Links of Interest

Grass Works (grazing resource)

Manure Advisory System (download NRCS 590 Nutrient Application Restriction Maps and the Runoff Risk Model)

Professional Dairy Producers of WI

Professional Nutrient Applicators Association of WI (watch for manure spill demonstrations near you)

WI Dairy Business Association

WI Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

WI Farm Bureau Federation 

WI Integrated Pest and Crop Management

WI Land and Water Conservation Association, Inc. 

UW Soil Science Extension

Assistance Documents

SnapPlus (instructions for uploading soil test results directly into SnapPlus)

NRCS's Conservation Management Practice Standards

Nutrient Management, 2005 - 590 Final

WI Conservation Planning Technical Note WI-1 - A companion document to 590 Standard, 2008

Waste Storage Facility Requirements, 2009

UW-Extension

"Know How Much You Haul" Step-by-step worksheet designed to help calibrate manure spreaders

SOP for Soil Sampling, 2002

"Nutrient application guidelines for field, vegetable, and fruit crops in WI", 2012

SOP for Manure Sampling, 2003

DNR

"Agricultural Spills and How to Handle Them", 2002

WI Administrative Code governing Animal Feeding Operations, 2007

WI Administrative Code for Runoff Mangement, contains Agricultural Performance Standards and Prohibitions, 2010

WI Administrative Code for Livestock Facility Sitting, 2009

DNR Fact Sheets to Help Implement 243

CAFO manure applications in SWQMA's

Interim guidance on CAFP applications on soils shallow to groundwater, 2009

CAFO applications when ground is frozen, snow-covered, or saturated
     *Not all inclusive must read NR243 and the farm's WPDES permit for all requirements.