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Nevada — UNR Cooperative Extension (lab-referral framework + Lovelock alfalfa convention)

v1.1 (2026-06-10) · Gatzke, H. and Nelson, D. 2009, 'Soil Testing Guide for Nevada Home Gardeners' (UNR Extension): https://extension.unr.edu/publication.aspx?PubID=2223 — names accredited labs UNR refers NV producers to (USU Analytical Lab Logan UT; A&L Western Modesto CA; U-Idaho Analytical Sciences Lab Moscow ID; Western Laboratories Parma ID). O'Callaghan, A. 2010, 'How to Read a Soil Analysis Report' (UNR Extension SP-10-12): https://extension.unr.edu/publication.aspx?PubID=3293 — confirms 'University of Nevada Cooperative Extension does not have a certified lab for soil analyses.' Breazeale, D. 2007, 'A Precision Agriculture Fertilization Program for Alfalfa Hay Production: Will it Pay for Itself?' (UNR Coop Ext): https://extension.unr.edu/publication.aspx?PubID=2324 — verifies Lovelock alfalfa producers do not normally apply post-establishment fertilizer (operational quirk). Bishop, C. and Emm, S. 2013, 'Soil and Climate Considerations of Alternative Crops' (UNR Ext FS-13-27): https://extension.unr.edu/publication.aspx?PubID=2169 . Per-crop calibration anchored in U-Idaho Southern Idaho Fertilizer Guides (CIS-373 Irrigated Winter Wheat, BUL-935 Sugar Beets, BUL-970 Soil-Testing Procedures for Southern Idaho Soils 2020): https://www.uidaho.edu/extension/publications/cis-0373 ; https://www.uidaho.edu/extension/publications/bul-0970 . USU Koenig 'Fertilizer Management for Alfalfa' (Intermountain framework): https://efotg.sc.egov.usda.gov/references/public/UT/Fertilizer_Management_for_Alfalfa.pdf .