Dairy Nutrient Management

The Objectives:

• Supply nutrients to plants in ways that will optimize forage and crop yields
  
• Minimize the entry of nutrients to surface and ground water
  
• Maintain or improve the chemical and biological condition of soil
  
  

What's needed for nutrient management:

• Systems for collecting & storing manure
  
• Systems for applying manure
  
• Record Keeping
  
• Nutrient Analysis
  
• Soil testing - Basic, PSNT, Report Card
  
• Inventory of Nutrients produced
  
• Nutrient budgeting Forage and Crop
  
• Irrigation under Management
  
• Critical Areas Protection
  

Newsletters:

• WCD Dairy Newsletter
  
• WSU Dairy Newsletter
  

Links:

• Post-harvest Soil Nitrate Testing for Manured Cropping Systems West of the Cascades