |
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Section 3:
Precipitation |
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Section 4: Mean
High and Low Temperature |
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4a - Crop Evapotranspiration (ETc) and Growing Degree Days Guide
(PDF;
116 KB) |
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Section 5: Crop
Rotations and Cover Crops |
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5a - Conservation Crop Rotation (PDF; 360 KB) |
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5b - Cover Crop (PDF; 368 KB) |
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5c - Cover Crop Guide (PDF; 110 KB) |
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5d - How to
Collect and Interpret Plant Tissue Samples
(PDF; 246 KB) |
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5e - Plant Tissue Analysis Guide - Example (PDF; 39 KB) |
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5f - Pasture and Hay Planting (PDF; 121 KB) |
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5g - Sampling for Plant Tissue Analysis (PDF; 152 KB) |
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Section 6: Crop
Evapotranspiration - ETC |
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6a - How to access New Mexico Crop Consumptie Use Requirements (PDF; 215
KB) |
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Section 7: Soil
Moisture Monitoring |
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7a - Soil Moisture Monitoring and Irrigation Record Keeping Form (PDF;
22 KB) |
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7b - Estimated Soil Moisture by Feel and Appearance (PDF; 125 KB) |
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7c - Estimated Soil Moisture by Feel and Appearance (PDF; 121 KB) |
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7d - Average Water Extraction Pattern of Plants (PDF; 55 KB) |
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7e - Soil Moisture Monitoring Example
(PDF; 198 KB) |
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7f - General Relationship Between Soil Water Characteristics and Texture
(PDF; 33 KB) |
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7g - Furrow Irrigation Water Management
(PDF; 426 KB) |
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7h - Tensiometer and Electrical Resistance Blocks
(PDF; 49 KB) |
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7i - Tensiometers (PDF; 63 KB) |
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7j - Electrical Resistance Soil Water Meters
(PDF; 43 KB) |
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7k - Why Salinity Management is Important (PDF; 25 KB) |
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7l - Soil Salinity Reactions (PDF; 597 KB) |
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7m - Salinity Assessment Guide for Selected Crops
(PDF; 50 KB) |
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7n - Water Quality Infiltration Assessment Guide (PDF; 27 KB) |
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7o - Water Penetration and Movement in Sandy and Clay Loam Soils (PDF;
42 KB) |
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7p - Generalized Relationship Between Soil Water Retention and Crop
Growth (PDF; 19 KB) |
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7q - Benefits of IWM (PDF; 24 KB) |
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7r - Irrigation Water Management (PDF; 84 KB) |
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7s - Irrigation Water Analysis Guide - Example (PDF; 35 KB) |
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Section 8:
Irrigation Scheduling |
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8a - Planning For Irrigation Water Management (PDF; 24 KB) |
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8b - Gross Crop Irrigation Water Requirement Guide (PDF; 31 KB) |
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8c - Surface Irrigation Water Management (PDF; 406 KB) |
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8d - Irrigation Water Requirement Guide (PDF; 104 KB) |
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8e - Graded Border Irrigation Application Efficiency Analysis - Example
(PDF; 28 KB) |
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8f - Field Irrigation Evaluation Example Guide - Form (PDF; 106 KB) |
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8g - Measurement of Soluble Salts (PDF; 21 KB) |
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8h - Table of Important Equations, Relationships and Concepts Used in
IWM (PDF; 37 KB) |
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8i - Runoff Class Based on Field Slope and Permeability Class (PDF; 24
KB) |
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8j - Using IWM for Achieving Energy Conservation (PDF; 25 KB) |
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8k - Surface Irrigation Water Management Evaluation (PDF; 585 KB) |
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8l - Surface Irrigation Water Management Evaluation Form (DOC; 443 KB) |
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8m - Irrigation land Leveling (PDF; 81 KB) |
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8n - Irrigation Water Management
(PDF; 1498 KB) |
