Spring 2027

Plant Nutrition Management

Covers functions and uptake of essential plant nutrients, processes affecting availability, diagnosis of nutrient status, and efficient fertilizer use in various tillage systems.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Gregg SanfordNadia Noor

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.60 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.20 GPA, 63.6% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.69 GPA, 93.5% A/AB (n=31 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify the essential plant nutrients and their biological functions

  • Explain sampling and analytical methods used to determine macronutrients sufficiency for healthy plant growth

  • Discuss the primary fertilizer materials used in agriculture, their sources and limitations

  • Analyze and interpret experimental data collected in the laboratory about plant growth and nutrient use efficiency

  • Describe the environmental impact of fertilizer manufacture, the impacts of nutrient loss by leaching and runoff, and best-known practices for improved fertilizer efficiency and mitigation of nutrient loss to the environment

  • Synthesize soil, cropping systems, and other critical on-farm details needed to develop a comprehensive nutrient management plan

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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(CHEM 103, 109, or115 and SOIL SCI/​ENVIR ST/​GEOG 230) or SOIL SCI 301, or graduate/professional standing

SOILSCI 326

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.20 GPA, 63.6% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.69 GPA, 93.5% A/AB (n=31 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

GREGG SANFORD is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 360
LAB 301Classroom Instruction0 / 120
LAB 303Classroom Instruction0 / 120
LAB 302Classroom Instruction0 / 120

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.60 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.20 GPA, 63.6% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.69 GPA, 93.5% A/AB (n=31 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Essential plant nutrients: functions, requirements, and uptake
  • Chemical and microbial processes affecting nutrient availability
  • Fertilizers and efficient fertilizer use in different tillage systems
  • Environmental impact of fertilizer manufacture and nutrient loss

Skills

  • Diagnose plant and soil nutrient status
  • Develop comprehensive nutrient management plans
  • Apply sampling and analytical methods for macronutrient sufficiency

Grades

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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SOILSCI 326 · Spring 2027

Plant Nutrition Management

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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