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1. Please Personalize your copy of NHutman hn Company Nutrient Managment Inc Cert H 169 Caneel Figure 3 4 Personalize your copy of NutMan using this dialog box After you enter this information the program prompts for a confirmation of your name and the company you work for Planner CALS Information Systems Company Virginia Tech Certif 100 le this information corect Figure 3 5 Confirmation Dialog Click on Yes to launch NutMan or No to go back to the First Time User dialog Failure to enter proper certification number and or authorization code will result in plans that are not State Certified You will be given an option to Retry your certification attempt through the following dialog box If you do not have the proper authorization code then you will be asked to contact the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation for a new code Authorization Failed Contact Vii Dept of Conserv Recreation bea 771 0061 If vou have lost your authorization code Figure 3 6 Failed Authorization You will be allowed to use NutMan even if the authorization process fails However the plans so produced will display a note mentioning that the plan is not State Certified After the authorization process NutMan begins and displays a window with a toolbar and menu bar but little else Program Tools Toolbar The NutMan application window has a toolbar Figure 3 7
2. N If you change field soil types after you have entered crops for that field you must edit each crop and click the Calculate button in the Planting Season dialog box to force NutMan to recalculate the crop yield and nutrient needs for that season Do this for each crop season Previous Crop In the middle right of the Field Information dialog below the Soils list is a box with previous crop information The default is Fallow It is a clickable box where you can have a drop down list of various crops from which you can choose the crop last grown on the field Enter or verify the percentage of legume if the previous crop included legumes Crop Rotation Sequence Towards the bottom right of the Field Information dialog is a box with crop rotation information in it If you started a new plan this box will be empty until you specify the planned rotation for your field A rotation is represented as a series of crops Each crop added includes the season and the year in which it will be grown You can use the Add Edit Purge and Remove buttons to describe the planned rotation for this field As with other list dialogs click once on Add to add a crop click on a crop in the list area and click on Edit or Remove to change or delete the crop from 27 the rotation or click once on Purge to eliminate all crops Add and Edit bring up the Planting Season dialog box described b
3. Location Wythe Planner ohn Dog W Confined Livestock v Biosolids Add Edit Remove W Show Soils M Show Crops M Show Warnings Current Plan Season Year W Show Narratives Begin Max Sludge jis DryTons Acre End H arrative Cancel Figure 3 12 The Farm Information Dialog Box A description of the farm including its tracts fields crops and livestock is provided through this dialog Use the Farm Info dialog to describe the farm and set plan dates You should see many of the fields filled in with information you entered as NutMan Preferences see Setting NutMan Preferences above You may override those preferences for this farm by changing the information in this Farm Information dialog box changing information here will not affect the preferences Describing the farm consists of entering lists of tracts and fields adding descriptive narratives and entering information about manure production and biosolids In the Farm Information window be sure that the correct planner s name is entered Type in the name of the farm and choose the county where it is located by clicking on the pull down arrow to the right of the location box The farm s county is used as a default for all farm tracts For information about the function each of the checkboxes see Setting NutMan Preferences and Table 3 1 above Typing the first letter of the county name will scroll to that portion of th
4. Reading Editing and Removing a Note Open the Note Book either from one of the dialogs described above or by selecting Note Book from the Browse menu To read or edit a Note double click on its title or click on the Edit button Make edits as desired then click OK when finished To remove a Note select it by clicking once on its title then click the Remove button Associating a Note s to a Nutrient Application If you have not already done so from either of the Manure or Nutrient dialog boxes select the application that you wish to create a Note for then click the Note button To associate a Note s to the nutrient application select the Note by clicking once on its title To associate more than one Note click on their titles as well To disassociate a Note click on it again and it will be unselected Once you have selected the Notes you wish to associate click on the OK button Saving a Note to the Global Note Book To save a Note to the global Note Book select the Note from the list of Notes by clicking once on its title then click the Save button When you create read or edit a Note you have the option of selecting the Auto Save checkbox If you do so the Note will be saved to the global Note Book when you close the Note by clicking OK 13 Setting NutMan Preferences The first time you run NutMan you should enter some basic information in
