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LPES Curriculum

The LPES Curriculum CD available from MWPS contains all lessons at print quality resolution, is searchable, and includes an index and PowerPoint presentations for each lesson. A full, printed version is available as is a 2-CD set of the lessons in PageMaker format. For more information or to purchase LPES materials, contact MWPS by phone at 1-800-562-3618, by fax at 1-515-294-9589, or by e-mail at mwps@iastate.edu

View Lesson 35 (PDF file). Individual sections can be accessed below.

Intended Outcomes

Participants will

• Identify the need and describe how to properly sample different types of manure.
• Identify the need and describe how to properly sample soil.
• Identify the need and describe how to properly sample plant tissue and forages.
• Demonstrate a familiarity with completing manure application record forms.

Contents

• Introduction
• Manure Sampling
• Soil Sampling
• Plant Tissue Analysis
• Other Testing
• Application Records
• Appendix A
• Appendix B

Activities

Participants will complete

• Soil, Manure, and Plant Tissue Sampling (field exercise)
• Record-keeping exercise

Authors:Karl Shaffer and Ron Sheffield