About Fertilizer Forecaster
Objective
To provide an updated forecast on the appropriate time to apply nutrients to the landscape
Developer
USDA-ARS; Penn State Center for Environmental Informatics
Contact information
Doug Miller, miller@eesi.psu.edu; Pete Kleinman peter.kleinman@ARS.USDA.GOV; Tony Buda Anthony.buda@ars.psu.edu
Patrick Drohan, pjd7@psu.edu
Inputs
Soils information; hydrologic information; weather data
Outputs
Forecast for timing of application of nutrients to the landscape
User
Tool designed for producers, consultants, extension agents; Intuitive interface requiring little—if any—training.
Scales of Relevance
Tool designed for individual farm fields/multiple farm fields.
Other
Tool under development as a prototype; Funding sought from USDA
Sponsors/funders
Internal funding.
