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Purdue offers research based recommendations and solutions for planning and managing animal manure to better utilize this nutrient resource and to protect water quality.
Description of programs and resources:
Manure Management
A one-stop web site, Purdue Animal Manure Solutions, provides a whole farm and community resource to help answer your questions about animal waste management. The site includes an extensive publications listing, how regulations affect animal waste management, air quality issues, the latest application and utilization knowledge, recent research on feed rations, as well as storage and treatment options.
The Manure Management Planner software tool (no cost to download) is intended to assist livestock producers in developing a manure management plan for their operation. The goal of the Manure Management Planner (MMP) is to allocate the manure produced to the cropland so that the manure nutrients can be used efficiently as a crop fertilizer.
Livestock Management Assessment Tools
The Indiana Farm Assessment program offers producer driven self-assessment tools for confined livestock and for pastured livestock. The risk assessments will provide an understanding of how your livestock operation is performing with regard to water quality protection. Science based recommendations are detailed for multiple management topics to improve the safety, health, and environmental protection of livestock production.
Exchange Network
Manure application to soils can yield multiple benefits, yet many people often do not know where to locate it. The Indiana Manure Locator Network is intended to bring together those having manure with those needing manure.
Animal Manure Management Common Interest Group (CIG)
Contacts: James Peter, John Knipp, Bob Yoder, Don Jones, Brad Joern and Alan Sutton
The Animal Manure Management CIG (link?) includes countyANR extension educators and extension specialists who keep current and communicate research, regulatory and the application of technologies about all aspects of manure management to the livestock and producers in Indiana. The CIG develop and conduct extension programs often with the regulatory agencies, Indiana Farm Bureau, commodity organizations and NRCS.
Program Contacts:
Don Jones, Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Allan Sutton, Professor, Animal Sciences
Brad Joern, Professor, Agronomy
Brent Ladd, Water Quality and Indiana Farm Assessment, ABE
Program Title and Date: CAFO NPDES Regulations, March, 2004
Contact: Don Jones and Alan Sutton
Summary of Program: An IP Video conference program was conducted at 10 sites across Indiana to explain the new EPA CAFO NPDES regulations for livestock and poultry producers with CAFO. This two-way interactive program allowed for a question/answer period which led to a web-based publication for producers to direct access.
Program Title and Date: ANR Training, Annually
Contact: Extension Specialists in the ANSC, ABE, VCS and AGEC departments (varies each year)
Summary of Program: An annual training for the Animal and Natural Resources extension educators to keep up to date on regulations, new manure management technologies, practical application of research information, and other appropriate subjects related to the livestock and poultry industries.
Program Title and Date: Environmental Best Management Practices for Livestock Production
Purdue & Michigan State Universities, 2001-2003
Contact:Don Jones and Alan Sutton, Purdue and Charles Gould, MSU
Summary of Project:Development of producer environmental educational materials. The following extension publications were written, peer reviewed, published and distributed by both MSU and Purdue staff to animal production operations in their respective states: Getting your livestock farm ready for a state inspection, Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans, Developing an emergency manure spill plan, Nutrient recycling and utilization, Odor control options for confined feeding, Maintaining good neighbor relations, Manure spreader calibration, Environmentally sensitive field characteristics, Ration modifications to lower N and P in manure, Veterinary waste disposal options, Manure utilization recordkeeping, Dead animal management practices
Program Title and Date:Development of an Environmental Management System for Animal Production in Indiana, 2004
Contact: Don Jones and Alan Sutton, Purdue and Julia Wickard, Indiana Farm Bureau
Summary of Project: A complete set of user friendly EMS materials, intended to promote environmental self-improvement on confined feeding facilities, was developed. It is based loosely on the versions developed for Wisconsin and Virginia was constructed to meet Indiana conditions and regulations.
Program Title and Date: EPA CAFO Inspectors and Permit Writers Training, 2004
Contact:Don Jones and Alan Sutton, Purdue
Summary of Project:Three-day workshop to train CAFO inspectors and permit writers at EPA, Region 5 and state regulators in Region 5. Extension personnel from each state in the Region 5 were also involved. Thirty five individuals attended and learned the intricaties of the current CAFO/NPDES regulations. A portion of the training involved one full day doing “mock” inspections at the Purdue University animal production farms.
Program Title and Date: Model Certification Program, 2002-2004
Contact:Don Jones, Purdue
Summary of Project:Nine model certification training modules were developed by fourteen individuals for the National Center. The modules included both lesson plans and teaching visuals (PPT®). The module titles included: Awareness of potential environmental impacts of animal manures, if improperly managed; Nutritional strategies to minimize loss of nutrients to manure; Manure Storages; Air quality around production facilities and land application sites; Manure Treatment; Land application procedures and equipment; Manure Management Planning; Open Lots and Emergency management and safety.
