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2020 Virtual Small Grains Field Day

May 18, 2020
By Mark E Lundy
Due to the health concerns surrounding COVID-19, we had to cancel our annual field day that typically occurs in May at UC Davis.
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Measuring soil nitrate in the field.

New resources available for conducting and interpreting soil nitrate quick tests

May 13, 2020
By Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles, Thomas J Getts, Mark E Lundy, Nicholas E Clark, Sarah E Light
Measuring soil nitrogen (N) prior to fertilizing can improve N fertilizer management. The soil nitrate quick test is a simple and low-cost test. It provides a ballpark estimate of the soil nitrate-N concentration in the rootzone. Nitrate is a highly plant-available form of nitrogen.
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