It Starts with a Plan: Making Nutrient and Manure Management Work
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 1pm-4pm
By some estimates, state and local partners must double the current extent of basic nutrient management planning and implementation between now and 2025 in order to meet local water quality goals. Even more ambitious goals for implementing advanced approaches to nutrient management will rely on a sea change in sustained nutrient management in the region, while maintaining restoration accomplishments for local streams and the Bay. This panel will explore key aspects of building a more sustained and robust system for nutrient management planning and implementation in the region, including:
•Insights from producers and planners across the Bay region on what drives their approach to nutrient management and the challenges, opportunities, and tradeoffs inherent in nutrient management planning;
•Efforts to assess and revise state-based agronomic recommendations to incorporate new science on soil health and fertility; and
•A survey of promising efforts to increase the value of nutrient management planning for producers, deliver new technologies to assist in meeting local nutrient management needs, and identify systems-level “game changers” for regional nutrient management.