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Existing laboratory methods can be time consuming, expensive, and generally the results are not provided prior to manure application. In this study, the evaluation of a low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) sensor designated for manure nutrient prediction was assessed. Twenty dairy manure samples were analyzed for total solid (TS), total nitrogen (TN), ammoniacal nitrogen (NH4-N), and total phosphorus (TP) in a certified laboratory and in parallel using the NMR analyzer. The linear regression of NMR prediction versus lab measurements for TS had an R2 value of 0.86 for samples with TS &lt; 8%, and values of 0.94 and 0.98 for TN and NH4-N, respectively, indicating good correlations between NMR prediction and lab measurements. The TP prediction of NMR for all samples agreed with the lab analysis with R2 greater than 0.87. The intra- and inter-sample variations of TP measured by NMR were significantly larger than other parameters suggesting less robustness in TP prediction. The results of this study indicate low-field NMR is a rapid method that has a potential to be utilized as an alternative to laboratory analysis of manure nutrients, however, further investigation is needed before wide application for on farm analysis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s22072438","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,22]],"date-time":"2022-03-22T23:30:23Z","timestamp":1647991823000},"page":"2438","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Evaluating the Feasibility of a Low-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Sensor for Manure Nutrient Prediction"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"22","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4317-6738","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xiaoyu","family":"Feng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 460 Henry Mall, Madison, WI 53706, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7198-2994","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rebecca A.","family":"Larson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 460 Henry Mall, Madison, WI 53706, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6069-011X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Matthew F.","family":"Digman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 460 Henry Mall, Madison, WI 53706, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"141","DOI":"10.1007\/s40726-017-0058-4","article-title":"The persistent environmental relevance of soil phosphorus sorption saturation","volume":"3","author":"Kleinman","year":"2017","journal-title":"Curr. 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