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Assessment of the Georgia Phosphorus Index on farm at the field scale for grassland management

D.M. Butler, D.H. Franklin, M.L. Cabrera, L.M. Risse, D.E. Radcliffe, L.T. West and J.W. Gaskin
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation May 2010, 65 (3) 200-210; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.65.3.200
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Abstract

In order to better manage agricultural phosphorus (P), most states in the United States have adopted a “P indexing” approach that ranks fields according to potential P losses. In Georgia, the Georgia P Index was developed to estimate the risk of bioavailable P loss from agricultural land to surface waters, considering sources of P, transport mechanisms, and management practices. Nine farm fields, managed as pasture or hay systems, were outfitted with 28 small in-field runoff collectors. Runoff P, soil P, and field management practices were monitored from 2004 to 2007. Fields varied from those rich in P (broiler litter or dairy slurry) to those without P amendments (inorganic nitrogen [N] or no amendments). Data relating to nutrient applications, soil properties, soil P, and management were used as input values to determine a Georgia P Index value estimating the risk of P export from each field. Results indicated that the Georgia P Index underrated the risk in only 2% of the cases when considering loads or mass losses of P, partly due to the influence of small annual runoff volumes and thus greater flow-weighted concentrations from some fields. While measured P export was generally low to moderate (<7.5 kg P ha−1 y−1 [<6.7 lb ac−1 yr−1]) from fields rated as a low or medium risk of P export, findings from this study indicated that the Georgia P Index, at times, overestimated the risk of P losses for hay systems and underestimated the risk of P losses for pastures when no amendments were applied.

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  • David M. Butler is a research soil scientist at the US Horticultural Research Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Fort Pierce, Florida. Dorcas H. Franklin is a soil scientist at the J. Phil Campbell, Jr. Natural Resource Conservation Center, USDA ARS, Watkinsville, Georgia. Miguel L. Cabrera is a professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, L. Mark Risse is a professor in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, and David E. Radcliffe is a professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Larry T. West is the national leader for Soil Survey Research and Laboratory, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Lincoln, Nebraska. Julia W. Gaskin is a land application specialist in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.

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Journal of Soil and Water Conservation May 2010, 65 (3) 200-210; DOI: 10.2489/jswc.65.3.200

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D.M. Butler, D.H. Franklin, M.L. Cabrera, L.M. Risse, D.E. Radcliffe, L.T. West, J.W. Gaskin
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation May 2010, 65 (3) 200-210; DOI: 10.2489/jswc.65.3.200
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