Lunch and Learn: Nutrient Management

Under the regulations of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002 (NMA), a farmer may be required to have one or more of three documents:

• Nutrient Management Strategy (NMS)
  • Farms of > 5 nutrient units (NUs) that are constructing or expanding a livestock barn or manure storage facility.
• Nutrient Management Plan (NMP)
  • Nutrient applications in farm fields, crop rotation, tillage, projected yields and other management approaches
• Non-Agricultural Source Material (NASM) Plan
  • Similar to an NMP but also covers nutrients from off-farm sources

Certification Required:

Nutrient Management Courses:

• Introduction to Nutrient Management Course
• Regulations and Protocols Course
• NASM Plan Developer’s Course
• How to Prepare a Nutrient Management Strategy and Plan (NMS&P) Course
• How to Prepare a NASM Plan Course
• Broker Certificate Course
• Prescribed Materials Application Business Licence Course
• Prescribed Materials Application Business Licence & Broker Certificate Course
• Nutrient Application Technician Licence Course

AgriSuite can also be used to help farmers write their plans

• Crop Nutrient calculator to determine crop needs and nutrient removal
• the Organic Amendment calculator to determine available nutrients from a manure application
• the Fertilizer calculator to determine inorganic fertilizer applied or blends to meet crop requirements
• the Phosphorus Loss Assessment Tool for Ontario (PLATO) to compare management practices for estimating phosphorus loss from individual fields

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AgriSuite Tools: How they can help you

Intro to the New AgriSuite

AgriSuite Field Management Calculator – step by step introduction

AgriSuite Field Management calculator Step 1 – Farm/field setup

AgriSuite Field Management calculator – step 2 adding crops/ rotations

AgriSuite Field Management calculator step 3 adding fertilizer/manure

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