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National Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning (CNMP) Technical Guidance

Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans (CNMP’s) are conservation plans that are unique to livestock and poultry operations. These plans document the practices and strategies adopted by the land owner or operator to address the natural resource concerns related to soil erosion, water quality, utilization of manure, and disposal of organic by-products.

The development of a Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans begins with a comprehensive resource inventory of the current site conditions. Management options, which may include structural alternatives, are developed to address the resource concerns identified during the inventory process.

Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans in Delaware - (CNMP) CONTENT OVERVIEW

The Following Documents require Adobe Acrobat Link to Adobe Acrobat ReaderMicrosoft Word link to Microsoft Word Reader or Microsoft Excel Link to Microsoft Excel Reader

Documents to Assist in Developing Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans in Delaware
Document Name Description of Content Word Excel
National Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans Fact Sheet Explains the Six Elements of a Comprehensive Management Plan.; Four elements are required in the plan for animal feeding operations that will utilize land for manure applications:

1. Manure and waste Handing and Storage
2. Nutrient Management
3. Land Treatment Practices
4. Record keeping		   Adobe Acrobat Document
(130 KB)
The Delaware Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan Review Check list The Delaware Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan Review Check list helps to identify components of the six elements that may need to be addressed. Microsoft Word Document  

STEP 1 – CALCULATE THE MANURE THE ANIMALS WILL GENERATE

This will be needed to determine storage needed as well as acreage needed when developing a nutrient management plan
Document Name Description of Content Website Address Excel
Waste calculation for animals OTHER THAN poultry Choose this site, click on “Plan writing tools”, using the slide bar to the right go to the bottom of the screen and choose “Manure Quantity Estimation for Solid and Liquid, or Solid” http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/agron/nutrient/  
Waste calculation for poultry Enter information in blue blocks   Microsoft Excel Document
(53 KB)

STEP 2 – CALCULATE THE NUTRIENTS IN THE MANURE

Nutrient averages from a history of manure sample test results will accurately represent nutrients in the manure.  When a history is not available use “rule of thumb” estimates
Document Name Description of Content Adobe Acrobat
Rule of thumb nutrient estimates Animal Waste Management Field Handbook, 4/92 Acrobat document Animal Waste Management Field Handbood Chapter 11

STEP 3 - CONSIDER THE NUTRIENTS NEEDED TO SATISFY THE SOIL NEEDS AND NUTRIENT NEEDS OF THE CROP. VISIT UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE’S WEBSITE:
http://ag.udel.edu/other_websites/DSTP/crop_recommendations.htm

STEP 4 – CONSIDER CONSERVATION PRACTICES THAT IS NEEDED AT THE PRODUCTION AREA AS WELL AS CROPLAND AREA
Document Name Description of Content Website Address
Delaware eFOTG The Delaware E Field Office technical Guide http://efotg.nrcs.usda.gov/efotg_locator.aspx?map=DE
STEP 5 – APPLY INFORMATION TO CNMP DELAWARE TEMPLATES
Document Name Description of Content
Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan Template for Poultry Use this template when developing a Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan for a poultry operation with land and without land.
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