Progress 10/01/09 to 09/30/14
Outputs
Target Audience: Farmers, ag-practitioners and the public. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Graduate students used the lab for training purposes and to support their research. Undergraduates received training on standard soil nutrient availability procedures. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Analysis of soils/water/plants was incorporated into the methods and results sections for AES and Extension researchers, and disseminated in journal articles, presentations to the scientific community, growers and ag-practitioners at many state, regional, national and international meetings. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
About 14,000 samples were analyzed. Most were for nutrient analysis to support activities of Extension/AES research projects. Samples were also analyzed for farmers and their consultants for nutrient analysis. A small number of samples were analyzed for home gardens for the public. Water analysis for irrigation were analyzed for land-owners and farmers and a small number of plant tissue analyses were also conducted.
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Progress 10/01/12 to 09/30/13
Outputs
Target Audience: Researchers of North Dakota State University- The laboratory is a support and teaching laboratory for North Dakota State University. Outside samples are accepted and about 5,000 samples per year are analyzied for agricultural consultants and the general public. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Graduate students in NDSU Plant Sciences, and the School of Natural Resource Sciences used the laboratory facilities to analyze samples and the laboratory staff provided training. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Continue to operate similar to in years past. The laboratory as structured has had a crucial role in extending the research, education and Extension activities of faculty and staff of NDSU.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
1. The service laboratory analyzed over 10,000 soil and plant samples for researchers at NDSU including their branch Research and Extension Centers. 2. The laboratory analyzed about 5,000 samples for farmers, consultants and the public. 3. A review of the effectiveness of the current plant available S soil test was conducted.
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Progress 10/01/11 to 09/30/12
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The NDSU Soil Test Lab analyzed a total of 15,690 samples during the reporting period. All but 4,155 samples were analyzed for research projects across the NDSU Experiment Station system. The laboratory serves as a service lab for the NDSU Experiement Station and also as provides standard testing as one of a number of checks for private laboratories within the state and the region. The laboratory provides analyses that result in greater efficiency of crop nutrients for growers in the region. PARTICIPANTS: Larry Swenson is laboratory operator, and Kristin Newman is his assistant. Larry also hires part-time employees during spring, summer and fall seasonal analysis peak periods. TARGET AUDIENCES: The NDSU Soil Test Laboratory provides background information, baseline and progess data for numerous project including crop breeding, advanced agronomic research, soil fertility and soil health projects in the state. Although the immediate target audience is the researchers, the ultimate audience is the grower community within the state, who use the research results to improve variety selection, crop management techniques and soil fertility efficiency. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts
The soil test laboratory continues to be utilized to update nitrogen recommendations for the crops in the state. Currently, the corn nitrogen recommendations are being reviewed. Analysis of both soil and plant tissues will allow revision of the corn N recommendations. The new Soil Health Team is also utilizing the laboratory to assess baseline data for management strategies to reduce soil salinity and sodicity levels in the state. The soil laboratory also provides routine analysis to provide fertility background for plant breeders and agronomists in the NDSU Ag Experiment Station system.
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- No publications reported this period
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Progress 10/01/10 to 09/30/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The lab separated the submitted samples analyzed into 'farmer', research, and miscellaneous categories. Most of the miscellaneous were for mechanical analysis (%sand, silt and clay). Farmer analysis was for farm fields with the samples taken by crop consultants or the farmers themselves. Research samples were analyzed to support research conducted at NDSU and at private research firms located within the region. Total samples analyzed from 10/1/2010 to 9/30/2011 were Farmer samples- 5598 Research samples- 15,959 Miscellaneous - 771 Total samples- 22,328 PARTICIPANTS: Larry Swenson is laboratory director and Kristin Newman is co-director. Dave Franzen provides supervisory duties, particularly with reporting. As supervisor, Dr. Franzen is the North Dakota State University representative to NCERA-13, the north central soil testing USDA committee. TARGET AUDIENCES: The target audience for the laboratory are public and private entities that require totally unbiased soil analysis and recommendations. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
Farmer analysis represents test results from about 500,000 acres. Research impacts are far greater in scope, with the soil analysis supporting the plant breeding program at NDSU for private industry, the plant sciences programs in agronomy studies and soil fertility programs, including the corn N-recalibration project.
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- No publications reported this period
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Progress 10/01/09 to 09/30/10
Outputs
OUTPUTS: From July 1, 2009 until June 30, 2010, the NDSU Soil Testing Laboratory analyzed 12,680 samples, up from 11,123 samples the previous year. 8,862 samples came from NDSU campus and off-campus research activities, and 3,818 samples came from farmers, environmental businesses and other non-NDSU entities. The Soil Testing Laboratory offers one free soil analysis to students enrolled in agricultural courses in North Dakota and Minnesota. Last year, the lab analyzed 36 such samples for students in state high school Vo-Ag classes, science fair project and related student activities from colleges and K-12 schools within the state. In conjunction with its educational mission, tours of the laboratory were given to students at NDSU enrolled in Soils 210 and Plant Sciences 225. In addition to on-campus research samples, additional off-campus samples were analyzed at reduced cost for the Carrington R & E Center, Dickinson R & E Center, Hettinger R & E Center, Langdon Research Center, North Central Research Center at Minot, the Oakes Irrigation Research Center, and the Williston R & E Center. PARTICIPANTS: Larry Swenson laboratory manager Kristen Newman, laboratory technician. TARGET AUDIENCES: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
The quality of NDSU researchers studies was improved by the role of the service lab, impacting studies such as variety trials, herbicide trials, soil fertility trials and rotation studies. By servicing as a standard laboratory for the state, the quality of soil testing in the region was improved and supported.
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- No publications reported this period
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