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R <br />• <br />• <br />• <br />• <br />V. NUTRIENTS (continued): <br />Sampling and Analysis: <br />76). Is there a nutrient management plan that allows for optimum crop <br />production based on soil, water, and plant sample analyses? <br />77). Is there a program of annual soil, leaf tissue and irrigation water <br />sampling, analysis and interpretation to formulate a nutrient <br />recommendation based on crop response? <br />78). Are the samples obtained in precisely the same location each year? <br />Equipment Maintenance: <br />79). Is the machinery designed to apply fertilizers properly calibrated, <br />maintained and operated, so that the desired rates are consistent <br />with the form and sources of nutrients? <br />Yes No BMPs <br />D? <br />D2-3 <br />DZ -3 <br />D4-5 <br />Application Methods: <br />80). Are nutrients placed directly on the root zone of trees, within the 71 _ D5 -D6 <br />drip -line, on the high side of the bed, carefully avoiding placement <br />in the furrow or ditch? <br />81). Are "high risk" fertilizer applications (such as prior to a storm, . D7 <br />on bare soils with a high potential for erosion, or when <br />the water table is at or near the surface) avoided? <br />82). When applying foliar fertilizers is care taken to minimize drift?] D 13 <br />83). Are a combination of liquid, dry, or foliar feeding used to maximize_ D2,13,1 5,18 <br />plant uptake and minimize losses of nutrients? <br />Storage and Handling: <br />84). If equipment or bulk trailers containing fertilizers are parked a DI, 8-9, 11 <br />overnight is adequate security pro\ ided? <br />a <br />