Name: SERA 6/MASTPAWG/NRSP 11 Joint Meeting
Start: 2026-06-07T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-06-10T12:00:00-04:00
Location: West Virginia University

$SERA 6\/MASTPAWG\/NRSP 11 Joint Meeting$

This joint meeting is the first combined meeting of these three groups.
About this Event
Joint meeting of: SERA-6, MASTPAWG, and NRSP11

Sunday Dinner June 7th, through Wednesday Noon, June 10th, 2026

SERA 6 Meeting

Sunday June 7

🕑: 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Opening Dinner at Mountain State Brewing-Star City

Info: 54 Clay St.
Morgantown, WV

Monday June 8

🕑: 07:45 AM - 08:00 AM
Coffee and Sponsor Meeting
Host: Eugenia Pena- Yewtukhiw. West Virginia University
🕑: 08:00 AM - 08:15 AM
Introductions- Eugenia Pena- Yewtukhiw
🕑: 08:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Session 1

Info: Meeting Session 1 & 2

🕑: 08:15 AM - 08:45 AM
Manure Database: Sulfur Content of Manure
Host: Nancy Bohl Borman. University of Minnesota
🕑: 08:45 AM - 09:15 AM
Chemiluminescence as a Replacement for TKN in Liquid Manure
Host: Kristin A. Hicks. N. C. Dept of Agriculture
🕑: 09:15 AM - 09:45 AM
Standardized Compost Test Methods: Updating the TMECC
Host: Michele L Francis, Compost Research & Education FDTN
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Sponsor Talk: SEAL Analytical
Host: Dave Farrow. SEAL Analytical

Info: Automated Systems for pH Testing, Nutrient Analysis, and More.

🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Break and Sponsor Visits
🕑: 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Session 2
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
New Nutrient Monitoring Methods in Southeastern Blackberry: In-Season Petiole
Host: Amanda Lay-Walters. Virginia Tech University
🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Updating Petiole Nitrate Target Concentrations for New Strawberry Varietals
Host: Amanda McWhirt. University of Arkansas
🕑: 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Plant Sap Analysis
Host: Scott Wall. NEW AGE Laboratories, South Haven, MI
🕑: 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Sponsor Talk
Host: Brent Summers. FIAlab Instruments

Info: Phosphorus Utilizing Flow Injection

🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch (provided with registration)
🕑: 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Session 3

Info: Sessions 3 & NRSP11 Business Meeting

🕑: 01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
An Update on the FRST Project and Collaborative Opportunities
Host: Nathan Slaton. University of Arkansas.
🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
FRST Lime Calibration Project.
Host: Rajveer Singh. University of Arkansas.
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Modeling Soil Test P and K Calibration Data
Host: John Filippi

Info: University of Arkansas & North Carolina State University.

🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Variability in Soil Test Values Across Plot, Replication, and Field-Level Samp
Host: Ana Morales-Ona Smith. University of Arkansas
🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:15 PM
Sponsor Talk
Host: Valerie Conforti

Info: Elementar

🕑: 03:15 PM - 03:30 PM
Break and Sponsor Visits
🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:15 PM
Business Meeting: NRSP-11
Dinner on your own
Tuesday June 9

🕑: 07:45 AM - 08:00 AM
Coffee and Sponsor Visits
🕑: 08:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Session 4

Info: Meeting Sessions 4 & 5

🕑: 08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Standardization of Soil Test Levels and Terminology
Host: Vaughn Reed

Info: Vaughn Reed. Mississippi State University

🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Connecting Sulfur and Organic Matter for a New Approach to Soil Testing
Host: Chandler Gruener. Auburn University
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
When Mehlich 3 Extracts Too Much: Implications for Testing Florida Soils for P
Host: Franta Majs. University of Florida
🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Where’s The Beef? Updating Recommendations Supporting Kentucky Corn N Nutritio
Host: John Grove. University of Kentucky.
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Sponsor Talk Elemental Scientific
Host: Connor Lejcher. Elemental Scientific

Info: Ultra‑High‑Throughput ICP Auto sampling with Backflush Rinsing for Clog‑Free Soil Analysis.

🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Break and Sponsor Visits
🕑: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Session 5
🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Carbonates Count: Practical Soil Inorganic Carbon Testing for Agricultural Lab
Host: Rebecca Harvey. Woods End Laboratory, Augusta, Maine
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
NELAP certification for Water and Soil Analysis
Host: Angelique M. Keppler Bochnak. University of Florida
🕑: 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
When, Where and What of Soil Health Analysis in the Lower Mississippi Delta
Host: Prashasti Agarwal. University of Arkansas.

Info: When, Where and What of Soil Health Analysis in the Lower Mississippi Delta Region

🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch
🕑: 01:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Session 6
🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Roundtable Discussion: Soil Health Test Methods
Host: Jessica Davis Auburn University

Info: Meeting Soil Health Roundtable

🕑: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Poster Session
Host: Shannon Alford
🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Business Meeting: MASTPAWG
Host: Kristin Hicks

Info: MASTPAWG Business meeting

🕑: 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Business Meeting: SERA-6
Host: Shannon Alford

Info:

🕑: 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Dinner for Guests (with registration)
Wednesday June 10

🕑: 07:45 AM - 08:00 AM
Coffee and Sponsor Visits
🕑: 08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Session 7

Info: Sessions 7 & 8

🕑: 08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Soybean Response to Sulfur Fertilizer Source and Application Rate
Host: MD Rasel Parvej. University of Missouri
🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
NAPT Update and Data Evaluation
Host: Shannon Nelson

Info: North American Proficiency Testing Program

🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Chicken litter application and its potential to increase soybean yield
Host: Leandro O. Vieira II Louisiana State University
🕑: 09:30 AM - 09:45 AM
Sponsor Talk- Spectro Analytical
Host: Janel Dempsey. Spectro Analytical.

Info: Advances in Elemental Analysis for Soil & Plant Analysis

🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Break and Sponsor Visits
🕑: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Session 8
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
End-of-Season Corn Stalk Analysis for Improving Potassium and Nitrogen
Host: Gabriela Mengez. University of Arkansas

Info: End-of-Season Corn Stalk Analysis for Improving Potassium and Nitrogen Fertilizer Management.

🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Soil tests as part of P index assessment in NY and the northeastern states
Host: Quirine M. Ketterings. Cornell University
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Update from ALP
Host: Kassidy Taylor

Info: Agricultural Laboratory Proficiency Program.

🕑: 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Fine-tuning Potassium Management in Corn and Cotton: Critical Tissue-K
Host: Gerson Drescher. University of Arkansas

Info: Fine-tuning Potassium Management in Corn and Cotton: Critical Tissue-K Concentrations and Corrective In-Season Fertilization

🕑: 12:00 PM
Adjourn
Posters
Posters