Many farmers are concerned about the environmental impacts of their farming operations.
For livestock producers, a primary concern is proper manure handling and utilization or disposal. However, producers are equally concerned about the financial status of their farm business. The information needed to develop a manure application plan is the amount and analysis of manure on the farm, the fields where manure can be applied and their nutrient requirements, the application or hauling costs of manure, and the cost of commercial fertilizer. If you do not know the manure application rates for your fields, you can let MAP run an optimization to determine the most cost effective plan that does not over apply nutrients. The optimization will determine the application method and rate for each field, or you can select a method as a constraint for the filed.