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This document describes how to complete the Farm Specific Animal List sheet. All animal types in the Nutrient Management Plan are selected here. Most of the animal types listed in Agronomy Facts 54 are available for selection. Animal types not listed can be added as well.
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This document describes how to complete the Appendix 3 Input sheet. All of the manure group information is entered here including the manure group name, manure group site description and season applied, inventory method, exported manure amounts, and animal group information.
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This document describes how to complete the Manure Average Input sheet. All of the manure group analysis information is entered here.
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This document describes how to complete the Create Farm Crop List sheet. All crops grown on the farm are selected here. The crops listed in this table are from the Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory (AASL) soil test recommendations for agronomic crops database.
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This document describes how to complete the Appendix 4 Input sheet. All of the field information is entered in one row including the Phosphorous Index and Winter Manure Application Matrix information.
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This document describes how to complete multiple manure applications on a single field in the Appendix 4 Input sheet.
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This document describes how to complete a double crop in the Appendix 4 Input sheet. A double crop is defined as growing two different crops on a single field during a crop year. They are designated as a “Winter Crop” and a “Summer Crop” in a double crop.
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This document provides an overview of the Nutrient Management Plan Summary and describes how to complete Nutrient Management Plan Summary and Summary Notes sheets. In addition to summarizing the field and crop information, it is also includes crop year, owned and rented acres, whole farm notes, animal equivalent units, and animal equivalent units per acre.
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This document provides an overview and describes how to complete the Manure Spreader Calibration Notes table.
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This procedure describes how to complete the optional Rainfall Worksheet in the Nutrient Management Plan (NMP) spreadsheet. This worksheet will calculate the amount of rainfall or runoff contributing to a manure storage group.
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This document describes how to complete the optional Grazing Group Manure Calculator. This worksheet will calculate the amount of uncollected manure generated and the weighted average of the manure nutrients deposited on a pasture by grazing animals. It is most useful for grazing scenarios that include multiple animal groups on the same pasture or multiple animal groups on multiple pasture fields.
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This document describes how to calculate residual nitrogen from previous manure applications using Table 1.2-15.
