The Nutrient Management Home Page

Welcome to nmplanner.missouri.edu - the Nutrient Management home page. This website provides information and resources in the following areas:

  • Nutrient management planning
  • Manure management
  • Regulations affecting animal feeding operations

Please contact John Lory if you have problems with this web resource, have suggestions for new resources you would like to see on the site, or cannot find something you used to use on our old site.

What's New:

Registration Open - Nutrient Management Planning Course.  Registration is now open for the 2009 edition of the Nutrient Management Planning Course.  This two-part course covers the key concepts of nutrient management planning.  Follow the link for course flyer and more information.

Registration Open - Advanced Nutrient Management Course: This is a new two-day course focusing this year on "Nitrogen Management in Forage and Row Crops." There are no pre-requisites for this course.  Follow the link for more information. 

Amended Cole County Judge's Ruling:  On December 9, 2008 Cole County Judge Patricia S. Joyce released an amended ruling about a potential CAFO operation near the Village of Arrow Rock.

SNMP-2.0 Released: Spatial Nutrient Management Planner (SNMP) is a geographical information system (GIS) that helps collect and report spatial information used in nutrient management planning.  SNMP-2.0 was designed for ESRI ArcGIS 9.2 or 9.3 platforms.  Download this new tool at no charge. Version 2.0.0026 released Dec. 4, 2008 checks for installation prerequisites.

2008 has been a really wet year!  To date 2008 is the wettest year on record, wetter than 1993.  Dr. Pat Guinan, State Climatologist, put together a presentation highlighting some of the exceptional weather events from 2008.  This information was presented at the 2008 University of Missouri Swine Institute.

 

Website Index:

Nutrient Management Planning Software and Support: Nationally available software tools and internet access to data needed by nutrient management planners to write a plan.

Missouri Nutrient Management Tools: Missouri-specific tools that help nutrient management planners complete a plan. Includes some innovative tools that could be developed for other states... so take a look!

Missouri Manure Management Resources: Links to a diverse set of resources commonly needed by planners.

Training Opportunities: List of the nutrient management training courses offered by University of Missouri Extension. We try to offer Certified Crop Advisor and CAFO Operator continuing education credits for all these courses. No courses are currently scheduled.

Regulatory Issues: Information on CAFO regulatory issues at the national, state and county level.

Weather Resources: Tools to help you monitor and manage this most unpredictable element of Missouri Agriculture.

Related Resources: Links to other resources that may be helpful to nutrient management planners.

University of Missouri Links: Some of the most useful web resources at MU.