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8o - Graded Border Analysis - Hi Flow Turnout Example
(PDF; 114 KB) |
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8p - Soil Texture and Water Holding Capacity (PDF; 159 KB) |
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8q - New Mexico Integrated Water Management Workshop -
Field Tour (PDF; 1656 KB) |
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8r - Guide to Determine the Approximate CFS or GPM of Available
Irrigation Canal Water (PDF; 25 KB) |
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Section 9:
Nutrient Inputs |
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9a - Irrigation Water, Soil and Plant Tissue Analysis Interpretation
Guide - Example (PDF; 59 KB) |
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9b - Irrigation Water, Soil and Plant Tissue Analysis Interpretation
Guide - Blank Copy (PDF; 55 KB) |
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9c - Nitrogen Cycle (PDF; 265 KB) |
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9d - Nitrogen Fertilizers (PDF; 164 KB) |
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9e - Nitrogen Fertilizer Guide (PDF; 35 KB) |
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9f - Soil Fertility Interpretation Guide - Form (PDF;
111 KB) |
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9g - Soil Fertility Interpretation (PDF; 365 KB) |
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9h - IWM to Increase Nitrogen Use Efficiency (PDF; 114 KB) |
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9i - Developing a Basic Nitrogen Budget (PDF; 45 KB) |
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9j - Phosphorus Cycle (PDF; 442 KB) |
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9k - Phosphorus Index (PDF; 338 KB) |
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9l - Phosphorus Management - Using the P Index Rating
(PDF; 107 KB) |
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9m - Potassium Cycle (PDF; 178 KB) |
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9n - Gypsum and Elemental Sulfur Soil Amendment Guide (PDF; 105 KB) |
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9o - Effluent Irrigation Guide (PDF; 41 KB) |
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9p - Manure Management (PDF; 487 KB) |
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9q - Soil Analysis Guide - Example (PDF; 42 KB) |
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9r - Fertilizer Jar Test (PDF; 36 KB) |
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9s - Waste Utilization (PDF; 72 KB) |
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9t - Nutrient Management (PDF; 83 KB) |
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9u - A Key to Soil Nutrient Management (PDF; 18 KB) |
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9v - Composting and The Hole Picture
(PDF; 11,103 KB) |
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9w - Composting Animal Carcass (PDF;
11,034 KB) |
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9x - Compost or Manure and Soil Biota (PDF; 334 KB) |
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Section 10:
Surface Residue Management |
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10a - Benefits of Conservation Tillage (PDF; 3134 KB) |
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10b - Conservation Tillage and Crop Residue Management (PDF; 816 KB) |
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10c - Mulching (PDF; 127 KB) |
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10d - Composting Facility
(PDF; 63 KB) |
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10e - Managing Soil Organic Matter
(PDF; 985 KB) |
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10f - Surface Residue Management (PDF; 560 KB) |
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Section 11:
Tillage Operations |
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11a - Soil Health - Quality Assessment
(PDF; 460 KB) |
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11b - Residue Management, No-Till, Strip Till
(PDF; 174
KB) |
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11c - Residue Management, Ridge-Till (PDF; 140 KB) |
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11d - Water Erosion Management Considerations (PDF; 495
KB) |
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11e - Water Erosion Management Considerations -
Assessment Guide (PDF; 113 KB) |
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11f - Wind Erosion Management Considerations (PDF; 557
KB) |
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11g - Wind Erosion Management Considerations -
Assessment Guide (PDF; 37 KB) |
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Section 12: Soil
Temperature Measurements |
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12a - Soil Quality Temperature (PDF;
386 KB) |
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12b - Soil Temperature (PDF;
49 KB) |
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Section 13: Soil
Nitrate Tests |
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13a - Soil Nitrate Tests (PDF; 189 KB) |
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Section 14: IPM
- Insects, Disease, Weeds |
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14a - Pest Management and IWM Planning
(PDF; 70 KB) |
