Project title:

Enhancing capacity in comprehensive nutrient management planning throughout Nebraska

Principal investigator:

C. Wortmann

R. Koelsch

C. Shapiro

R. Deloughery

Duration: 2002 to 2004

Funding: Nebraska Environmental Trust

Contact:

Charles Wortmann Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL, 154 Keim Hall, Lincoln NE 68583-0915, (402)472-2909 cwortmann2@unl.edu

Rick Koelsch Department of Biosystems Engineering, UNL, 218 Chase Hall, Lincoln NE 68583-0726, (402)472-4051

Charles Shapiro Northeast Research and Extension Center, Haskell Agricultural Laboratory, UNL, 57905 866 Road, Concord, NE 68728-2828, (402)584-2803, cshapiro1@unl.edu

Project description:

The project has four major objectives.

1. CNMP (Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning) teams consisting of extension educators will be established in each district to provide producer training and technical support.
2. Producers will receive training in development and implementation of CNMP.
3. Private consultants will receive training in development and implementation of CNMP to meet the knowledge requirements for certification as technical service providers.
4. Software programs will be adapted or developed to ease the development and implementation of CNMPs.

Key results:

In-service training has been provided to the extension educators and district teams have been formed.