Best Management Practices for the Florida Vegetable Industry

Research Projects

 

Extension

 

How to participate in BMP program for vegetables

1. Guide document: implementation procedures (PDF)
2. Benefits for participating in the BMP program (PDF)
3. NOI - Notice of intent of implement (PDF)
4. State-wide self-assessment BMP checklist (MS Excel)
5. Record keeping requirements (MS Excel)
6. 2 DACS letters

Resources for BMP

• Questions and Answers (PDF)
• Challenges and opportunities for extension educators involved in Best Management Practices (HortTechnology 16(3):403-407)
• Implementation team
• Water Quality/Quantity BMP Manual for vegetable crops grown in Florida
• Extension publications (EDIS)
  • Assessing Phosphorus Load Reductions Under Agricultural Best Management Practices
  • Update and Outlook for 2005 of Florida's BMP Program for Vegetable Crops
  • Update and Outlook for 2003 of Florida's BMP Program for Vegetable Crops
  • Total Maximum Daily Loads and Agricultural BMPs in Florida
  • Best Management Practices in the Everglades Agricultural Area: Controlling Particulate Phosphorus and Canal Sediments
  • Reduction of the Impact of Fertilization and Irrigation On Processes in the Nitrogen Cycle in Vegetable Fields with BMPs
  • Handbook of Florida Water Regulation: Environmentally Safe Practices
  • Best Management Practices for Potato Production in Northeast Florida
  • Best Management Practices in the Everglades Agricultural Area: Fertilizer Application Control
  • Groundwater Nitrogen: Behavior in Flatwoods and Gravel Soils Using Organic Amendments for Vegetable Production
  • Introduction to Best Management Practices for Phosphorus Control on Organic Soils