The Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool: A relational database and decision interface tool

Megan Bourns; Greg Buol; John T. Spargo; Luke Gatiboni; Matt A. Yost; Nathan A. Slaton; Deanna L. Osmond

doi:10.1002/ael2.70016

The Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool: A relational database and decision interface tool

Megan Bourns, Greg Buol, John T. Spargo, Luke Gatiboni, Matt A. Yost, Nathan A. Slaton, Deanna L. Osmond

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The Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool (FRST) Project is a collaborative effort involving most land grant institutions, USDA branches, nonprofit organizations, and private industry. The FRST objectives are to develop a soil fertility community of practice, preserve soil test correlation and calibration data in a relational database, and develop a decision tool to provide consistent soil test interpretations. Released in April 2024, the interactive tool acts on an evolving database that contained 1455 P trials, 1316 K trials, and 143 S trials from 44 states and Puerto Rico by March 1, 2025. Decision tool outputs include an interactive county-level map of available data and an estimated critical soil test value. The FRST relational database is a repository for soil-test-based P, K, and S data to support data-driven management recommendations. Continued success of the FRST project and decision tool utility rely on collaboration and support from the soil-test-based nutrient management community.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e70016
Journal	Agricultural and Environmental Letters
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.70016
State	Published - Jun 2025

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Agronomy and Crop Science
Soil Science
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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