Management-Manure
Nutrient Management
Minnesota NRCS

This page provides basic manure management information. Other pages on this website must be consulted to develop a complete nutrient management plan on farms using manure.

 These documents require Adobe Acrobat Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word

Requirements

Minimum State Requirements for Land Application of Manure
(Minnesota Pollution Control Agency)

Applying Manure in Sensitive Areas (808 KB)
(MPCA/NRCS brochure on manure applications in Sensitive Areas)

Calculators

Manure Nutrient Availability Calculator
Purdue University web-based calculator for determining manure nutrients available to crops`

Minimum acreage calculator (1164 KB)
This is an access based calculator also found in version 2.1 of the Nutrient Management Planner for Minnesota. The calculator is used to estimate acres needed to apply an annual supply of manure at nitrogen; phosphorus or potassium based rates.

Manure Nutrient Crediting (142 KB)
(NRCS Form MN-CPA-35)
 
Version 2.1 of Nutrient Management Planner for Minnesota (198 KB)
This software calculates crop nutrient needs and plant food available from manure. It allows the user to develop custom nutrient management plans. The software generates numerous reports. Many of the reports are analogous to NRCS inventory sheets and plan forms found elsewhere on this web-site. Most users choose too many reports to give to their clients, NRCS or MPCA. For detail see the “Planning” sub-page of this nutrient management site.

Sampling and Calibration

Spreader Calibration (1395 KB)
(University of Minnesota - Extension Service Fact Sheet)

Manure Spreader Calibration Calculation Worksheets (66 KB)
NRCS Xcel Spreadsheet that calculates per acre rates based on settings; ground speed and spreading width.

Manure Sampling (70 KB)
(NRCS Fact Sheet)

• Manure Sampling
  (University of Minnesota Brochure)
   
• Manure Testing Laboratories
  (Minnesota Dept of Agriculture)
   

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