Nutrient & Pest Management

Nutrient Management

• National Water and Climate Center: Nutrient Management Page

• Nutrient Management Documents

• Nutrient Management Databases

• Animal Waste Management (AWM)
  A planning tool used to estimate the production of waste materials within an animal feeding operation and determine the size of storage / treatment facilities (process and calculations used in AWM based on the USDA-NRCS Agricultural Waste Management Field Handbook).

• Manure Management Planner (MMP)
  Being developed at Purdue University; A manure utilization planning tool to help develop nutrient management plans. (NRCS is cooperating with the development of this tool and plans to incorporate it into the toolkit used by NRCS staffs.)

• Phosphorus Index
  A site vulnerability assessment tool, helps determine the relative risk for off-site transport of phosphorus and for manure. The Phosphorus Index is one of the best techniques for making manure management decisions. The PI is a useful tool for prioritizing fields for the application of animal manure or other organic by-products that contains phosphorus. It may also be used to identify fields on which more careful management of phosphorus may be necessary.

• Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs)
  Includes information on Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans (CNMPs).

• State of the Land: Publications
  Includes analysis publications on water quality and nutrient & pest management.

• Soil Testing for Phosphorus: Environmental Uses and Implications

This National Statement of Work template requires Microsoft Word:

Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning (50 KB)

Pest Management

• National Water and Climate Center: Pest Management Page

• National Agricultural Pesticide Risk Analysis (NAPRA)
  A complex modeling system that utilizes GLEAMS to predict the probability of toxic pesticide movement associated with specific crop management techniques under specific weather and soil conditions. NAPRA can be used in high-risk areas to determine what kinds of alternative management strategies would be required to meet water quality goals.

• Windows Pesticide Screening Tool (WIN-PST)
  A simple pesticide screening tool that NRCS field office staff, extension agents, crop consultants, pesticide dealers and producers can use to evaluate the potential environmental risk for pesticides to move with water and eroded soil/organic matter and affect nontargeted organisms.

• Pest Management Links