Conservation Compliance (Continued from Pago A3O) Evolving legislation Beegle also provided an update on the evolving state nutrient man agement legislation, which is now considering two animal units per acre (he said one cow and replace ment is the equivalent of two ani mal units) as basis for creating nutrient management plans. According to Beegle, farmers who calculate manure amounts on the farm have to carefully consider ‘ ‘uncollected manure’ ’ in the exer cise or sacrifice lots. Often, he believes, the manure ends up in places “where it shouldn’t Where is the uncollected manure going?” Only half the nitrogen in manure is available the year it is spread, and the other half is slow-release nitrogen, according to Beegle. Far mers must keep that in mind when considering manure application planning. Rely on management Farmers must rely more on residue management than tillage in keeping to conservation com pliance, according to Myers. There are many benefits, includ ing the effectiveness of residue in reducing soil erosion. Also, far mers can see savings of up tosloa pass/acre in equipment wear and tear, fuel, lime, and other factors, according to Myers, But with using no-till, the overal soil loss is so much less than con ventional tillage. And in some hard-to-farm regions, no-till is being used successfully. If you have to use conventional tillage, use it to solve only specific problems in specific areas, accord ing to the SCS representative. Overall, industry, agencies, and Quality Grain Equipment At GSX // / YOUR EXCLUSIVEQSSX Conservation compliance is dependent on farm site, and can fit into any farm system, according to Joel Myers, state agronomist with the Soil Conservation Service (SCS), who spoke on how to achieve optimum residue management. farmers and working together to share information in providing improved soil stewardship. 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