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Manure Management Strategy When Farm Nutrient Balance is in Deficit

Last Updated: February 03, 2008 Related resource areas: Animal Manure Management



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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


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