ANMP Publications

• 2023-2024 ANMP Annual Report
• 2021 ANMP Annual Report
• 2020 ANMP Annual Report
• 2019 ANMP Annual Report
• 2018 ANMP Annual Report
• 2017 ANMP Annual Report
• 2016 ANMP Annual Report
• 2015 ANMP Annual Report
• 2014 ANMP Annual Report
• 2013 ANMP Annual Report
• 2012 ANMP Annual Report
• 2011 ANMP Annual Report
• 2010 ANMP Annual Report
• 2008 ANMP Annual Report

• SFG EC-1 "Calibration of Manure Spreaders: Uniformity, Spread Patterns and Effective Swath Width"
• SFG EC-2 "Calibration of a Manure Spreader Using the Weight-area Method"
• SFG EC-3 "Calibration of a Liquid Manure Spreader Using the Load-area Method"
• SFG EC-4 "Calibration of a Manure Spreader Using the Load-area Method (with Drive-on Scales)"
• SFG EC-5 "Calibration of a Manure Spreader Using the Load-area Method (with Estimation of Density and Load Weight)"

• Cover Crops for Vegetable Crops- Podcast by alum of UMD, Natalie Lounsbury
• No-till spring vegetables after forage radish cover crop By Natalie Lounsbury , and Ray Weil
• Cover Crops overview by Jon Traunfeld and Ray Weil
• FS-824 Forage Radish Fact Sheet
• Soil fertility and cover crops by Gerald (Jerry) Brust

Manure

• EB-420 "Manure as a Natural Resource"
• FS-176 "Determining the Amount of Manure in a Pile or Pool"
• FS-1017 "Vertical and Subsurfer Tillage Reduce Surface Runoff of Nutrients and Fecal Steroids from Poultry Litter Amended Fields" 
• NM-6 "Sampling Manure for Nutrient Content"
• "Biosolids: Requirements for Land Application" (May-June 2001)
• FS-1055 "Manure to Energy Byproducts are Useful Nutrient Sources"

Organic Sources

• Nutrient Manager (Vol 7, Issue 2, Fall 2000) "Focus on Composting"
• Nutrient Manager (Vol 6, Issue 1, Winter 1999) "Focus on Organic Matter"

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General Information

• Nutrient Manager (Vol 3, Issue 1, Summer 1996) "Focus on Nutrients and the Hydrologic Cycle"

 Nitrogen (N)

• Nutrient Manager (Vol 2, Issue 1, Summer 1995) "Focus on Nitrogen"

 Phosphorus (P)

• NM-3 "Phosphorus Removal By Crops in the Mid-Atlantic States"
• Nutrient Manager (Vol 4, Issue 1, Summer 1997) "Focus on Phosphorus"
• Nutrient Manager (Vol 8, Issue 1, Summer 2001) "Focus on Phosphorus Site Index"

Potassium (K)

• Nutrient Manager (Vol 7, Issue 1, Spring 2000) "Focus on Potassium"

 Sulfur (S)

• Nutrient Manager (Vol 5, Issue 1, Summer 1998) "Focus on Sulfur"

• Agronomic Crops
• Christmas Trees
• Cut Flowers
• Grapes
  • "Pre-Plant Renovation and Soil Conditioning for New Vineyard and Small Fruit Plantings" UME Information Sheet
  • Link to grape publications page
• Loblolly Pine
• Miscanthus
• Tree Fruits and Small Fruits
  • NM-5 "Nutrient Management for Tree Fruits and Small Fruits"
  • Link to grape publications page

• NM-5 "Nutrient Management for Tree Fruits and Small Fruits"
• SFG PF-1 "Nutrient Management Planning for Perennial Fruit Crop: An Overview"
• SFG PF-2 "Tissue and Soil Sampling for Perennial Fruit Crops"
• SFG PL-1 "Plant Tissue Analysis" (revised April 2010)

• FS-1054 "Soil pH Affects Nutrient Availability"
• Nutrient Manager (Vol 3, Issue 2, Fall 1996) "Focus on pH and Lime"
• SFM-5 "Soil pH Management and Determining Liming Rates"
• Domino Sugar Lime Byproduct Information

• EB-405 "University of Maryland Phosphorus Managment Tool: Technical Users Guide"
• Development of Regionally-Consistent Phosphorus Source Coefficients for Use in Phosphorus Index Evaluations in the Mid-Atlantic Region

• NM-8 "Corn Stalk Nitrate Test" (revised June 2016)
• SFG PF-1 "Nutrient Management Planning for Perennial Fruit Crop: An Overview"
• SFG PF-2 "Tissue and Soil Sampling for Perennial Fruit Crops"
• SFG PL-1 "Plant Tissue Analysis" (revised April 2010)
• "Tissue Sampling for Vineyards" UME Information Sheet

• FS-1056 - "Providing Aerial Images through UAVs"
• FS-1046 - "Precision Soil Sampling Helps Farmers Target Nutrient Application"

Field Management Records Booklet

• This booklet is a free tool to help make crop, pesticide and nutrient management record keeping easier. It contains space to record crop information, management practices and nutrient applications on a field-by-field basis. Also contained in the booklet are common seeding rates for some agricultural crops and yield calculation formulas.

• To order your recordkeeping booklets, please e-mail Elizabeth Abebe or call (301) 405-1318 and leave your name, mailing address, and the number of booklets needed.

