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Nutrient management, Delaware

Technical Resources, Engineering and Soils Overview

NRCS in Delaware offers landowners and agricultural stakeholders assistance related to technical resources, engineering and soils to help conserve the nation's natural resources. Scroll below to find specific information related to each discipline. 

Helpful Links

Electronic Field Office Technical Guide (eFOTG)
Irrigation Water Management
Technical Resources offers information about agronomy, tools and resources in Delaware. 

Field Office Technical Guide | NRCS - USDA

Conservation Practice Benefit Cost
Corn planted into no-till corn residue in 2008 near Minden, Iowa.
Conservation Practice Benefit-Cost Templates | Natural Resources Conservation Service (usda.gov)
Nutrient Management Planning Tool
Nutrient management

Visit nutrient management planning tools here: Nutrient Management | NRCS (usda.gov)

Pest Management Tools
The brown marmorated stink bug shown here is feeding on an apple on Aug. 29, 2012. This pest is a major economic threat to fruit crops, garden vegetables, and man ornamentals. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are fighting back by developing traps, sequencing the bug’s genome, and testing parasitic wasps as biocontrols. USDA photo by Stephen Ausmus.

Pest Management | Natural Resources Conservation Service (usda.gov)

NRCS Energy Tools
In irrigation pivot on a field in Burley, Idaho with wind turbines in the background. Near W 500 S and S 400 W streets. 10/8/2018 Photo by Kirsten Strough
To make energy-efficient conservation practice decisions, use NRCS Energy Estimator Tools. 
Watershed and Flood Prevention Resources
Stream crossings by roads can pose serious threats to fish ecosystems. The cumulative effect of culverts, fords, and other structures throughout a stream channel can significantly change the streams geomorphology (study of the characteristics, origin, and development of landforms) and impair fish passage by blocking valuable spawning and rearing habitat. The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service’s (FS) Aquatic Organism Passage (AOP) project is to identify the stream crossings in National F
The Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program helps units of federal, state, local and tribal of government (project sponsors) protect and restore watersheds up to 250,000 acres. Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program | NRCS (usda.gov)
Web Soil Survey
A picture of the Web Soil Survey platform.
Web Soil Survey (WSS) provides soil data and information produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey.

Web Soil Survey | Natural Resources Conservation Service (usda.gov)

Technical Resources

NRCS in Delaware uses science-based technology to provide technical assistance to land owners, land operators and others to benefit the soil, water, air, plants, and animal for productive lands and healthy ecosystems. Delaware's Technical Resources page contains information related to agronomy, biology, GIS, nutrient management, pest management, Delaware's Poultry Pilot Environmental Assessment, and Soil Health. Click here for more information. 

Engineering 

The Delaware NRCS Engineer staff provides technical leadership and guidance to NRCS staff, conservation partners, and private landowners. Engineering staff applies sound engineering tools and principles to help plan, design, and implement conservation practices to solve problems related to soil erosion, water quality, agricultural waste management, and wetland restoration.

Soils 

The Delaware soils team provides scientifically defensible and timely delivery of technical soils information to internal and external partners to meet their ever-changing resource challenges. Accurate soils information is the foundation on which NRCS and many partners base their resource initiatives on.

 

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