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Modernizing Fertilizer Recommendations for Climate-Smart Crop Production in the Northeastern Region: The Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool (FRST)

Agreement Number
NR233A750011G027
Awardee Name
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
Grant Type
Classic
Project Title
Modernizing Fertilizer Recommendations for Climate-Smart Crop Production in the Northeastern Region: The Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool (FRST)
Awardee State/Territory
Connecticut
Involved States/territories
Connecticut
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Award Year
2022
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$437,996.00
Production/Use
Farmland Agricultural
Farmland Horticultural
Resource Concern (Broad)
Habitat
Soil
Water
Resource Concern (Specific)
Nutrients transported to surface water
Nutrients transported to groundwater
Nutrients
Nonpoint phosphorus surface loss; phosphorus
Plant productivity and health
Nonpoint phosphorus leaching loss; phosphorus
Nonpoint nitrogen surface loss; nitrogen
Nonpoint nitrogen leaching loss; nitrogen
nitrogen or phosphorus issues
Conservation Practice(s)
Nutrient Management
Project Background
This project, in partnership with two other CIG Classic projects, to improve the accuracy and transparency of soil-test-based fertilizer recommendations by updating decades-old phosphorus and potassium recommendations and developing an unbiased decision-support tool that will be available for use by anyone involved in nutrient management.
Project Scale
Field-level
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No
Awardee Technical Contact Name
Haiying Tao