5. descriptions of the storage facility 4 Season Production The bottom right of this Manure Production dialog has a Season Production section This splits up the total annual manure production for an animal group into seasonal percentages Editing an animal group Editing an animal group is similar to adding a group Go to the Manure Production option under the Farm menu It will bring you the Manure Groups dialog box Double click on the animal group you want to edit and NutMan will open the Manure Production dialog box This box will show all the information and data already entered for the selected animal group You can modify these data and click OK after all the changes are made Removing an animal group Removing an animal group is straight forward Just select the group you want to remove and click the Delete button This will remove the animal group from the Manure Groups dialog box 42 Chapter 6 Biosolids If you are creating a new plan and are done entering in your manure production information NutMan will check to see if you indicated that you wish to use biosolids and if so will automatically open the Biosolids Summary dialog box Figure 6 1 where you can begin to enter biosolid information If you are editing an already saved plan then you should choose Biosolids under the Farm to get to the Biosolids Summary dialog box Biosolids Summary
6. or Edit bring up the Soil Information dialog box Figure 4 4 Soil Information Mapping Unit Symbol Fa Cancel Soil Series Texture sandy loamy di Coarse Fragments Erosion Rock Outcrop Hydrologic Group B Slope Class Figure 4 4 Soil Information Dialog Box You can select a soil type for your field either by the name and or the mapping unit symbol As each soil is added the system will update the field s hydrologic group and slope class automatically but you can override these values manually if 26 necessary If you override the hydrologic group and slope class values NutMan puts a star next to the value to indicate that and it also inserts a comment in the Field Summary report As with other list dialogs click once on Add to add a soil type click on a soil type in the list area and click on Edit or Remove to change or delete the soil or click once on Purge to eliminate all soils You can choose a soil by map unit symbol from the soil survey for the field s county or by soil series name If you use the name be sure that the slope class letter code at the end of the map unit symbol is correct Enter a percent of the field for the soil and click OK The program enters the remaining percentage for you as a default The soil type has a direct bearing on the productivity of the field Changing the soil type would change the crop yield and crop nutrient needs
7. NutM Nutrient Management Software User s Manual ISIS Information Systems College of Agriculture amp Life Sciences Virginia Tech Blacksburg VA 24061 0365 December 21 1998 Nutrient Management Software NutMan The software described in this book is provided under a license agreement and should be used in accordance with those terms 1998 Virginia Tech All rights reserved NutMan version 1 28 User Guide Trademarks Microsoft MS MS DOS Visual Basic and Visual C are registered trademarks and Windows Windows 95 and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States of America and other countries IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation i License Agreement amp Warranty Information 1998 Virginia Tech All rights reserved NutMan version 1 28 User Guide License This software is provided for use under the agreement that you may a use the program on a single computer and b copy the program into any computer readable or printed form for back up purposes only You may not use copy modify or transfer the program or any copy or merged portion in whole or in part except as expressly provided for in this agreement The information contained in this manual and program is for informational purposes only It is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Virginia Tech or the Virginia Dep
8. Acreage 25 00 ac Application Method Broadcast gt 7days gt Season Crop Allocation Excess Manure 1090 91 kgals Corn grain Corn grain Hye cover Rye cover Corn silage Corn silage Available Amount 316 68 kgals 12 67 sac Allowed Amount yea kgals HJA fac Amount to Allocate kgalz acre Manure Properties N F K Ibs kgal 6 96 12 0 18 92 Storage Overflow Allocate to N Manure Type Amount Unit aaaea Total Allocated Rye cover a Corn grain HA NA NA Commercial Commercial Balance H P K Before Com 0 170 335 After Comm 170 335 Season Allocation Reset Hote powo o Cancel Figure 7 1 Manure Allocation by Field Dialog Box Allocating Manure Biosolids 1 Selecta Season Towards the middle left on this dialog box there is a table indicating the season the crop name and the allocation of manure or biosolid to that crop Season is listed by the year and a letter indicating one of Spring Summer Fall or Winter Click once on a season to select it it should now be highlighted Double clicking on any particular crop or season to get to the Manure Allocation By Season dialog Figure 7 2 The allocation is signified by the amount of the first type of manure biosolid that was allocated for that season followed by the first letter of the allocation units an abbreviation of the manure biosolid type and a plus sign if more than one typ
