{"id":25736,"date":"2021-08-23T14:08:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T18:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=25736"},"modified":"2021-08-23T14:31:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T18:31:16","slug":"soil-phosphorus-test-results-due-to-the-department-by-september-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2021\/08\/23\/soil-phosphorus-test-results-due-to-the-department-by-september-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Soil Phosphorus Test Results Due to the Department by September 30"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/Soil-Phosphorus-Test.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25737\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2021\/08\/23\/soil-phosphorus-test-results-due-to-the-department-by-september-30\/attachment\/soil-phosphorus-test\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/Soil-Phosphorus-Test.png?fit=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,512\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Soil Phosphorus Test\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/Soil-Phosphorus-Test.png?fit=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/Soil-Phosphorus-Test.png?fit=760%2C380&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25737\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/Soil-Phosphorus-Test.png?resize=760%2C380\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/Soil-Phosphorus-Test.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/Soil-Phosphorus-Test.png?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/Soil-Phosphorus-Test.png?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>ANNAPOLIS, MD<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u2013 Maryland\u2019s Phosphorus Management Tool (PMT) regulations require certified nutrient management consultants and farmers who prepare their own nutrient management plans to report field level soil Phosphorus-Fertility Index Value (P-FIV) results to the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) by <\/span><b>Sept. 30<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Instructions for how to report soil phosphorus data will be mailed to business license holders, consultants, and certified farmers in mid-August.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Established in 2015, Maryland\u2019s PMT regulations help farmers do their part to reduce phosphorus runoff into the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. The soil test P-FIV results are required for all Maryland farms that are regulated by MDA\u2019s Nutrient Management Program. The data will provide the department with updated soil fertility information needed to monitor trends in phosphorus levels and help identify potential areas to redistribute available manure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more information, please contact MDA\u2019s Nutrient Management Implementation Coordinator Bryan Harris at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:bryan.harris@maryland.gov\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">bryan.harris@maryland.gov<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or (410) 841-5959.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">###<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Follow Maryland Department of Agriculture on Twitter<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MdAgDept\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@MdAgDept<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS, MD\u00a0\u2013 Maryland\u2019s Phosphorus Management Tool (PMT) regulations require certified nutrient management consultants and farmers who prepare their own nutrient management plans to report field level soil Phosphorus-Fertility Index Value (P-FIV) results to the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) by Sept. 30. Instructions for how to report soil phosphorus data will be mailed to business<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2021\/08\/23\/soil-phosphorus-test-results-due-to-the-department-by-september-30\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":168,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25736"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25739,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25736\/revisions\/25739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}