Manure Workshops, Field Days Offer Management, Marketing Information
NEBRASKA - A series of University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension workshops will teach producers the value of manure for crop production and management and marketing opportunities.
Three workshops, From Brown to Gold: Nebraska's Manure Value Field
Days, Manure Merchandising and Manure Value for Crop Production are planned.
From Brown to Gold: Nebraska's Manure Value Field Days will give
livestock producers the information and skills needed for management
planning of manure nutrients.
There will be morning and afternoon programs. The morning classroom
program will focus on developing and using a manure nutrient application
plan and understanding Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality
regulations related to land application of manure. The afternoon field
program will address manure and soil sampling and applicator calibration.
A Manure Calibration Kit, which will be available for livestock
producers and their advisers to borrow, will be introduced at the program.
Producers can attend the full-day session or the afternoon field day only.
By attending both morning and afternoon sessions, participants will
receive Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality land application
training certification. Certification is required of livestock producers who
have received a new or updated livestock waste control facility permit since
April 1998. The farm representative identified on the permit application
must complete an approved land application training every five years. Farm
personnel responsible for land application of manure also are encouraged to
attend.
Registration for the full-day program is $30 which includes lunch or
$20 for the afternoon field program. Space is limited for the morning
program.
The Manure Merchandising Workshops will highlight strategies for
marketing manure to off-farm markets. Participants will learn to calculate
the value of manure to crop producers and about considerations of
formulation of a manure merchandising business plan. Participants also will
hear from others already marketing manure about opportunities and obstacles.
The merchandising workshops are geared toward livestock producers,
managers and/or employees, crop and livestock consultants, government
representatives and extension educators. Producers are encouraged to
participate with their agronomic adviser or computer operator.
Manure Value for Crop Production Workshops will teach crop producers
how to gain the greatest economic value from use of manure for their land
and how to use manure with fertilizer to optimize their nutrient management
plan. Participants will hear from other crop producers who regularly use
manure and will hear from others about difficulties and benefits of manure
use.
The Manure Merchandising Workshops and Manure Value for Crop
Production Workshops are free and include publications and a CD of
information and planning tools. Pre-registration is required as seating is
limited. A tour of two farms that merchandise manure will occur from 4-5:30
p.m. at the Aug. 31 workshops in Adams. Producers attending the afternoon or
evening workshops can attend.
Workshop and field day dates, titles, times, locations and local
contacts for more information and registration are:
Aug. 22 -- From Brown to Gold: Nebraska's Manure Value Field Days, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Dawson County Extension Office, northwest corner of Dawson County Fairgrounds, Lexington, David Stenberg, (308) 324-5501
Aug. 23 -- Manure Merchandising Workshop, 2-5 p.m., Fire Hall, Pender, Del Hemsath, (402) 584-2819
Aug. 23 -- Manure Value for Crop Production Workshop, 6-8:30 p.m., Fire Hall, Pender, Del Hemsath, (402) 584-2819
Aug. 30 -- Manure Value for Crop Production Workshop, 3-6 p.m., Methodist church basement, Phillips, Darrel Siekman, (308) 946-3843
Aug. 31 -- Manure Merchandising Workshop, 1-4 p.m., Community Building, Adams, Paul Hay, (402) 223-1384
Aug. 31 -- Manure Value for Crop Production Workshop, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Community Building, Adams, Paul Hay, (402) 223-1384
Sept. 15 -- From Brown to Gold: Nebraska's Manure Value Field Days, 9-3 p.m., UNL Panhandle Research and Extension Center and the Scottsbluff Agricultural Laboratory, Mitchell Farm Road, Scottsbluff, Tom Holman, (308) 632-1480
Sept. 15 -- Manure Value for Crop Production Workshop, 1-3 p.m., Scottsbluff Agricultural Laboratory, Mitchell Farm Road, Scottsbluff, Tom Holman, (308) 632-1480
These programs are partially funded by the Nebraska Environmental
Trust and are sponsored by the UNL Extension Comprehensive Nutrient
Management Planning team which helps livestock and crop producers better use
manure resources for agronomic and environmental benefits. For more
information, visit the CNMP Web site at http://cnmp.unl.edu/.
UNL Extension in the university's Institute of Agriculture and Natural
Resources.
Source: University of Nebraska, Lincoln - 5th August 2005