9. CCE of the biosolid in the boxes provided These fields are enabled only if a Lime Stabilized digestion type is selected e Digestion type The top right corner of the New Biosolids Group dialog has a list to indicate the digestion type involved in the preparation of the biosolid You can click on the list and select one of four types of digestion Lime Stabilized Aerobic Anaerobic and Composed e Available Amount Below the Digestion Type list are the options to indicate the available amount of biosolids in Tons from the current biosolid group If you choose a limited amount of biosolids as being available then indicate the number of tons in the box provided You can also specify unlimited biosolid availability where you need not mention the number of tons available The bottom right portion of this dialog box has three buttons You can choose Cancel to discard any changes you made in this dialog You can add a narrative to this biosolid group by clicking on the Narrative button After you complete all the information in this dialog click on OK to go back to the Biosolids Summary dialog This dialog lists all the biosolid groups and provides a summary of the nutrient contents The values listed are in pounds before application losses Editing a Biosolids Group Editing a biosolids group is similar to adding a group Go to the Biosolids option under the Farm menu It will bring you the Biosolids Summar
10. Calculate button is grayed out Planting Season Corn grain No Till Figure 4 9 The Planting Season Dialog You can use either the TAB key or the mouse to move from one entry to the next Selecting a Crop To select a crop either choose a predefined crop from the pull down list or click the Other button The crops available in the predefined list are variable and depend on the planting season If you click Other NutMan will display a dialog prompting you for the name and the yield units i e tons bushels lbs NutMan enters the acre for you for that crop Enter the appropriate information and click on OK The crop name will now be displayed in the Planting Season dialog box For predefined crops the crop name is displayed via the pull down list e Multi year crops Multi year crops like Alfalfa are listed with two options 1 Establishment estb and 2 Maintenance maint The default 33 duration for an establishment crop is five years and for a maintenance crop is one year You can change these values to reflect your rotation conditions more accurately e Double Crop Soybean If your rotation involves a soybeans double cropped with Wheat or Barley simply select either Wheat Soy D C or Barley Soy D C from the list You need not enter these two crops as separate entities The system will automatically add these two crops to your rotation Planting and Harvesting Dates If the crop you
11. In the opened dialog box Figure 2 1 type A setup exe and hit RETURN or ENTER on your keyboard if your drive letter is B then type B setup exe in the dialog box Command Line po Run Minimized Figure 2 1 To install NutMan from Windows 3 1 choose Run from the File Menu in the Program Manager window Type in A setup exe inthe space provided and click on OK To Install in Windows 95 or Windows NT From the Start menu choose Run and in the dialog box Figure 2 2 that opens type A setup exe and click on the OK button Run EE Type the name of a program folder or document and Windows Will open it for pou Oper la Setup ese Cancel Browse Figure 2 2 To install NutMan in Windows 95 or NT choose Run from the Start Menu TypeA setup exe inthe space provided and click on OK This program installs NutMan onto your hard drive and adds a shortcut to NutMan in the Programs section of your Windows Start menu Chapter 3 Using NutMan What You Should Know NutMan does many calculations for you but you as the planner are still responsible for the accuracy and appropriateness of your plans You will find that NutMan allows you to override default values and even make mistakes Make sure you review the information in your plans thoroughly Getting Help Select Index from the NutMan Help menu or click on the Help bu
