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Crops Online Fact Sheets

Our Crops fact sheets cover the following topics:

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Crop Production
XCM-171 Best Management Practices for Colorado Agriculture: An Overview PDF
XCM-172 Best Management Practices for Nitrogen Fertilization PDF
XCM-173 Best Management Practices for Irrigation Management PDF
XCM-174 Best Management Practices for Manure Utilization PDF
XCM-175 Best Management Practices for Phosphorous Fertilization PDF
XCM-176 Best Management Practices for Crop Pests PDF
XCM-177 Best Management Practices for Agricultural Pesticide Use PDF
XCM-178 Best Management Practices for Pesticide and Fertilizer Storage and Handling PDF
XCM-179 Protecting Your Private Well PDF
0.103 Planting Guide for Field Crops PDF
0.110 Rapeseed/Canola Production PDF
0.111 Safflower Production PDF
0.116 Plant Analysis PDF
0.117 Managing Stored Grain PDF
0.301 The Plant Variety Protection Act PDF
0.302 Producing Certified and Registered Seed PDF
0.303 Improve Yield With High Quality Seed PDF
0.305 Legume Seed Inoculants PDF
0.306 Aflatoxins PDF
0.307 Bio-pharming PDF
0.516 Dryland Cropping Systems PDF
0.545 Zinc and Iron Deficiencies PDF
0.551 Crop Residues for Livestock Feed PDF
0.558 Herbicide Formulations PDF
0.559 Herbicide Surfactants and Adjuvants PDF
0.561 Manure Spreader Calibration PDF
0.562 Herbicide Behavior in Soils PDF
0.563 Herbicide Selectivity and Performance PDF
0.564 How Surfactants Work PDF
0.567 Herbicide Performance During Drought PDF
0.703 Alfalfa: Production and Management PDF
0.705 Hay Preservation Systems PDF
0.706 Alfalfa: Weeds, Diseases and Insects PDF
0.707 Bt Corn: Health and the Environment PDF
0.708 Managing Corn Pests with Bt Corn PDF
3.116 CLEARFIELD Wheat PDF

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Diseases
2.913 Bacterial Diseases of Beans PDF
2.914 Coryneum Blight PDF
2.918 White Mold of Dry Beans PDF
2.936 Rust of Dry Beans PDF
2.938 Root Rots of Dry Beans PDF
2.940 Soil-Borne Diseases of Onion PDF
2.941 Botrytis, Downy Mildew and Purple Blotch of Onion PDF
2.950 Fusarium Wilt & Yellows of Sugar Beet & Dry Bean PDF
5.596 Cereal Leaf Beetle: Identification, Biology and Management PDF

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Irrigation
0.506 Irrigation Water Quality Criteria PDF
0.556 Irrigation of Winter Wheat PDF
4.700 Estimating Soil Moisture PDF
4.703 Microirrigation for Orchard and Row Crops PDF
4.704 Center-Pivot Irrigation Systems PDF
4.706 Irrigation Scheduling With Atmometers PDF
4.707 Irrigation Scheduling: The Water Balance Approach PDF
4.708 Irrigation Scheduling PDF
4.710 Propeller Meters for Irrigation PDF
4.712 Irrigation Pumping Plant Efficiency PDF
4.715 Crop Water Use and Growth Stages PDF
4.716 Subsurface Drip (SDI) PDF
4.717 Glossary of Water Terminology PDF
4.718 Seasonal Water Needs & Opportunities for Limited Irrigation for Colorado Crops PDF

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Soil and Fertilizer
XCM-172 Best Management Practices for Nitrogen Fertilization PDF
XCM-175 Best Management Practices for Phosphorous Fertilization PDF
0.500 Soil Sampling PDF
0.501 Soil Testing PDF
0.502 Soil Test Explanation PDF
0.503 Managing Saline Soils PDF
0.504 Managing Sodic Soils PDF
0.507 Soil, Water and Plant Testing PDF
0.509 Vegetable Fertilizer Guide PDF
0.512 Fertigation PDF
0.513 Domestic Water Quality Criteria PDF
0.514 Nitrogen and Irrigation Management PDF
0.517 Nitrates in Drinking Water PDF
0.518 Controlling Soil Erosion from Wind PDF
0.519 Managing Soil Compaction PDF
0.520 Selecting an Analytical Laboratory PDF
0.521 Diagnosing Saline and Sodic Soil Problems PDF
0.534 Fertilizing Spring-Seeded Small Grains PDF
0.535 Fertilizing Mountain Meadows PDF
0.536 Fertilizing Revegetated Disturbed Lands PDF
0.537 Fertilizing Alfalfa and Grasses PDF
0.538 Fertilizing Corn PDF
0.539 Fertilizing Dry Beans PDF
0.540 Fertilizing Grain and Forage Sorghums PDF
0.541 Fertilizing Potatoes PDF
0.542 Fertilizing Sugarbeets PDF
0.543 Fertilizing Sunflowers PDF
0.544 Fertilizing Winter Wheat PDF
0.545 Zinc and Iron Deficiencies PDF
0.546 Organic Materials as Nitrogen Fertilizers PDF
0.547 Biosolids Recycling PDF
0.548 Fertilizer Cost Calculations PDF
0.550 Nitrogen Sources and Transformations PDF
0.555 Grain Protein Content and N Needs PDF
0.561 Manure Spreader Calibration PDF
0.565 Update on Manure and Effluent Recommendations PDF
0.566 Update on Fertilizer Suggestions as Applied to Swine Effluent Utilization PDF
0.568 Field EC Mapping: A New Tool to Make Better Decisions PDF
0.569 Phosphorus Fertilizers for Organic Farming Systems PDF
1.222 Liquid Manure Application to Cropland PDF
1.223 Liquid Manure Application Methods PDF

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