CNMP

Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan Provider Additional Sessions

A series of follow-up session have been designed for participants in the 2006 and 2007 CNMP provider Classes offered in Lima and Bluffton, Ohio. Classes are intended to provide additional information on specific topics related to the development of a CNMP and the information needed for data entry into the Manure Management Planner software. Registration can be made on line at Registration Page Deadlines are noted in announcement below. You may register for one or several of these meeting to meet your needs. Due to facility size and for a better hands-on learning environment, class sizes are limited. Computers will be available for Session 1, 2 and 4. You may bring your laptop to all sessions and it would be highly suggested for Session 3.

If you have any questions on these workshops or the information to be covered as part of the session please contact Greg LaBarge, OSU Extension-Fulton County, 419-337-9210 or labarge.1@osu.edu.

Session 1) AWM Software

February 7 
9:30 am –Noon
Registration by 2/5/08
Limit 24 participants

AWM is a planning/design tool for animal feeding operations that can be used to estimate the production of manure, bedding, process water and determine the size of storage/treatment facilities. This session will use of the program, input data and use of the output in CNMP planning.

Resource Person: Paul Chester, Ohio NRCS, Supervisory Civil Engineer

Location:          Putnam County Educational Services Center

                        124 Putnam Parkway
                        Ottawa, OH 45875

Workshop cost: $45 (Minus $15 credit if you attended 2006 or 2007 workshops)

Session 2) MMP Software

February 20
10 am -4 pm
Registration by 2/14/08
Limit 24 participants

Review of MMP input and output. We will use case farms to go through data entry, techniques of validation and then generation of a written plan. Will use current version of MMP which is Version 0.23 (checked on 1/17/08).

Resource Person: Natalie Rector

Location:          Putnam County Educational Services Center

                        124 Putnam Parkway
                        Ottawa, OH 45875

Workshop cost: $60 (Minus $15 credit if you attended 2006 or 2007 workshops)

Session 3) Nutrient Planning Course

February 28
10 am-4 pm
Registration by 2/28/08
Limit 30 participants

Regulations governing nutrient use, use of manure nutrients focusing on loss, testing and practical recommendation to account for crop available nutrients of N, P and K, supplementing manure with commercial fertilizers, manure use on fruit and vegetables plus deal breakers to manure use. Computer and testing tools will be reviewed.

Resource Persons:
Robert Mullen, Soil Fertility Specialist, Ohio State University Extension
Natalie Rector, Manure Nutrient Management Field Specialist, MSU Extension
Greg LaBarge, Extension Educator, OSU Extension-Fulton County

Location:          Allen County Extension Office
                         3900 Campus Drive, Suite B
                         Lima, OH 45804

Workshop cost: $75 (Minus $15 credit if you attended 2006 or 2007 workshops)

Session 4) RUSL2

March 13
10 am -4 pm
Registration by 3/7/08
Limit 24 participants

Example farms will be used to work with RUSL2 in determining soil loss potential then importing into MMP.A detailed look at RUSL2 with example in computer lab.

Resource Person: Angel Arehart, Ohio NRCS Resource Conservationist

Location:          Putnam County Educational Services Center
                        124 Putnam Parkway
                        Ottawa, OH 45875

Workshop cost: $60 (Minus $15 credit if you attended 2006 or 2007 workshops)

Session 5) Site Assessment

April 10 (Tentative)
Will be a one day program
9:30 am-4:30 pm
Registration by 4/3/08
Limit 30  participants

We will do a site walk through of a dairy farm looking for all of the factors that would need to be included in a CNMP plan calculations and area that could be change to affect the plan needs.

Resource Person:
Jon Rausch, OSU Extension Program Director, Environmental Management
Kevin Elder, Executive Director Livestock Environmental Permitting-ODA
Francis Springer, SWCD MNM Specialist/Education Coordinator, Auglaize Co                       

Location:          Auglaize County
                        TBA

Workshop cost: $60 (Minus $15 credit if you attended 2006 or 2007 workshops)