12. Corn as long as they are in different tracts however we recommend you avoid any duplication 24 e Location The county shown here is the Tracts county but you may change it if need be N Changing a field s location will eliminate its soil information and invalidate all yield and nutrient recommendations if they have already been entered e CFSA Number The number used by CFSA to refer to the field e Manure Rating This field has three options Either OK Possible or Never Choose one of these options using the pull down list This rating will be used in future versions of NutMan to help suggest manure allocation schemes It indicates the farmers preference about whether you should consider applying manure to that particular field e Acreage and Usable Acreage Enter either or both values here Usable acres are used in calculations and must be less than or equal to Acreage i e the measured acreage Reduce usable acreage to account for buffers field borders rock outcrops or other factors that limit the area over which you apply fertilizers or manure Past Manure Applications The Past Manure box middle left describes this field s history of manure applications before the beginning date of the plan It is used to calculate residual nitrogen levels during subsequent years This box also has a Biosolids button When you click this button NutMan will open the Biosolids History
13. Manure Allocation by Season from the Nutrients menu the Manure Allocation by Season dialog box Figure 7 2 will appear showing a list of manure biosolid allocations for all fields in a particular season It will list all the information about that season along with the tract field name acreage crop nutrient balance and the amount of the first manure biosolid allocation 52 Manure Allocation by Season Ea Season 1998 Spring be Man Double N P K Rank Tract Field Ac Crop Crop Balance Allocation Alfalfa Alfalfa Hay estb 15 130 130 Grass Hay Orchardgqrass hay mt 35 10 55 Sludge cor Corn grain 0 100 45 Pasture Grass Pasture 0 5 40 Rotations Alf corn r Alfalfa hap maint 15 40 165 com smar Corn grain 5 10 55 Manure Allocation Total Allocated Manure dairy n Manure Type Method Broadcast gt fdays gt Excess Manure 1090 91 kgals Available Amount 93 32 kgals 373 7ac Allowed Amount H A N A ac Rate Doo kgals acre Remove Allocate Alloc to H Manure Properties H P E Ibs kqal Field Allocation Commercial Note 6 96 12 07 18 92 A all dd Reset Cancel Figure 7 2 Manure Allocation by Season Dialog The top half of this dialog box has a table that groups all the manure allocations by a single season Changing the season in the Season list will allow you to view all the manure allocations in another season
14. Schedule The Manure Schedule report gives you a manure spreading Summary in a format The season in which the manure is spread the field on which manure is applied the area acreage of the field rate of application acre and the total manure application in that field for that season It also lists the crop in that season and gives you a running total of manure applied by the manure type Manure Summaries The Manure Summaries option gives you an overview of the manure produced on your farm based on the livestock information provided It summarizes the number of animal groups and the number of animals in each group It breaks up the total manure produced by season gives you an analysis of the manure TKN P205 K20 and NH and tabulates the plant available nutrients under Immediate Incorporation Surface Applied and Residual N categories Productivity Report The Productivity report indicates productivity classes for major crops based on soil series by field and also indicates the environmental risks associated with individual fields This report also indicated what the productivity classes mean in terms of yield acre in a tabular format Soil Test The Soil Test Summary lists the soil test results P205 K20 and pH and includes lime data by date and tons per application Results are listed by field names under each tract on the farm Application Summary The Application Summary tabulates the li
15. Tillage Crop Yield Crop Nutrient Needs Soil Test Results Lime Calculations CHAPTER 5 MANURE PRODUCTION ADDING AN ANIMAL GROUP THE MANURE PRODUCTION DIALOG BOX Manure Nutrient Analysis Manure Production Manure Storage Season Production EDITING AN ANIMAL GROUP REMOVING AN ANIMAL GROUP CHAPTER 6 BIOSOLIDS ADDING A BIOSOLID GROUP EDITING A BIOSOLIDS GROUP REMOVING A BIOSOLIDS GROUP APPLYING BIOSOLIDS TO YOUR FARM BIOSOLIDS HISTORY CHAPTER 7 NUTRIENT APPLICATIONS 15 15 15 16 16 18 19 20 21 21 22 22 23 24 24 25 26 26 27 2 28 31 32 33 34 34 34 35 35 35 36 37 38 40 40 40 41 42 42 42 43 44 45 45 46 46 49 Vill MANURE ALLOCATIONS BY FIELD ALLOCATING MANURE BIOSOLIDS MANURE ALLOCATION BY SEASON COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS APPLYING COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER CHAPTER 8 PLAN OUTPUT NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT JOB SHEET FARM SUMMARY FIELD SUMMARIES MANURE SCHEDULE MANURE SUMMARIES PRODUCTIVITY REPORT SOIL TEST APPLICATION SUMMARY PRINTING YOUR NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLANS 49 50 52 54 55 56 56 56 56 57 57 57 57 57 58 1X Chapter 1 Getting Started Welcome to NutMan This chapter tells you what is in your NutMan package what equipment you need and what you need to know to use this program This manual is designed to teach the first time user how to install and run NutMan This manual assumes that you are familiar with your operatin
