Nutrient Management Plans

To write a nutrient management plan, you need to have information about soils on the farm of interest. Realistic yields for these soils, combined with information about planned crop rotations, enables a producer to apply the most profitable amounts of nitrogen while decreasing the potential that excess nitrogen might wind up in the nearest stream.

Below is a map showing soils on the Lenoir County Demonstration farm. Field boundaries were delineated with a portable GPS unit. This information was combined with Lenoir County Soil Survey information and a background USGS digital aerial photograph to produce the map you see below. Map symbols are explained and realistic yields are shown in the table below the map.

Soils on the Parrott farm Realistic yields (for more information on realistic yields, click here)
Symbol
Name
Texture
Slope
Corn (bu)
Cotton, lint (lbs)
Soybean (bu)
Wheat (bu)

Hybrid Bermuda Hay (dry ton)
Jo Johns sandy loam  
120
800
45
55
5
Js Johnston loam, mucky loam, sandy loam  
80
575
35
40
3
Ka Kalmia loamy sand 0-2%
110
825
42
60
6.5
Kb Kalmia loamy sand 2-6%
110
825
42
60
6.5
Ke Kenansville loamy sand 0-6%
80
650
30
35
5.5
Lu Lumbee sandy loam  
115
725
45
50
4.5
Pa Pactolus loamy sand  
65
550
25
35
5
Pc Pamlico muck  
115
725
40
50
3
Pr Portsmouth loam  
135
825
45
60
4
St Stallings sandy loam  
110
725
38
50
5.5
To Torhunta loam  
125
800
42
55
4
Wn Woodington loamy sand  
110
725
35
50
4.5

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