Management-Environmental Assessment
Nutrient Management
Minnesota NRCS
Updated
05/21/2009
This page contains various databases, tools, suggested management practices
and fact sheets used when developing nutrient management plans.
These documents require
Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Word
Sensitive features
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Run WSS
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Identify Area of Interest (AOI)
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Select Soil Data Explorer
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Select Suitabilities and Limitations for Use
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Select Sanitary Facilities
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Select Aquifer Assessment (MN)
- Sensitive Soil Features for Nutrient Management
05/09 This database is referenced in the sensitive areas brochure and is used to
define select soil related sensitive areas on client’s farms that require
specific nutrient management recommendations. Available to the general
public on the
Web
Soil Survey.
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Run
WSS
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Identify Area of Interest (AOI)
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Select Soil Data Explorer
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Select
Suitabilities and Limitations for Use
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Select Waste Management
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Select Sensitive Soils for Nutrient Management (MN)
Sensitive
Areas (pdf; 800 KB)
MPCA/NRCS brochure. Lists areas that must be
identified when developing nutrient management plans. Indicates practices to use
in those sensitive areas.
Feedlot Rules and Water Types
(pdf; 54 KB)
MPCA chart relating feedlot rules to various water bodies.
Decision Making Aides
NRCS
Nitrogen Movement Assessment Tool (doc; 144 KB)
Preliminary nutrient management planning tool used in geologic settings
sensitive to groundwater contamination including Source Water Assessment Areas
indicated as sensitive to contamination.
NRCS
Phosphorus Management Assessment Tool (doc; 98 KB)
NRCS preliminary manure management planning tool used to help make nutrient
management recommendations on livestock operations.
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The Minnesota Phosphorus Index -University. of Minnesota
Nutrient management planning tool used to identify relative risk of phosphorus
movement from agricultural fields in Phosphorus impaired watersheds. Also used
when the NRCS P assessment tool indicates no manure application
- Farm*A*Syst
Producer
Self-Assessment tool for evaluating well contamination potential from
Farmstead activities.
The complete set of
Worksheets and Factsheets is available from NRCS in New Jersey
.
Management Practices
Nutrient
Application Restrictions in Sensitive Areas
(pdf; 42 KB) One page chart identifying MPCA and
NRCS setbacks for manure or commercial fertilizer applications in sensitive
areas.
Management Practice Considerations for Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorus (P)
05/09 General practices to control N and P movement grouped by N BMP Regions.
Southeastern Minnesota
(pdf; 31 KB)
South Central Minnesota
(pdf; 31 KB)
Southwest Minnesota
(pdf; 31 KB)
Northwest Minnesota
(pdf; 31 KB)
East Central and Central Minnesota
(pdf; 31 KB)
Mortality Disposal BMPs
(pdf; 54 KB)
Sewage
Sludge Land Application Practices
(pdf; 30 KB)
That part of state rule Chapter 7041 addressing land application of sewage
sludge.
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