Program Title and Date: APHIS Biosecurity project (Purdue, KSU, TA&M) - Other Innovations to assist in dealing with large-scale animal mortalities that result from natural or man-made disasters, 2003-2004
Contact: Steve Hawkins, Purdue
Summary of Project:Report summarized alternative disaster scenarios and nontraditional salvage approaches for dealing with large-scale mortality events. Technologies evaluated included: thermal depolymerization, plasma arc process, refeeding (including hunt kennels, pet and alligator feed) and other non-traditional methods (including flash dehydration, ocean dumping, napalm, fluidized-bed drying and extrusion/expeller press
Program Title and Date: Manure Management Planner
Contact: Brad Joern and Phil Hess,
Summary of Program: Manure Management Planner (MMP) is a Windows-based computer program that is used to create nutrient management plans for crop and livestock operations, crop only operations, and crop operations that import manure for use as a crop nutrient resource. MMP currently supports 28 states, by automatically generating fertilizer recommendations and calculating manure N availability based on each state's Extension and/or NRCS guidelines. MMP uses the NRCS national soil information system (NASIS) database with additional state-specific soils information needed to calculate fertilizer recommendations and manure N availability.
Program Title and Date: National CNMP curriculum, 2003-2005
Contact : Alan Sutton, Purdue, Robert Burns, and Lara Moody, IowaState, NatalieRector, Michigan State, Ron Schieffield, Idaho
Summary of Program: A national curriculum is being developed to be used in the training and development of Certified Nutrient Management Plans. The curriculum will be tested in Indiana in November, 2004 and in Idaho in 2005. There will be a complete set of power points, lesson plans and supplementary materials for the CNMP training.
Research
Title and Date: Manure and drainage research at Water Quality Field Station, 1997-present
Contact:Sylvie Brouder, Ron Turco, and Brad Joern
Summary of Program: Liquid hog manure has been applied annually in either the fall or the spring. The fall manure treatment wasinitiated in 1997 following harvest; the spring manure treatmentwas initiated prior to spring tillage operations in 1998. Eachtreatmentwasreplicated 4 times. The crop production system for the manure treatments has been continuous corn. Additional treatments include continuous corn fertilized with inorganic N fertilizer and corn grown in annual rotation with soybean, fertilized with inorganic N fertilizer. Each treatment plot was equipped with a large inground lysimeter and separate tile drain. E coli, phosphorus and nitrogen in drainage water have been monitored in daily, flow-proportional samples. Drainflow volumes have been continuously monitored. Analysis of the effect of N management system on yield, and loss of nutrients and bacterial pathogens to surface waters is on-going for the experimental years 1998 - 2003.
Title and Date: Swine Environmental Research Building
Contact: Alan Sutton, Al Heber, Brian Richert, Scott Radcliffe and Don Jones, Purdue
Summary of Project: A 12-room group feeding wean to finish research building (720 head capacity) has been constructed at the Purdue Animal Science Research and Extension Center with the purpose of conducting whole building nutrient mass balance research. The building will determine nutrient flow from feed through pigs, excretion in manure and air emissions from the building. The purpose of the building is to reduce emissions through manure and air emissions to minimize the impact of swine production on water and air quality.
Publications
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AY 277 Calculating Manure and Manure Nutrient Application Rates (8/93)
AY 278 Estimating Manure Spreader Capacity (9/93)
AY-281 Soil Sampling for P, K and Lime Recommendations (2/95)
AY-9-32 Tri-State Fertilizer Recommendations for Corn, Soybeans, Wheat & Alfalfa
FF-2 Livestock Manure Can Reduce Fertilizer Costs
FF-33 Total Farm Nutrient Mgmt - A Practical Approach for Swine Producers (2/99)
FF-34 Best Management Practices (BMPs) to Efficiently Use Swine Manure as Fertilizer
Swine: Pork Industry Handbook - Manure (Waste) Management
ID-101 Animal Manure as a Plant Nutrient Resource (5/94)
ID-205 Swine Manure Management Planning (6/94)
ID-206 Poultry Manure Management Planning (9/94)
ID-208 Dairy Manure Management Planning (7/95)
WQ-7 Animal Agriculture’s Effect on Water Quality - Pastures and Feedlots (7/90)
WQ-8 Animal Agriculture’s Effect on Water Quality - Waste Storage (6/93)
WQ-16 Land Application of Manure (12/92)
WQ-22 Farm-A-Syst, Indiana Farmstead Assessment
WQ-40 Livestock Confinement Assessment for Water Resource Protection (7/02)
Kladivko, E.J. 2004. Nitrate leaching into tile drains at SEPAC.
Best Environmental Management Practices Publications (in PDF format)
Building Good Neighbor Relationships
Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans (CNMP)
Disposal of Farm Medical Wastes
(ID-306/E-2829)
Emergency Action Planning for Livestock Operations
Feeding Strategies to Lower Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Manure
(ID-304/E-2822)
Inspecting Your Confined Feeding Operation
Land Application of Manure and Environmentally Sensitive Field Characteristics
(ID-308/E-2821)
Land Application Records and Sampling
Manure Applicator Calibration
Manure Nutrient Recycling
Mortality Management
Odor Control Options for Confined Feeding
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Safe drinking water is paramount to human health, and Purdue Extension provides in-depth information concerning drinking water for individuals, farms, and communities.