16. have selected is the first crop in the planned rotation for the field the planting season of the crop defaults to the first season of the current plan if it is not the first crop the planting season defaults to the harvest season of the previous crop The harvest season is automatically calculated for crops selected from the predefined list according to the number of seasons for that crop You can change these data manually If you enter a crop that is not predefined then you must select the proper harvest season yourself Tillage Select one of Conventional Minimum or No Till to describe the tillage practices for the selected crop This is done automatically for predefined crops Crop Yield Crop yield is influenced by soil type field features and soil test results Crop yields and units for predefined crops are stored in NutMan s database NutMan will calculate the yield for predefined crops when you click the Calculate button You can manually change the calculated crop yield to customize the plan for your specific field If the crop yield is modified manually a little star will appear on the right side of the yield box indicating that it has been modified This change will also be indicated in the Field Summary report After you have changed the crop yield manually you should click the Calculate button and NutMan will recalculate the crop nutrient need for the different yield You may not see any change in
17. indicated in the season table described above in the nutrient need balance table with excess amounts in parentheses and in the total manure biosolid allocation table shows the total allocated manure biosolid on the field in the season selected More than one manure biosolid allocation can be made per season to the same field You may choose different manure biosolid types or even multiple applications of the same type within a season To remove an allocation from a season be sure the right season is selected in the season table select the allocation to be removed from the total manure biosolid table and then click the Remove button or just double click the allocation All allocations for ALL seasons in the nutrient plan in a field can be cleared by clicking on the Reset button N Caution There is no undo when you click the Reset button Remember that the Reset button clears all the allocations for the field for every season in the nutrient plan NutMan will also calculate the after commercial fertilizer nutrient need balance for you in the nutrient needs balance table once you have defined an application see Commercial Fertilizer Applications below You can go to the Seasonal Manure Allocation and Commercial Fertilizer Application dialog boxes by clicking the corresponding buttons These dialog boxes will be displayed with the currently selected field and season Manure Allocation by Season If you choose
18. nutrient 34 needs depending on the crop the soil test results and the degree of change in the crop yield However clicking the Calculate button again removes the little star from beside the yield box Crop Nutrient Needs Crop nutrient needs N P K is the nutrient deficit determined by the nutrient requirements for that crop and soil test results for that field If the soil test results show a nutrient level above the nutrient requirements of the chosen crop then there is no nutrient deficit and no nutrient need Crop nutrient requirements for predefined crops are stored in NutMan s database NutMan will calculate the nutrient needs for predefined crops when you click the Calculate button You can manually change the calculated crop nutrient needs to customize the plan for your specific field See the Calculation section below for instructions on preventing customized crop nutrient needs from being overridden Soil Test Results Soil test results shown in the Planting Season dialog are based either on the most recent soil test for that field the defaults set in NutMan Preferences or the defaults set with the Soil Test History dialog box s Set Default button Soil test results that are based on one of the defaults are signified by Default You may enter a recent soil test by clicking the Soil Tests button and adding a test in the Soil Test History dialog box Once you are done adding a soil test click on OK t
19. of Animal Groups by clicking the Cancel button A Manure Production dialog box Figure 5 4 will appear if you click the OK button in the Animal Groups dialog Manure Production Manure Storage Manure Analysis TKN P205 K20 NH4 N Storage Type lbs per kgals Surface Area 10000 sq Ft Cleanout Frequency Per yr Starting Manure ar Season Production 4 Manure Production Spring Summer Fall Winter Manure to Buy Total Available Manure Harative Calculation Cancel Figure 5 4 The Manure Production Dialog Box 39 The Manure Production Dialog Box You can enter information regarding manure production and handling for a particular animal group and manure type using the Manure Production dialog box Figure 5 4 The top right corner of the dialog box indicates the animal type and the manure type as indicated in the Animal Groups dialog box Figure 5 3 Give a descriptive name to the animal group in the top left corner Manure Nutrient Analysis The middle left portion has manure nutrient analysis information in it The manure analysis is default data based on the manure type NutMan does not contain default values for several types including dairy cow liquid lagoon beef cow liquid lagoon and slurry and swine semi solid You may change the analysis as necessary Manure Production The Manure Production box includes the number of animals in your group to
