Farm Nutrient Management

Calibrating your Manure Spreader with a Platform Scale will Help you Assess your Farm's Manure Requirements

Calibrating your Manure Spreader with a Platform Scale will Help you Assess your Farm's Manure Requirements

This infographic gives an overview of farm nutrient management plans.  Essentially, this is a strategy to extract maximum return from fertilizers without degrading the quality of water sources available nearby.  A basic nutrient management plan will include soil test reports, on-farm nutrient assessment, nutrient crediting (reducing your fertilizer use based on your on-farm nutrients), consistenty with the farm conservation plan (which includes soil conservation), manure inventory (calibrating your manure spreader with a platform scale), a manure spreading plan, and adherence to the 590 Nutrient Management Standard if you want to participate in federal or state cost-sharing programs.

For further information visit corn.agronomy.wisc.edu.

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Bob began working as a chemist in 1987 and remains a science geek to this day. After his PhD he worked on the bench in materials and inorganic chemistry for 10 years. He then took on a love for marketing and sales. He combined his passion for science and business and took entrepreneur general management positions in large corporations like Hoecsht Celanese now Sanofi Aventis, Bel-Art and Smiths Detection. There he learned what it would take to run a business and finally Tovatech was co-founded in 2006. Bob’s hobbies include playing, listening and composing music, skiing, working out, the internet and all things science. Read More