Comment Period Allows Farmers A Voice In Nutrient Management Law
Pennsylvania P Index Version I (Released April 2003 Penn State, Dept Crop & Sod Sciences & USDA-ARS, Pasture Systems & Watershed Mgmt Research Unit)
Farm Identification
PART B SOURCE FACTORS
SOIL TEST |
FERTILIZER P RATE ~
0 2
Placed or Injected 2
FERTILIZER APPLICATION or more deep
METHOD
MANURE P RATE
0 2
Placed or iniected 2'
MANURE APPLICATION or more deep
METHOD
MANURE P AVAILABILITY I
Manui
PART B: TRANSPORT FACTORS
EROSION I
RUNOFF POTENTIAL ~ °
Very Low
SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE 0
None
CONTRIBUTING DISTANCE ° „
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MODIFIED CONNECTIVITY A p R pfte| to“^ t
< 150 FT
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MANAGEMENT GUIDANCE
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P Index Values
PA P Index Version 1 (Released April 2003, Penn Slate, Dept Crop Soil Sciences and USDA-ARS, Pasture Systems Watershed Mgmt Research Unit)
This worksheet is used to evaluate a field to calculate the P-index, determining what standard nitrogen or phos
phorus will be used to apply manure.
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Installation of H.D.P.E. Liner Systems for;
Dairy, Hog, and Veal Manure Storage Facilities
Seals manure in, subsurface water out
Concrete ramp for manure agitation and pumping
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PART A Field ID —► I
Soil Teet P Greater than 200 ppm P (Mehhch-3)
Contributing Diet. Less than 150 ft
200 ppm P=4oo lb P/acro for a plow layer depth soil sample
Field IP —► I I I I
Mehlich-3 Soil Test P (ppm P) 0 0 0 0
Soil Teat Rating = 0.20* Mehllch-3 Soil Ttrt P (ppm P) 0 0 0 0
Fertilizer P (lb P 2 Os/acre) ___ _______
04 I 06 I 08 I To
Incorporated <1 Incorporated > 1 week or not Incorporated >1 week Surface applied to
week following incorporated following or not incorporated frozen or snow
(application application in April - October following application in covered soil
Nov - March
Fertilizer Rating = Fertilizer Rate x Fertilizer Application Method 0 0 0 0
Manure P (lb P a O*/acre)
104106 0 8 I 1 0
Incorporated <1 Incorporated > 1 week or not Incorporated >1 week Surface applied to
week following incorporated following or not incorporated frozen or snow
application application in April - October following application In covered soil
Nov - March
Refer to P Index Fact Sheet Table 1 Organic P source availability coefficients
ire Rating = Manure Rate x Manure Application Method x Manure P Availability 0 0 0 0
I Source Factor Sum o o __o__ o
Field ID
Soil Loss (ton/A/yr) _____
349 to 250 H < 150 fl
ift Slim at Kroekm+Runoff Potantial+Subaurface Drainage -fContributing Distance 0 0 0 o
1 0 Direct Connection
Grassed Waterway or None APPLIES TO OIST
™iiwWrl > iso ft 1,,,
' v ModHtod Connr “ “ 000 000 j 000 r 000
Nutrient A|
P Index Ratim
Trarnport Sum x Modi
I USER'S NOTE
The final P Index value cell will change color as the
P Index rating changes from Low to Medium to High to Very High
The color coding in the Management Guidance Table corresponds
{to the color chanages that will be seen In the final P Index value cell
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these are just a few of the many
proposed changes on the table for
Pennsylvania’s Nutrient Manage
ment Act (Act 6).
The revisions for Act 6 are
coming close to a final draft
ready for public review. This is
Pennsylvania’s opportunity to re
view the proposed changes and
submit their thoughts on the pro
posals as this law revision heads
toward final approval and imple
mentation in late 2004.
“WeTe looking at regulations
changes, one, because our law re
quires that in five years we had to
relook at our regulations and see
if we were going the right way.
Secondly, we have had six years
of experience with the program
and people challenging what the
commission has done,” said
Doug Goodlander of the State
Conservation Commission
(SCC), which administers the
state’s nutirent management pro
gram.
For the commission, the new
program guidelines continue to
represent a balance between pub
lic concerns and keeping agricul
ture profitable, while avoiding
regulations that could negatively
impact the industry.
“The commission continues to
be in a balance of trying to ad
dress all these issues without
shutting the industry down,” said
Goodlander. “It’s a real balance
this is the next attempt at that
balance.”
The proposals have been ap
proved by the commission and
are being prepared for review by
the State Attorney General’s Of
fice with an estimated target date
for public review in January
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