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Iowa State University Extension Offers RUSLE2 and P Index Workshop for Manure Plan Writers

Last Updated: January 22, 2008 Related resource areas: Animal Manure Management



The March 19 workshop will provide training to service providers who are planning to work with livestock producers in developing nutrient and manure management plans.


Released Jan. 17, 2008

AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and the Iowa Manure Management Action Group (IMMAG), in collaboration with the Iowa USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, have scheduled a workshop to train service providers on how to use the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation 2 (RUSLE2) and the Iowa Phosphorus Index for use in nutrient management and manure management plans required by both the NRCS and the DNR.

The workshop will be held on March 19, at the Carroll County Extension Office in Carroll, Iowa. The workshop starts at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m.

This workshop will provide training to service providers who are planning to work with livestock producers in developing nutrient and manure management plans. Livestock producers are welcome to attend. Participants will learn where to find the necessary software and how to install it on their computers, how to determine critical field areas, and how to determine erosion rates using RUSLE2.

In addition, participants will learn how to calculate P Index vulnerability ratings and how to incorporate these numbers into manure management planning requirements. Finally, specific guidelines on how to meet soil sampling requirements for manure management plans will be discussed.

The cost of the workshop is $150 if registered on or before March 14, and $165 after March 14. The workshop fee includes handout materials, refreshments and lunch. Because software will be provided, participants are required to bring a MS Windows compatible laptop equipped with a CD-ROM drive and Microsoft Excel Software. Participants must have their administrator password to the computer they bring in order to install software. The workshop is limited to 30 participants.

Online registration, program information and directions to the workshop are available at: http://www.ucs.iastate.edu/mnet/rusle2/home.html. Questions regarding the workshop should be directed to Kapil Arora at (515) 382-6551 or Angie Rieck-Hinz at (515) 294-9590.

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http://www.extension.iastate.edu/news/2008/jan/071402.htm

Contacts: Angela Rieck-Hinz, (515) 294-9590, amrieck@iastate.edu

Kapil Arora, (515) 382-6551, pbtiger@iastate.edu

Jean McGuire, (515) 294-7033, jmcguire@iastate.edu


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