Alabama Administrative Code
Title 80 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES
AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY
Chapter 80-1-21 - REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION OF SOIL TESTING LABORATORIES
Section 80-1-21-.06 - Requirements For Fertilizer And Lime Recommendations
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
(1) Specific rates of N, P2O5, and K2O recommended by certified laboratories must be taken from the keys provided by Auburn University, and no alternate recommendations shall appear on the reports of the certified laboratory. Recommendations for grass and legume crops that may be eligible for ASCS payments will follow the Auburn University key without variation. On all other crops, recommendations may vary from the key by up to 10 pounds per acre of N, P2O5, or K2O or by 10% of the amount in the key for recommendations over 100 pounds.
(2) Fertilizer brand names shall not be a part of the recommendation. Brand names may be referred to in accompanying literature if such is desired.
Author: Charles H. Barnes
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, § 2-24-3.
