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The deadline for 2023 Phase II Annual Reports is Dec. 31. If you farm in a Phase II or Phase III area, you are required to submit a Phase II report for every field larger than 40 acres. Where more than 50 pounds per acre of actual nitrogen fertilizer, commercial or organic, is applied, (for example: corn) a full report is required. A mandatory two-foot deep soil sampling analysis is required for the Phase II report. The soil sample used on the 2023 annual report should have been taken in Fall 2022 or Spring 2023. If less than 50 pounds per acre is applied, a report must be submitted stating...