Nutrient Management Planning tool for Farmers Using the Internet

Allow users accessing the Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems (CARES) website to delineate a field and then save that field delineation on a secure website. This key advance in capabilities provides the basis for an internet-based tool that would allow a farmer to enter data about one or more fields through their web browser connected to the internet and then receive a nutrient management plan that they can then print and use to guide manure applications on that field. In its simplest use the tool provides maps showing the field location, spreadable acres, and setbacks. If the farmer also provided soil and manure test results, the tool will provide a manure rate recommendation, and a soil based phosphorus loss assessment and a phosphorus balance for the field.