Nutrient Managment Home

Nutrient management is an important issue in North Dakota with respect to groundwater and surface water protection. According to the North Dakota Department of Health, excess nutrients are generally the cause of stream and lake degradation. Lakes and reservoirs in this region often shift from phosphorus-limiting to nitrogen-limiting between seasons. Lake sediments serve as an internal source for phosphorus which often confounds impacts to water quality as related to land management improvements in the watershed. Devils Lake in northeastern North Dakota epitomizes lakes of this region with hypereutrophic conditions. Approximately, 10% of private drinking water wells tested in North Dakota have nitrate concentrations greater than the EPA standard of 10 ppm nitrate-nitrogen. Sources for nutrient loading to water resources are quite variable and not easily predicted. 

Nutrient status under a site specific farming system
Dr. David Franzen Soils and Vern Hofman Ag. & Biosystems Engineering, Mandan

Nitrogen movement under irrigated potatoes
Dr. Dean Steele Ag. & Biosystems Engineering and Dr. Frank Casey 
Soils, Pettibone

Deep sampling for nitrate-nitrogen 
Vern Hofman Ag. & Biosystems Engineering, Mandan

Nitrogen Meter calibration
Dr. James Lindley Ag. & Biosystems Engineering, statewide

Runoff and nutrient control from a buffalo feed yard
Dr .James Lindley Ag. & Biosystems Engineering , Dr. Vern Anderson Animal and Range Science Dept., Carrington

Programs of study that include course-work related to the function of nutrients in agro-ecological systems and their management are Soil Science, Animal and Range Science, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Agricultural Systems Management, Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences, Zoology, Botany and Biology.  

Soil management and conservation
Dr. Ed Deibert Soil Science  

Soil management and conservation
Dr. Ed Deibert Soil Science

Soil fertility and fertilizers
Dr. R Jay Goos Soil Science

Advanced soil fertility 
Dr. Larry Cihacek Soil Science

Soil chemistry 
Dr. John Moraghan Soil Science

Soil and plant analysis 
Dr. John Moraghan Soil Science

Soil and the environment 
Dr. Frank Casey Soil Science

Soil and waste disposal 
Dr. Larry Cihacek Soil Science

Feeds and Feeding
Dr. Robert Harrold and Dr. Bert Moore Animal and Range Sciences

Fundamentals of Nutrition
Dr. Joel Caton Animal and Range Science

Applied Nutrition 
Dr. Marc Bauer Animal and Range Sciences

Natural resource and agro-ecosystems 
Dr. Carolyn Grygiel Animal and Range Sciences

Modeling of agro-ecosystems 
Dr. Mario Biondini Animal and Range Sciences

Structural design for biosystems
Dr. James Lindley Ag. & Biosystems Engineering  

Structures and environment systems 
Dr. James Lindley Ag. Systems Management

Bioenvironmental systems design 
Dr. James Lindley Ag. & Biosystems Engineering

Small watershed hydrology and modeling
Lowell Disrud Ag. & Biosystems Engineering  

Advanced structures and environmental systems 
Dr. James Lindley Ag. & Biosystems Engineering  

Natural resource management systems 
Lowell Disrud Ag. Systems Managememt

Transport processes in biological and environmental systems
Dr. Dean Steele Ag. & Biosystems Engineering

Introductory microbiology
Dr. Catherine Logue, Dr. Eugene Berry, and Janice Haggart Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences 

Limnology 
Dr. Malcolm Butler Zoology

Aquatic community ecology
Dr. Malcolm Butler Zoology

Environmental science 
Dr. William Bleier Botany/Biology

General ecology 
Dr. Gary Clambey Botany/Biology

Ecological processes
Dr. Gary Clambey Botany/Biology

Education for groundwater protection from nitrogen contamination
John Nowatzki Ag. & Biosystems Engineering, statewide

AE 1072 Water Quality: The Tillage Component  HTM
EB 64 Managing Nitrogen Fertilizer to Prevent Groundwater Contamination  HTM
ER 62 Diffuse Sources of Nitrogen Related to Water Quality Protection in the Northern Great Plains  PDF
R 1028 Water Quality: The Rangeland Component  HTM
SF 990 Soil Sampling for Fertilizer Recommendations  HTM
SF 1176-4 Site-specific Farming and the Environment  HTM
AE 1259 Manure Sampling for Nutrient Management Planning  PDF 86KB

Dr. Bruce Seelig, Water Quality Program Coordinator, Ag. & Biosystems Engineering, NDSU Fargo

Dr. Jimmie Richardson, Professor, Soil Science, NDSU Fargo

Dr. David Hopkins, Assistant Professor, Soil Science, NDSU Fargo