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Whole-Farm Nutrient Management on Dairy Farms to Improve Profitability and Environmental Impacts
Software Evaluation Project
NEW!! Final Report available in .pdf format.
In the final report you will find:
A comparison of nine nutrient management tools used in New York and Wisconsin,
A review of nutrient management regulations and the current status of the dairy industry in both states,
A description of nutrient management educational tools developed for both states,
and other related information.
A group of specialists
from the University of Wisconsin, US Dairy Forage Research Center and Cornell
University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences received a grant from the
National Center for Manure and Animal Waste Management in February 2003 to
evaluate nutrient management tools for dairy farms in New York and Wisconsin.
The project objectives
are to:
Describe dairy production systems in NY and WI;
Review and describe nutrient management
legislation (federal, state, local);
Evaluate current software packages ability to
address nutrient management issues in specific regions and across regions.
Members of the
collaborating groups met in February 2002 via video conference and on June 2-4,
2003 in Madison, Wisconsin to define project outputs and timelines.
During the Fall 2003 semester, a seminar series,
video-linked between Cornell and Wisconsin will feature one of each of the
selected software packages each week. Speakers at this seminar series will
address specific aspects of their software to respond to project
evaluation criteria.
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