Nutrient Management Planning Costs Leon Ressler Extension Agent Agriculture/Environment The Pennsylvania Nutrient Management Law created a pro gram to certify commercial nutri ent management planners. Ap proximately two hundred people have been provisionally certified to write plans in Pennsylvania. The provisional tag will be re moved from the certification status after three plans have been written and approved. Concen trated animal operations (those with two animal units per acre) which were in existence when the law became effective (October 1, 1997) have until September 30, 1998 to submit a nutrient man agement plan for their operations. The cost for most nutrient management plans will fall in the $3OO-$BOO range. What factors will effect the cost of a commer cially written plan? Simply put, the cost of the plan is really influ enced by the amount of time the planner has invested. So the more information you can provide the planner the less the plan will cost you. 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Other factors which will impact the cost include the number of acres in the plan, the number of individual fields, the number of different crops and the number of manure types on the operation. The more complex the operation the more the plan will cost. Ex porting of manure is fairly simple from a planning standpoint so if a large portion of manure is ex ported this will tend to reduce the cost of the plan. Some planners price the project on an acre basis and most plans will fall into the $3-$6 per acre range. Usually this price includes soil tests as well as taking the samples (one test for each 10-20 acres). Generally one manure test is included in this price. If the commercial planner includes these testing expenses in the plan cost, these costs will be eligible for cost share. Some planners will quote a price based on information about your operation learned dur ing a short phone conversation. Some planners will bill on an hourly rate basis. 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For commercially developed plans cost share for a farm of 0-50 acres is 75% of actual costs not to exceed $250. For 50 or more acres the cost share is 75% of costs not to exceed $4 per acre or $BOO per operation. Cost share funds are available for farmer developed plans as well. For a plan devel oped by an individual for his own operation the cost share is $2OO for an operation of up to 50 acres. For an operation over 50 acres the cost share is $3 per acre not to ex ceed $BOO per operation. Only concentrated animal operations will be eligible for cost share funds in the first year of the pro gram. After October 1, 1998 vol untary nutrient management plans will be able to receive cost share funds as well. If you decide you would like to become certified to write your own plan there is still opportunity to attend some training sessions and take the exam by mid sum mer. 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Susan Cunningham, of Hanoverton, Ohio, was the buyer for the two highest priced lambs. Other top-price lambs went to Bryian North of Waterford and John Kennedy of Mayport. The sale featured lambs out of Yeo Farms’ Cardinal Creek ram, as well as a ram bred by Yeo Farms that had been a part of Yeo Farms successful show flock two years ago. Winning first place in the individual judging competition in the junior division was Kevin Farrell, of Charlotte Hall, Md., and in the senior division Melissa Ferguson, of Geneva, Ohio. Out of a perfect score of 400, Farrell scored 365 and Ferguson scored 370. In the team competition, the blue ribbon of the junior division was captured by a team consist ing of Sara Braun of Mechanicsville, Md., Kevin Pikfville Equipment Oley, PA *215/987-6277 Ralph Kyle Mercer. 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There were four classes of beef cattle and four of Suffolk sheep. The classes were prejudged by John Allen 111. This was the second year that Allen of Armstrong Farms in Saxonsburg was the guest judge. He has shown cattle all over the country, was a star member of the Penn State Judging Team while in college, and is a past president of the American Junior Shorthorn Association. The "Wild and Wooly" 4-H Club of Ashtabula County, Ohio provided the snack bar for the event. Umbergers of Fontana Lebanon PA*7l7/867-5161 Waltemyer’s Sales A Service, Inc Red bon PA* 717/244 4168 Zimmerman Farm Service Bethel PA*7l7/933-4114
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