Nutrient Management
Nutrient Management Classes
The six-week Nutrient Management classes are offered every year, usually starting in January, by agronomists from the Champlain Valley Crop, Soil and Pasture Team and the Northwest Crops and Soils Team. These classes give an overview of nutrient management and help you develop your own farm plan, created to the NRCS 590 Standard. The course utilizes the an online software tool goCrop™ to create your nutrient management plan.
In order to take the class, you must first obtain current soil tests and a land treatment plan with farm maps. If you have questions about the process of creating a nutrient management plan, contact us at champlain.crops@uvm.edu, 802-388-4969. Detailed Course Info at the Northwest Crops and Soils website.
Nutrient Management Resources
- Record Keeping (PDF) Fact Sheet
Manure Sampling (PDF) Fact Sheet- Nutrient Recommendations for Field Crops in VT (2018)
- Manure Spreader Calibration (PDF)
- How Far Can You Afford to Haul Manure? (PDF)
- Manure Hauling Calcuations (Excel file)
- PSNT for Topdressing Corn (Blog link)
- Writing and Funding Your Nutrient Management Plan (PDF)
- Updating Your Nutrient Management Plan in goCrop (PDF) - Northwest Crops and Soil Team
- Nutrient Recommendations for Wildlife Food Plots (PDF)
Nutrient Management Links
- Nutrient Management Manual and Excel Sheet, Northwest Crops and Soil Team
- goCrop Nutrient management planning and record keeping tool
- UVM Agriculture and Environmental Testing Lab [for an NMP soil tests should be in Modified Morgan regardless of where you send them]
- University of Maine Testing Services – includes composting and other specialty services not offered through UVM
- Natural Resource Atlas (VT ANR) for creating maps and obtaining watershed and soil information
- Nutrient Management by Crop Type, New England Vegetable Management Guide
Water Quality
- Water Quality and Agriculture in VT comprehensive list of web links compiled by the Center for Sustainable Agriculture
- Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets - Water Quality
- Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets - Financial Assistance
- The Vermont Phosphorus Index (P-Index) Revised 12/2017
- Vermont NRCS Strategic Watershed Planning Approach
- Lake Champlain Basin Program
- State of the Lake Report (2018)
- Vermont Department of Conservation – Clean Water Initiative
- Financial Opportunities for Farmers – Funding Sources to Address Farm Viability and Water Quality (PDF)
- Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets – Required Agricultural Practices
- Vermont Association of Conservation Districts, Required Agricultural Practices ‘Quiz’