nitrogen targeted performance std. example scenarios

Nitrogen Targeted Performance Std.

Example ScenariosOct. 14th TAC Meeting

Our Challenge• Protect Drinking Water• Be Proactive• Be Innovative• Work Together• Find Solutions• Healthy H2O AND Healthy Farms• Farmer-Based Solutions

“Don’t regulate where I’m going, regulate where I’ve been” – Jeff Endres, Yahara Pride Farms

Is My Field in a Sensitive Area?

Scenario 1Sensitive Area?

• N-restricted soil?• N-restricted township?• Well Setback?

Applicability

• No• No• No

Scenario 2Sensitive Area?

• N-restricted soil?

Applicability

• Yes

Scenario 3

Sensitive Area?• N-restricted soil?• N-restricted township?• Well Setback?• Exceptions? Cover crops,

perennial crops, potato rotation with covers?

Applicability• No• Yes• No• No

Scenario 3

Sensitive Area?• N-restricted soil?• N-restricted township?• Well Setback?• Exceptions? Cover crops,

perennial crops, potato rotation with covers?

Applicability• No• Yes• No• YES

Allowable Exception

Scenario 4

Sensitive Area?• N-restricted soil?• N-restricted township?• ‘P’ or ‘R’ Soil• Cover Crops, or other

exceptions?• Fall Commercial Nitrogen

Fertilizer

Applicability• No• Yes• Yes• No

• NO

Scenario 5

Sensitive Area?• N-restricted soil?• N-restricted township?• ‘P’ or ‘R’ Soil• Fall Commercial Nitrogen

Fertilizer• Exception: Cover crops for

potato rotation?

Applicability• Yes• Yes• Yes• Yes

• Yes

Allowable Exception

Discussion

Sensitive Area Determination

Sensitive Area Determination• N-Restricted

Soils• Townships

– Cmty. Wells– ¼ township– “Clear areas”– Adjacent towns– 3% Ag land– Point sources– Spill events– Land application– County review