Newell Kitchen

Newell R. Kitchen
Soil Scientist
USDA-ARS Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research Unit
Expertise: development of alternative crop production systems that improve surface
and ground water quality, including development of precision agriculture strategies for
increased nutrient-use efficiency

University of Missouri
240 Agricultural Engineering Building
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: 573.882.1135 / Fax: 573.882.1115
Email: kitchenn@missouri.edu

Vita and Publications

Education
Ph.D. Agronomy/Soils. 1990, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Emphasis: Soil Fertility/Soil Chemistry in no-till farming systems.
Dissertation: Nitrogen fertilization impact and fate in no-till dryland cropping systems.

M.S. Agronomy. 1986. University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri
Thesis: The effects of potassium fertilizer and potato leafhopper on alfalfa growth, composition, and persistance.

B.S. Agronomy. 1984 Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

Research, Teaching, and Extension
1996-
Soil Scientist, USDA-ARS, Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research Unit
Lead scientist contributing to the Unit's mission by developing and testing hypothesis to improve knowledge of how alternative crop production systems can be used to improve surface and ground water quality. Specifically, planning and conducting research at the plot and field scale designed to improve water quality by reducing sediment, pesticide, and dissolved nitrogen and phophorus concentrations in surface runoff. Special emphasis given to developing agronomic knowledge for site-specific management of fertilizer nutrients.

1990-1996
Research Assistant Professor, University of Missouri,
Project manager for water quality Management Systems Evaluation Area (MESA), Research Team Coordinator for Nitrogen Fate and transport group, team member of Site-Specific Crop Management Research Group.

Publications/Papers/Presentations
Kitchen, N.R., K.A. Sudduth, S.J. Birrell, and S.C. Borgelt. 1996. Missouri precision agriculture research and education. p. 1091-1100. In Proc. 3rd Internation Conference on Precision Agriculture. ASA. CSAA. SSSA., Madison, WI.

Birrell, S.J., K.A. Sudduth, and N.R. Kitchen. 1996. Nutrient mapping implications of short-range variability. p. 207-216. In Proc. 3rd International Conference on Precision Agriculture. ASA. CSAA, SSSA, Madison, WI.

Sudduth, K.A., S.T. Drummond, S.J. Birrell, and N.R. Kitchen. 1996 Analysis of spatial factors influencing crop yield. p. 129-140. In Proc. 3rd International Conference on Precision Agriculture. ASA. CSAA, SSSA, Madison, WI.

Kitchen, N.R., K.A. Sudduth, and S.T. Drummond. 1996. Mapping of sand deposition from 1993 Midwest floods with electromagnetic induction measurements. J. of Soil Water Conservation 51(4):336-340.

Doolittle, J.A., K.A. Sudduth, N.R. Kitchen, and S.J. Indorante. 1994. Estimating depths to claypans using electromagnetic induction methods. J. of Soil Water Conservation 49(6):572-575.

Kitchen, N.R., J.L. Havlin, and D.G. Westfall. 1990. Soil sampling under no-till banded phosphorus.
Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 54:1661-1665.

Kitchen, N.R., K.A. Sudduth, S.T. Drummond, and S.J. Birrell. 1996 Spatial prediction of crop productivity using electromagnetic induction. p. 83-87. In Missouri Soil Fertility and Fertilizers research Update 1995. Agronomy
Misc. Publ. #96-03.

Kitchen, N.R., K.A. Sudduth, S.J. Birrell, and S.T. Drummond. 1995. Spatial prediction of crop productivity using electromagnetic induction. p. 299. In Agronomy Abstracts, 1995 Annual Meetings, Oct 29-Nov.3, 1995, St. Louis, MO. ASA, Madison, WI.