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Soil Health Managing for soil health is one of the easiest and most effective ways for farmers to increase crop productivity and profitability while improving the environment. Read our healthy, productive soil health checklist for growers (PDF; 935 KB) and learn what might be a part of your soil health management system. For more information, click here. |
To locate the National Agronomy Technical Notes, go to the national edirectives website: http://directives.sc.egov.usda.gov/Default.aspx. On the menu bar to the left under "Browse by Directive", click on the link 'Technical Notes', then again on 'Title 190 - Ecological Sciences'. Click on Agronomy for the technical notes.
The following documents require Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Excel.
| Document | Title | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Agronomy Index | (PDF; 12 KB) | |
| Tech. Note 1 | Critical Nutrient Ranges in Northwest Crops (WREP Publication 43) | (PDF; 16 KB) |
| Attachment for Tech. Note 1 | (PDF; 1.9 MB) | |
| Tech. Note 2 | A Nutrient Management Planning Tool for Conservation Planning | (PDF; 81 KB) |
| Tech. Note 6 | Reservoir Tillage | (PDF; 10 KB) |
| Attachment for Tech. Note 6 | (PDF: 43 KB) | |
| Tech. Note 8 |
Estimating Gross Erosion From Field Measurement of Rill Erosion in Tons/Acre |
(PDF; 36 KB) |
| Tech. Note 9 | Vegetative Filter or Buffer Strips | (PDF; 291 KB) |
| Tech. Note 12 | Pacific Northwest Handbooks for Weed and Insect Management | (PDF; 13 KB) |
| Tech. Note 18 | Pest Management: Pesticide Environmental Risk Assessment Using WIN-PST, Version 3.0 | (PDF; 111 KB) |
| Tech. Note 21 | Suitable pH Range for Various Crops | (PDF; 28 KB) |
| Tech. Note 22 | Idaho OnePlan Nutrient Planning Model | (PDF; 16 KB) |
| Tech. Note 27 | Manure Spreader Calibration | (PDF; 33 KB) |
| Tech. Note 28 | Weight Per Bushel of Farm Crop Seeds | (PDF; 28 KB) |
| Tech. Note 29 | Using Pesticides Safely | (PDF; 46 KB) |
| Tech. Note 30 |
Using Chisel-Plant Residue Management Systems to Improve Potato Quality and Protect the Environment |
(PDF; 19 KB) |
| Tech. Note 31 |
Measuring and Estimating Concentrated Flow and Ephemeral Gully Erosion on Cropland |
(PDF: 24 KB) |
| Tech. Note 32 | Predicting Irrigation Induced Soil Loss on Surface Irrigation Cropland | (XLS; 645 KB) |
| Tech. Note 33 | Pesticide and Pesticide Container Handling and Disposal | (PDF; 36 KB) |
| Tech. Note 40 | Core4 Conservation Practices: The Common Sense Approach to Natural Resource Conservation | (PDF; 15 KB) |
| Tech. Note 42 | Idaho Fertilizer Guides | (PDF; 12 KB) |
| Tech. Note 43 | Measuring and Estimating Amounts of Crop Residues | (PDF; 2.68 MB) |
| Tech. Note 47 | Irrigation and Nitrogen Management to Improve Nitrogen Fertilizer Efficiency | (PDF; 10 KB) |
| Attachment for Tech. Note 47 | (PDF; 30 KB) | |
| Tech. Note 50 | The Soil Tillage Intensity Rating (STIR) | (PDF; 24 KB) |
| Tech. Note 51 | Idaho’s Noxious Weeds | (PDF; 13 KB) |
| Tech. Note 52 | CORE4 – Farm Equipment Identification and Use | (PDF; 5.2 MB) | Power Point Presentation | " |
| Tech. Note 53 | Soil Erosion by Wind and Its Control - (Video DVD) | (PDF; 12 KB) |
| Tech. Note 54 | Plant Nutrient Deficiency for Idaho Crops | (PDF; 408 KB) |
| Tech. Note 55 | Tillage and Seeding Equipment Southwestern Idaho | (PDF; 9.36 MB) |
| Tech. Note 56 | Cover Crops Revised January 2012 | (PDF; 716 KB) |
| Tech. Note 57 | Bed Planting for Sprinkler Irrigated Potato Production | (PDF; 3.04 MB) |
| County | County | County | County | County | County | County | County | County | County | County |
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| Ada | Adams | Bannock | Bear Lake | Benewah | Bingham | Blaine | Boise | Bonner | Bonneville | Boundary |
| Butte | Camas | Canyon | Caribou | Cassia | Clark | Clearwater | Custer | Elmore | Franklin | Fremont |
| Gem | Gooding | Idaho | Jefferson | Jerome | Kootenai | Latah | Lemhi | Lewis | Lincoln | Madison |
| Minidoka | Nez Perce | Oneida | Owyhee | Payette | Power | Shoshone | Teton | Twin Falls | Valley | Washington |
Use the Idaho Soil Loss Computation Spreadsheet to assist with calculating concentrated flow and ephemeral gully erosion, classical gully erosion, streambank erosion and mass movement. There is also an alternative method to calculate gross soil loss from cropland fields where significant rill erosion occurs.
Seasonal High Tunnel System for Crops
- Frequently Asked Questions (PDF; 57 KB) Updated February 2012
- Power Point (PPTX; 2.63 MB) Updated January 2012
Idaho NRCS Agronomy Reference List
National NRCS
Agronomy
The following document requires
Adobe Acrobat.
Picture Your Residue
(PDF; 2.41 MB)
Last Modified: 01/30/2013
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