New Manure Use Planning Tools for Nebrask

Wortmann, Charles S.

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Manure Matters (newsletter) Biological Systems Engineering 2004 Manure Matters, Volume 10, Number 9 Charles S. Wortmann University of Nebraska - Lincoln, cwortmann2@unl.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/manurematters  Part of the Agronomy and Crop Sciences Commons Wortmann, Charles S., "Manure Matters, Volume 10, Number 9" (2004). Manure Matters (newsletter). 20. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/manurematters/20 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Biological Systems Engineering at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Manure Matters (newsletter) by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Two new manure use planning computer software tools are now available.  These are used together with the Manure Management Planner (MMP) of NRCS and Purdue University.  MMP is free and available for download at http://www.agry.purdue.edu/mmp/    The new tools are Nebraska_CNMP and Nebraska_AMUP.  Nebraska_CNMP generates a document for a comprehensive nutrient management plan that is needed by animal feeding operations applying for a permit to operate a livestock waste control facility. Nebraska_AMUP generates a document for an annual manure use plan which will be required for maintenance of a permit to operate a livestock waste control facility.    These tools operate with MMP.  A fertilizer and manure use plan covering several years is first developed in MMP.  When the plan is complete, custom reports can be generated from MMP ‘Tools’.    The Nebraska CNMP and AMUP documents are generated as Microsoft Word documents and are easily edited. Document generation requires Microsoft Access, but Access is not needed to develop a plan in MMP or to edit the generated Word document.  The CNMP and AMUP documents contain tables of information and much of the text needed in the comprehensive plan and annual plan, respectively.  Tables and text are fully editable in Word. At places in the CNMP document, the planner can right-click to get a list of phrases from which to select to better adapt the document to the animal feeding operation; this is a function of Microsoft Word’s ‘auto-text’ feature.    MMP cannot provide all of the information needed for the comprehensive and annual plans. The generated CNMP and AMUP documents advises the planner that this information is needed.  For each informational need it either provides forms to be completed or provides links to internet access for the needed forms.  The files needed and instructions for using Nebraska_CNMP and Nebraska_AMUP are available at :   http://cnmp.unl.edu/cnmpsoftware.html . Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperative with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Elbert Dickey, Director of Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension educational programs abide with the non-discrimination policies of the University of Nebrask at Lincoln and the United States Department of Agriculture. Manure Matters Volume 10, Number 9 NEW MANURE USE PLANNING TOOLS FOR NEBRASKA by Charles Wortmann Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln UNL's Livestock Environmental Issues  Committee Includes representation from UNL, Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Natural Resources Districts, Center for Rural Affairs, Nebraska Cattlemen, USDA Ag Research Services, and Nebraska Pork Producers Association.  Contact: Chris Henry 217 LW Chase Hall University of NE Lincoln, NE 68583 (402) 472-6529 chenry@.unl.edu 

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Manure Matters, Volume 10, Number 9

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