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V. NUTRIENTS ( continued ) : les No B :�iPs <br /> RI <br /> Sampling artd Analysis: <br /> 76 ) . Is there a nutrient management plan that allows for optimum crop = D-' <br /> production based on soil, water, and plant sample analyses ? <br /> 77 ) . Is there a program of annual soil , leaf tissue and irrigation water — D2 - � <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? - D2 - 3 <br /> Equipment Maintenance: <br /> 79 ) . Is the machinery designed to apple fertilizers properly calibrated, J — D4 - 5 <br /> maintained and operated, so that the desired rates are consistent <br /> with the form and sources of nutrients ? <br /> Application Afethods: <br /> 80) . Are nutrients placed directly on the root zone of trees, within the 11 D5 -D6 <br /> drip - Iine, 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 ? 1 D 13 <br /> 83 ) . Are a combination of liquid , dry, or foliar feeding used to maximize D2 . 1 .) 7 15 , 18 <br /> plant uptake and minimize losses of nutrients? <br /> Storage and Handling: <br /> 84) . If equipment or bulk trailers containing fertilizers are parked El D1 , 8 -97 11 <br /> overnight is adequate security provided ? <br /> 8 <br />