The Nutrient Management Home Page

Welcome to nmplanner.missouri.edu - the Nutrient Management home page. This website provides information and resources in the following areas:

  • Nutrient management planning
  • Manure management
  • Regulations affecting animal feeding operations

Please contact John Lory if you have problems with this web resource, have suggestions for new resources you would like to see on the site, or cannot find something you used to use on our old site.

What's New:

The Missouri Stalk Nitrate Test Challenge:  Did you do a good job predicting nitrogen need for your corn crop last spring? Did you over apply or under apply? The stalk nitrate test is a powerful tool for assessing the fertilizer nitrogen decisions in a corn field. My program is working with the University of Missouri Soil Testing Laboratory to promote use of this test in Missouri. Typical analysis cost for the test is $10 per sample. We will analyze at the MU lab up to 10 samples from any Missouri farm at no cost if you submit the requested information.

Missouri CAFO Nutrient Management Technical Standard approved: This standard defines how manure nutrients are managed on Missouri CAFOs. This standard will affect existing CAFOs when their permit is renewed.

The Missouri Manure Plant Available Nutrients Calculator Updated: This calculator estimates nutrient availability in manure using MDNR availability coeficients. The calculator was recently updated to simplfy data entry requirements.

SNMP-2.0 Released: Spatial Nutrient Management Planner (SNMP) is a geographical information system (GIS) that helps collect and report spatial information used in nutrient management planning.  SNMP-2.0 was designed for ESRI ArcGIS 9.2 or 9.3 platforms.  Download this new tool at no charge. Version 2.0.0026 released Dec. 4, 2008 checks for installation prerequisites.

 

Website Index:

Nutrient Management Planning Software and Support: Nationally available software tools and internet access to data needed by nutrient management planners to write a plan.

Missouri Nutrient Management Tools: Missouri-specific tools that help nutrient management planners complete a plan. Includes some innovative tools that could be developed for other states... so take a look!

Missouri Manure Management Resources: Links to a diverse set of resources commonly needed by planners.

Training Opportunities: List of the nutrient management training courses offered by University of Missouri Extension. We try to offer Certified Crop Advisor and CAFO Operator continuing education credits for all these courses. No courses are currently scheduled.

Regulatory Issues: Information on CAFO regulatory issues at the national, state and county level.

Weather Resources: Tools to help you monitor and manage this most unpredictable element of Missouri Agriculture.

Related Resources: Links to other resources that may be helpful to nutrient management planners.

University of Missouri Links: Some of the most useful web resources at MU.