Ag Secretary Approves
First Nutrient Plan
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time to be promulagated and
approved. They went into effect
Oct. I.
Previously, the only farms with
nutrient management plans deve
loped them atthebehestofalender
seeking to protect its investment in
the farm, or those participating in
the Chesapeake Bay Program.
Plans are to be mandatory for
high-density livestock farms, and
voluntary for low-density lives-
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High-density farms are deter
mined according to the total
weight of the livestock raised on
the farm and the amount of acreage
suitable for accepting manure for
use as a nutrient in raising crops,
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By law, the threshold stocking
rate is 2,000 pounds of livestock or
poultry per acre of land that can
accept manure, including pasture,
to be considered a farm requiring a
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Medium Weight (1217-1269 lbs.): 1 . Jason
Rohrer. 2. Ryan Donough. 3. Jessica Rohrer.
Heavyweight (1292-1470 lbs.): 1. Ryan
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3. Joelynn Donough.
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PREVIEW STEER
Travis Donough
SHOWMANSHIP
From the left, Lancaster County Commissioner sits with state Secretary of
Agriculture Samuel Hayes Jr. who signs the first official nutrient management plan,
while Don Robinson, manager of the Lancaster County Conservation District awaits
his turn.
nutrient management plan.
That threshold was developed
because it represents a level at
which excess nitrogen is being
produced beyond the capability of
plants to use it. The goal is to
balance nitrogen uses with nitro
gen production.
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At its essence, a current farm
nutrient management plan outlines
how the farming operation intends
to utilize its animal manures and
prevent it from washing into
waterways.
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plant nutrients ate to be used; facts
and details about storm water man
agement; erosion control devices;
manure application methods and
handling practices; crops to be
raised: and any other considera
tions that affect the production of,
and use of, manure and nutrients
on the farm,
The agricultural com
munity has been integral
in developing and sup
porting the state law, as
well as developing the
details of the program
around which the reg
ulations were
composed.
By being proactive,
and sitting down with
some one-time or some
time adversaries in the
environmental
protectionist communi
ty, sharing information
and ideas, community
leaders and representa
tives were able to deve
lop mutually agreeable
and understandable reg
ulations to carry out the
state’s Nutrient Man
agement Act.
The operation at
Greystone Manor Farms
is considered low
density and the state’s
first plan was a volun
tary one.
The regulations were
created through four
years of work by the
15-member state Nutri
ent Management Advis
ory Board, which is to
continue to exist,
though the bulk of its
deadline work is now
done.
It was reported
Thursday that it is
believed that volunteers
horn the agricultural,
agribusiness, environ
mental. lending, and
community-at-large
sectors donated 15,000
to 20,000 manhours
toward creating the
regulations.
Signing the first
nutrient management
plan in Lancaster Coun
ty is also symbolic
because Lancaster
County is the most
farming intensive coun
ty in the state, and has
been blamed for being
one of'the largest of
Pennsylvania’s contri
butors of nutrients into
the Chesapeake Bay.
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