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