Nebraska Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan (CNMP)

I.  General Information

These documents may require Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Word, or Microsoft Excel.

Technical Guidance for the Development of CNMPs

NPPH Section II –Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning  – This document can used to help develop CNMPs, whether the CNMPs are developed for USDA’s voluntary programs or federal/state CAFO permitting programs.

Title 180 – Conservation Planning and Application: Part 600 – National Planning Procedures Handbook: Subpart E – Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning Technical Guidance

Resource Inventory Collection:  Forms and Examples

• NE-CPA-73 Inventory Jobsheet for CNMP has been developed for the collection of inventory information and land application sites for the development of a CNMP.  A thorough inventory of the entire operation (livestock, production site, storage structures, application sites, cropping history, tillage equipment, manure application equipment, land treatment measures, feed management options, other utilization options) must be completed to identify resource problems, opportunities, and concerns.

• Application Site Summary with Crop Use Spreadsheet (Also see Section II for additional Summaries)

  • Site Summary - Blank Spreadsheet (Option A)

  • Site Summary - Blank Spreadsheet (Option B)

• Land Application Site Maps (plan maps, topographic maps, USDS maps) to identify:

  • Soils and Soils Descriptions

    • Application Site Aerial Soils 2 Example

    •  Non-tech Soils Description Example

  • Sensitive Areas (sandy soils, surface water, ephemeral & classic gully erosion)

    • Application Sites Quad Example

  • Spreadable acres and setbacks to streams

• Land Application Site Agreements

  • Land Application Site Agreement Blank

  • Agreement for Land Application of Manure (NDEQ)

  • Example Written Agreement for Manure Land Application  (NDEQ)

Last Updated 03/24/2008