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14b - Pest Management and IWM Planning
(PDF; 5402 KB) |
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14c - Pest Management (PDF; 109 KB) |
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Section 15:
Field Problems - Use Soil Quality Test Kit |
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15a - Soil Quality Test Kit Guide
(PDF; 230
KB) |
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15b - Soil Quality Test Kit Guide -
Interpretations (PDF; 143 KB) |
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15c - Soil Quality Pyramid (PDF; 173 KB) |
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15d - Soil Quality Test Kit (PDF; 1279 KB) |
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15e - Soil Quality/ Soil Health - What are we missing? (PDF;
2,570
KB) |
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15f - Sustainable Workshop Soils Field Notes
(PDF; 867 KB) |
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Advanced Soil Quality
Test Kit |
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15aa - Web Soil Survey Of Manuscript (PDF;
5167 KB) |
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15aab - Soil - Water - Tissue Sampling
(PDF; 4498 KB) |
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15bb - Soil Respiration
(PDF; 4475 KB) |
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15cc - Soil Infiltration Ability to take in water
(PDF; 4303 KB) |
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15dd - Soil Compaction or Pore Space
(PDF; 2891 KB) |
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15ee - Salt Concentration (PDF; 9450 KB) |
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15ee - EC and Salt Concentration (PDF; 9511 KB) |
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15ff - Soil Acidity or Alkalinity (PDF; 2404 KB) |
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15gg - Soil Nitrate
(PDF; 2467 KB) |
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15hh - Aggregate Stability and Slaking (PDF; 12492 KB) |
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15ii - Earthworms (PDF;
3227 KB) |
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15jj - Soil Physical Observations and Estimations (PDF;
14601 KB) |
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Section 16:
Standard Soil Test |
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16a - How to Collect Soil Samples
(PDF; 123
KB) |
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16b - Soil Test Interpretations
(PDF; 28 KB) |
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16c - New Mexico State University (NMSU)
Soil Test Interpretation Report (XLS; 519 KB) |
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16d - Nutrient Deficiency Symptoms (PDF; 8576 KB) |
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16e - Irrigation Water, Soil and Plant
Tissue Analysis Guide - Alfalfa Example (PDF; 132 KB) |
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16f - Irrigation Water, Soil and Plant Tissue Analysis
Guide - Pecan Example (PDF; 128 KB) |
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16g - Irrigation Water, Soil and Plant
Tissue Analysis Guide - Blue Corn Example (PDF; 128 KB) |
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16h - Irrigation Water, Soil and Plant Tissue Analysis
Guide - Sorghum Example (PDF; 127 KB) |
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16i - Irrigation Water, Soil and Plant Tissue Analysis
Guide - Apples Example (PDF; 131 KB) |
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16j - Irrigation Water, Soil and Plant Tissue Analysis
Guide - Alfalfa Example (PDF; 135 KB) |
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16k - Irrigation Water, Soil and Plant Tissue Analysis
Guide - Pasture Example (PDF; 129 KB) |
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Section 17:
Active Carbon Test |
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17a -
Reactive Carbon Field Kit Overview Power Point (PDF; 10,550 KB) |
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17b - Benefits of Soil
Reactive Carbon (PDF; 460 KB) |
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17c - Compost Manure and Soil Biota (PDF;
334 KB) |
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17d - Reactive Carbon Field Test (PDF;
321 KB) |
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17e - Humic Acid (PDF; 163 KB) |
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17f -
Glomain and Mycorrhizal Hyphae (PDF; 71 KB) |
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Section 18: Soil
Health Assessment - Soil Food Web |
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18a - How Does Organic Matter Work
(PDF; 519 KB) |
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18b - Soil Quality - Introduction (PDF; 196 KB) |
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18c - Indicators for Soil Quality Evaluation (PDF; 224
KB) |
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18d - Soil Quality Indicators - Available
Water Capacity (PDF; 208 KB) |
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18e - Soil Quality Indicators - Aggregate Stability
(PDF; 384 KB) |
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18f - Soil Quality Indicators - Bulk Density (PDF; 338
KB) |
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18g - Soil Quality Indicators - Infiltration