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Everyone needs safe water to drink, and people often have questions regarding the quality of water from their well or public utility. Therefore, Purdue has built an extensive web site, Safe Water for the Future, that provides answers and information on many drinking water topics. [Let’s put a small logo next to this paragraph]
Drinking Water Protection and Risk Assessment
Private well owners will benefit from completing the Home*A*Syst risk assessment, and if you live on a farm the Farmstead Assessment program for Drinking Water Protection offers a series of risk assessment worksheets and factsheets with recommendations to minimize the risk of contamination to well water.
Drinking water testing and treatment
For water testing, what to do about a contaminated well, and other frequently asked questions, the Drinking Water Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page will help you find answers and resources.
Community Water Supply
Community water supply systems using ground water are required to have a wellhead protection plan in place. TheWellhead Protectionweb pages provide detailed information on the planning process (which occurredduring 1999 – 2003), and what you and your community can do to educate others about protecting community water supplies.
For communities that use surface water such as a reservoir, lake, or river for their drinking water supply, the risk of contaminated water due to surface runoff is an ongoing threat. Developing a watershed protection plan can protect community water supplies from current and future contamination. To help communities start developing watershed protection plans, we have developed maps of all Indiana public water supply watersheds (except those that use Lake Michigan or the Ohio River), and provide estimates of watershed characteristics such as land use.
The Pesticide Watershed Work Group is a multi-agency team focusing on reducingatrazine contamination of source water.
Waste Water and Septic Systems
Effectively treating human wastewater is a top human health issue. For people who are not serviced by a public sewer utility, knowing how to effectively manage a septic system or other approved alternative treatment system is important for family and community health. Purdue provides clear recommendations and information for residential on-site wastewater treatment.
Recreation and Fish Consumption
Water-based recreationincluding fishing, swimming, and boating, is an important use of Indiana lakes and streams. However, many water bodies do no support recreational uses due to E. colicontamination.
Contaminants such as PCBs and mercury are a concern for people eating fish from Indiana waters. The Indiana Angler web site provides up-to-date information on this issue.
Mosquitoes and Water Quality
The quality of water can have an effect on mosquito populations, and the presence of those mosquitoes carrying disease such as West Nile Virus. The disease carrying mosquitoes often are breeding in areas of still, shallow water contained in human-made items like tires, buckets, and rain-gutters. Read Purdue’s fact sheet, Management of Ponds, Wetlands, and Other Water Reservoirs to Minimize Mosquitoes, to better understand the connections between mosquitoes and water quality and what you can do.
Program Contacts:
Drinking Water
Brent Ladd, Water Quality Specialist, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Jane Frankenberger, Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
On-site Wastewater
Brad Lee, Associate Professor, Agronomy
Don Jones, Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
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Purdue University researchers and educators have developed decision making tools and assessment methods to aid landowners in improving their nutrient and pesticide management.
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Assessment and Planning Tools
Farmers and crop consultants can use the Farmstead Assessment and Field Assessmentmaterials to improve their nutrient and pesticide handling and use. These materials will take you step by step through a self-assessment of your farmstead and field management practices.
Making fertilizer decisions
On-line calculators for planning crop fertilizer needs and nutrient availability in manure will help inform your nutrient management planning.
The Tri-State Fertilizer Recommendations publication provides details for major crop nutrient applications.
Agricultural Drainage & Nitrate
Managing agricultural drainage is an exciting area where research is being conducted to protect water quality, with the potential to also improve crop yield. Site specific farming techniques can improve efficiency of nutrient and pesticide application and lower the risk of over-applying these crop inputs. {need to discuss what these link to)
Pest Management and Pesticide Resources
Purdue Pesticide Programs (PPP) implements pesticide education outreach programs directed at pesticide user groups and the general public; coordinates pesticide research and pesticide impact assessment projects, and transfers regulatory information from EPA and the Office of the Indiana State Chemist to the regulated community and other interested parties. The Pesticide applicator training provides on-going education and certification for people using pesticides in commercial and public settings
Integrated pest management program helps producers implement practices that can reduce the need for, and improve the effectiveness of insecticides.
The National Agricultural Pesticide Risk Analysis (NAPRAWeb) Model developed at Purdue, provides user input tools for spatial impact predictions on water quality.
Where agricultural areas drain to surface water used in public drinking water systems, the Indiana Pesticide Watershed Work Group (PWWG) promotes stewardship to protect water quality.
The Alternative Control Outreach Research Network Web Site from Purdue Entomology provides solutions for non-toxic pest control for home gardeners, with information that can also benefit farmers wishing to employ alternatives for pest control.
Regulatory Issues
For regulatory questions about chemicals and fertilizers contact the Office of the State Chemist.
Program Contacts:
Water Quality and Nutrients
Jane Frankenberger, Associate Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Nutrient Application and Management
Sylivie Brouder, Associate Professor, Agronomy
Brad Joern, Professor, Agronomy
Agricultural Drainage
Jane Frankenberger, Associate Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Eileen Kladivko, Professor, Agronomy ()
Ron Turco, Professor, Agronomy ()
Pesticide Management and Training
Fred Whitford, Pesticides Program Director?, Botany and Plant Pathology
Integrated Pest Management