Management-Manure
Nutrient Management
Minnesota NRCS

Updated 01/14/2010

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 (pdf)
(Minnesota Pollution Control Agency)

Applying Manure in Sensitive Areas (pdf; 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
  This is an access based calculator also found in version 3.0 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.  One version is available for users with Access 2003.  Another is available for users with access 2007.
  
  Access 2003
  
  Software (mdb; 1210 KB)  5/09
  Instructions (doc; 334 KB) 5/09
  
  
  Access 2007
  
  Software (mdb; 1336 KB) 5/09
  Instructions (doc; 234 KB) 5/09
   

• Manure Nutrient Crediting (doc; 142 KB)
   (NRCS Form MN-CPA-35)

• Version 3.0 of Nutrient Management Planner for Minnesota (pdf; 234 KB) 5/09
   This software calculates crop nutrient needs and plant food available from manure.  It allows the user to develop custom nutrient management plans or plans that meet USDA-NRCS requirement.   One version 3.0 runs in Access 2003.  Another version runs in Access 2007.

Sampling and Calibration

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

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

Manure Sampling (pdf; 70 KB)
(NRCS Fact Sheet)

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

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