Home Page
All articles about:
Nutrient Management
Management Goal = Maximize Efficient Use of Manure Nutrients
Manure Management Strategies
- Manage based on expected crop response to manure nutrients.
- Manage nutrients to increase yields or decrease purchased inputs.
- Example tactics:
- Spread manure in the spring as near to the time of crop utilization as practical
- Use cover crops to conserve nutrients from fall and winter applied manure
- Incorporate manure immediately to conserve nitrogen
- Spread manure on N requiring crops
- Don't spread manure on legumes – they don’t need the N
- Spread manure on fields with low P & K soil test levels
Page developed and maintained by: Doug Beegle, Pennsylvania State University