(PDF; 315 KB) |
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18h - Soil Quality Indicators - Soil Structure and Pores
(PDF; 488 KB) |
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18i - Soil Quality Indicators - Soil Crusts (PDF; 249
KB) |
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18j - Soil Quality Indicators - Slaking
(PDF; 496 KB) |
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18k - Soil Quality Indicators - pH (PDF; 63 KB) |
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18l - Soil Quality Indicators - Salinization
(PDF; 77
KB) |
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18m - Soil Quality Indicators - Organic Matter (PDF; 33
KB) |
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18n - Soil Quality Resource Concerns - Soil Biodiversity
(PDF; 51 KB) |
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18o - Rhizosphere Soil Biota Life in Soil (PDF; 558 KB) |
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18p - Soil Structure Texture (PDF; 712 KB) |
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Section 19:
Other, Units, Definitions and Explanations of Sections |
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Section 20:
Guidance on Developing Case Studies and Examples |
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20a - A Watershed Approach for Development
of a Case Study (PDF; 178 KB) |
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20b - Farm Record Form - Case Study (PDF; 38
KB) |
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20c - Purpose of Integrated Cropping System Guide
(PDF; 31 KB) |
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20d - Cropland Inventory worksheets for Sustainable Systems (PDF;
173 KB) |
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20f - Sustainable Farming Systems Planning, Evaluation, and Outreach
(PDF; 4399 KB) |
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20g - Case Study RGCF (PDF; 506 KB) |
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20g - Renewable Energy Solar Primer (PDF; 4810 KB) |
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22h - Renewable Energy Wind Primer (PDF; 2528 KB) |
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Section 21:
Irrigation Systems |
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21a - Irrigation System Planning and Design
Considerations (PDF; 18 KB) |
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21b - Choosing and Irrigation System (PDF; 991 KB) |
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21c - Subsurface Drip Irrigation and IWM
(PDF; 1265 KB) |
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21d - Acequia Community Ditch Design
Irrigation System (PDF; 98 KB) |
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21e - Achieving Irrigation Water Management
with Pivot Sprinkler System (PDF; 737 KB) |
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21f - Achieving IWM with Irrigation Water Conveyance -
Pipeline (PDF; 2361 KB) |
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21g - Water Measuring Methods (PDF; 529 KB) |
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21h - Energy Use in Irrigation Water
Management (PDF; 16 KB) |
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21i - Economics and Irrigation Water Management (PDF; 41
KB) |
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21j - Additional Engineering and Irrigation Resources
(PDF; 16 KB) |
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21k - Comparing Irrigation Systems (PDF; 26
KB) |
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21l - Using Irrigation Water Efficiently (PDF; 17 KB) |
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21m - Canal and Ditch Turnout Capacity (PDF; 13 KB) |
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21m - High Flow Turnouts (PDF; 76 KB) |
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21n - Concrete Lined Ditch
(PDF; 1493 KB) |
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21o - General Components of Subsurface Drip Irrigation
(PDF; 7435 KB) |
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21p - Subsurface Drip Irrigation (PDF; 9759
KB) |
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21q - Chlorination Procedure (PDF; 42 KB) |
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21r - Chlorination Table 1300 gpm (XLS; 119 KB) |
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21s - Chlorination Tables 3000 gpm (XLS; 106
KB) |
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21t - Chlorination Formula (PDF; 11 KB) |
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21u - Subsurface Drip Irrigation Fact Sheet
(PDF; 367
KB) |
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Section 22:
Energy, Air Quality, Other |
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22a - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Strategic Plan and
Student Class Presentation Format (PDF; 29 KB) |
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22b - Purpose of Sustainable Agriculture Producer Workshops (PDF; 200
KB) |
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22c - Building Sustainable Communities (PDF; 6754 KB) |
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22d - Integrated Farming Systems for Sustainable Production (PDF; 4397
KB) |
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