Nutrient Management Home Page

Welcome to nmplanner.missouri.edu - the Nutrient Management home page. This website provides information and resources in the following areas:

  • Nutrient management planning
  • Manure management
  • Regulations affecting animal feeding operations

Please contact John Lory if you have problems with this web resource, have suggestions for new resources you would like to see on the site, or cannot find something you used to use on our old site.

What's New:

The New NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8 Precipitation Frequency Atlas for Midwestern States including Missouri. This new resource allow you to find the probability of a range of design storms. Included is information on Missouri manure storage design storms such as 24-hour, 25-year storm and the wettest year in ten 365-day storm.

Nitrogen Watch 2013. This web page managed by Peter Scharf monitors rainfall amounts across the midwest and highlights areas where nitrogen loss may be an issue this spring.

New Missouri Web-Based Document Generator: This tool allows you to generate the plans you need when writing a nutrient management plan in Missouri using Purdue's Manure Management Planner. Follow the link for more information.

The Missouri Clipper Updated: The Missouri Clipper provides data files needed to run SNMP, MMP and RUSLE2 as part of developing a nutrient management plan for any farm in the US depending on data availability. Files provided in the download include aerial photos, topographic maps, soils data and the new version includes digital elevations (DEM layer).

Missouri CAFO Nutrient Management Technical Standard: This standard defines how manure nutrients are managed on Missouri CAFOs. This standard will affect existing CAFOs when their permit is renewed.

Supporting tutorial for using the MO P Index: The Missouri P Index is one method of assessing phosphorus loss from a field. This web page includes links to download the Missouri P index and a tutorial on how to obtain RUSLE2 values needed for the P Index from Purdue's Manure Management Planner. This is complicated so beware!

The Missouri Manure Plant Available Nutrients Calculator Updated: This calculator estimates nutrient availability in manure using MDNR availability coeficients. The calculator was recently updated to simplfy data entry requirements.

SNMP-2.1 Released: Spatial Nutrient Management Planner (SNMP) is a geographical information system (GIS) extension that helps collect and report spatial information used in nutrient management planning.  SNMP-2.1 was designed for ESRI ArcGIS 9.2 or 9.3 platforms.  There is no charge for SNMP. New release of SNMP: Version 2.1.0028 released 5/20/2010.

 

Website Index:

Nutrient Management Planning Software and Support: Nationally available software tools and internet access to data needed by nutrient management planners to write a plan.

Missouri Nutrient Management Tools: Missouri-specific tools that help nutrient management planners complete a plan. Includes some innovative tools that could be developed for other states... so take a look!

Missouri Manure Management Resources: Links to a diverse set of resources commonly needed by planners.

Training Opportunities: List of the nutrient management training courses offered by University of Missouri Extension. We try to offer Certified Crop Advisor and CAFO Operator continuing education credits for all these courses. No courses are currently scheduled.

Regulatory Issues: Information on CAFO regulatory issues at the national, state and county level.

Weather Resources: Tools to help you monitor and manage this most unpredictable element of Missouri Agriculture.

Related Resources: Links to other resources that may be helpful to nutrient management planners.

University of Missouri Links: Some of the most useful web resources at MU.