• SFM-2 "Making Decisions for Nitrogen Fertilization Using the Pre-Sidedress Soil Nitrate Test (PSNT)" (revised April 2010)
• EBR-15 "Fall Soil Nitrate Test" (revised 2013)
• Soil Nitrate Testing with a NitraChek Meter Guide

• FS-1184 (November 2021) Soil Sampling for Optimizing Agricultural Production in Maryland
• Soil Sampling Brochure (May 2022)
• Nutrient Manager (Vol 1, Issue 2, Fall 1994) "Focus on Soil Testing and Nutrient Recommendations"
• SFG PF-2 "Tissue and Soil Sampling for Perennial Fruit Crops"
• SFM-3 "Descriptions of Soil Test Interpretive Categories Used by UMD Soil Test Laboratory"
• SFM-4 "Converting Among Soil Test Analyses Frequently Used in Maryland"
• FS-1046 "Precision Soil Sampling Helps Farmers Target Nutrient Application"

• TT-115 "Nutrient Management Guidelines for State Property and Commercially Managed Turfgrass"
• TT-116 "Nutrient Management Guidelines for Commercial Turfgrass Seeding"

Other publications addressing turfgrass fertility can be found on the Maryland Turfgrass Council website.

• NM-1 "Estimating Corn Silage Yield"
• NM-4 "Estimating Corn Grain Yield"
• "Artificial Neural Networks for Corn and Soybean Yield Production" (This is a link to the abstract only. To receive the entire article, please contact Elizabeth Abebe in the Agricultural Nutrient Management Program College Park office.)

• Best Management Practice Use and Nutrient Management in Maryland: A 2010 Snapshot

• Cover Crop Survey Report (2013-2014)
• Managing Cover Crops Profitably (3rd edition)
• Cover Crop Economics (SARE Technical Bulletin 2019)

• The decision trees from the National GAPs program, including the soil amendments tree
• In addition to the chart itself, each decision tree includes sample logsheets, template language (which can be used in a food safety plan), and a glossary. These decision trees are currently based on Good Agricultural Practices – they are currently being updated to include language from the FSMA Produce Safety Rule. Additional information can be found at the National GAPs program website, under GAPs Educational Materials.
• University of Maryland’s produce safety website: The website contains contact information for the Maryland GAP educators, sample recordkeeping sheets, a fill-in-the-blank food safety plan for growers, and videos answering food safety frequently asked questions. Additionally, GAP training dates will be posted here.
• A brief factsheet developed by the FDA on the FSMA Produce Safety Rule 

• "Wine Grape Production Guide for Eastern North America" (Appendix 1: recommendations)

• Amending Soils with Gypsum 
• Fact Sheet: Gypsum

• A Global Framework for Best Management Practices for Fertilizer Use (March 2008)
• Fertilizing Crops to Improve Human Health: a Scientific Review
  • Volume 1: Food and Nutrition Security (May 2012)
  • Volume 2: Functional Foods (July 2012)
  • Volume 3: Risk Reduction (August 2012)
• The Fertility of North American Soils (2010)
• 4R Phosphorus Management Practices for Major Commodity Crops of North America (2017)

IPNI Website and  Stewardship Specifics Pubs

• MDA: Common Liquid Fertilizer Weights 
• Fluid Fertilizer Foundation: Fluid Fertilizer Densities

• Nitrogen
  • Nitrogen in the News Tip Sheet 
• Phosphorus
  • Managing Legacy and New Sources of Phosphorus to Reduce Leaching in Mid-Atlantic Soils
  • Understanding Soil Phosphorus
  • A Modeling Milestone for Soil Phosphorus Management
  • Celebrating the 350th Anniversary of Phosphorus Discovery: A Conundrum of Deficiency and Excess
  • Increasing the Effectiveness and Adoption of Agricultural Phosphorus Management Strategies to Minimize Water Quality Impairment
  • Phosphorus and the Chesapeake Bay: Lingering Issues and Emerging Concerns for Agriculture
  • The Latitudes, Attitudes, and Platitudes of Watershed Phosphorus Management in North America
  • Phosphorus mirabilis: Illuminating the Past and Future of Phosphorus Stewardship

• Understanding and Managing N-P-K for Organic Crop Production
• Sustainable Production of Fresh-Market Tomatoes and Other Vegetables with Cover Crop Mulches

• North Dakota State University and USDA Developing Zone Soil Sampling Maps

• Recordkeeping instructions and templates for small-scale fruit and vegetable growers

• Farming with Crop Residues (USDA, NRCS)
• Crop Residue Management Guide (USDA, SCS)

• Sewage Sludge Management (Title 26, Chapter 06)

• Soil Health: What Does it Mean in North Carolina (Deanna Osmond et al., NC State Extension, Nov 2018)
• Phosphorus and Soil Health Management Practices (Emily Duncan et al., Agricultural & Environmental Letters, July 2019)

• Illustrated guide to soil taxonomy

• CSES-22P "Manure Injection in No-Till and Pasture Systems"
• "NRCS Tillage Equipment Pocket Identification Guide" 

• USDA-NASS Crops Summary
• USDA-NASS Vegetables Summary
• USDA-NASS 2020 State Agriculture Overview for Maryland 
• North Dakota State University and USDA Yield Mapping and Use of Yield Map Data
• USDA Vegetable Yield Data (Chapter 4)
• USDA-NASS Non-Citrus Fruit and Nuts Summary
• University of Vermont Vegetable and Berry Crop Yield Estimates for New England
• Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers (5th Edition)