This book contains 12 chapters focusing on: (i) experimental planning; (ii) sample preparation; (iii) weighing and dispersing; (iv) acid-digestion, ashing and extracting procedures; (v) analysis of soil and compost; (vi) analysis of fertilizers; (vii) analysis of animal feed and plant materials; (viii) analysis of silage; (ix) near infrared spectroscopy; (x) methods in equine nutrition; (xi) methods for organic farmers and growers; and (xii) quality assurance and control.

A Practical Course in Agricultural Chemistry provides practical methods in agricultural chemistry. This book discusses the major developments in agricultural analysis, including the atomic absorption technique and gas chromatography. Organized into six chapters, this book starts with an overview of the best instrument to use in soil sampling. This text then discusses a number of various methods for the mechanical analysis of soils. Other chapters consider the methods for the determination of phosphate, nitrogen, and potash in farmyard manure. This book discusses as well the methods for the determination of some of the individual minerals. The final chapter deals with the variation of the color of a solution with a change in the concentration of one of its constituents, which forms the basis of colorimetric analysis. This book is a valuable resource for students taking agricultural chemistry as a subsidiary course as well as for students in farm institutes or agricultural colleges.