20. HAT IS NUTMAN 1 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS 1 PRINTER 2 WHAT IS IN THE PACKAGE 2 WHAT IS IN THIS MANUAL 2 CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL 2 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING NUTMAN 3 BEFORE YOU INSTALL 3 INSTALLATION 3 TO INSTALL IN WINDOWS 3 X 3 TO INSTALL IN WINDOWS 95 OR WINDOWS NT 4 CHAPTER 3 USING NUTMAN 5 WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW GETTING HELP LAUNCHING NUTMAN FOR WINDOWS 3 X USERS FOR WINDOWS 95 OR WINDOWS NT USERS AUTHORIZATION PROGRAM TOOLS TOOLBAR MENUS File Menu Edit Menu Farm Menu Nutrients Menu View Menu Window Menu Help Menu NARRATIVES Creating a Narrative Using the Narrative Glossary NOTES Creating a Note Reading Editing and Removing a Note Associating a Note s to a Nutrient Application Saving a Note to the Global Note Book SETTING NUTMAN PREFERENCES Nutrient Plan Features checkboxes eee ee e m e MBWWWWNR KK DODD V YV V VY Vovo FWA UmMuanwn Vil Soil Test default Biosolid Application default Tillage Options Dialog Box MANAGING PLAN FILES CREATING A NEW PLAN SAVING A PLAN OPENING AN EXISTING PLAN QUITTING NUTMAN CHAPTER 4 DESCRIBING A FARM EDITING FARM INFORMATION NARRATIVES FARM TRACT AND FIELD EDITING TRACT INFORMATION EDITING FIELD INFORMATION FIELD DESCRIPTION General Description Past Manure Applications Field Features Soils Previous Crop Crop Rotation Sequence SOIL TESTS LIME APPLICATIONS PLANTING SEASON DIALOG BOX Selecting a Crop Planting and Harvesting Dates
21. Other information and tasks are similar to the Field Allocation dialog box By clicking the Reset button all the manure allocations in the selected season for ALL fields will be cleared N Caution There is no undo when you click the Reset button Remember that the Reset button clears all the allocations for the field for every season in the nutrient plan The bottom half of this screen has a Manure Allocation section to the left and the Total Allocated section to the right These sections are the same as those described in the Manure Allocation by Field dialog 53 From the Manure Allocation by Season dialog you can go to the Field Allocation and Commercial Fertilizer Application dialog boxes by clicking the corresponding buttons These dialog boxes will be displayed with the currently selected season and field Commercial Fertilizer Applications If you choose Commercial Fertilizer from the Nutrients menu the Commercial Fertilizer by Field dialog box Figure 7 3 will appear It shows all the seasons crops with their nutrient balances in a single field Selecting a season crop will list all the commercial fertilizer applications for that season crop in the Fertilizer List section Commercial Fertilizer by Field Ea Tract Field Alf corm rye gt Acreage 20 00 acres Season Crop Balance Total Applications Alfalfa hay maint 15 40 165 Alfalfa hay maint 15 40 165 Al
22. ading including the name of the farm tract and county It includes the following columns field CFSA No name size acreage year of planting crops in the rotation nutrient needs manure rate amp type Season incorporation time IT applied manure N P K nutrient balances NET commercial N P K and list of note numbers All numbered notes will be shown in their entirety at the bottom of a page In addition to the Job Sheet the program generates several other summaries as part of its output These can be accessed under the View menu in the NutMan program menu bar A brief description of each of these options follows Farm Summary The Farm Information option under the View menu shows a summary of the farm It displays the current plan duration the name and location of the farm the name of the specialist and all the narratives associated with the Farm Information dialog This sheet also lists the tract names location and their CFSA number Field level information is not Summarized under this option Field Summaries This option gives you a summary of all the information you would have entered for your fields It lists the total acreage the location soil test data the hydrologic group and the slope class of each field in your farm by the tract name and the field name It also lists soil warnings the crop rotation in the field and the most recent lime application information in the summary 56 Manure
23. alog box or choosing the tract field from the Farm 23 menu on the Menu Bar Open the Field Information dialog for the field you want to edit This Field Information dialog box has several parts Field Information Name ENIDE Tract Home 10B FREDERICK Location Wythe CFSA Number kaa Hanure Rating OF Hydro Group B 7 Total 100 Acreage Usable 25 Slope Class Past Manure Manure Type Dairy Beef Biosolids Add E dit Purge Remove Previous Crop Freq in 39S Continuous 4 5 x Avg Rate wel tons or kgals per acre TKH P HH4 H k Features Artificially Drained Flood Plain irrigated Legume Fallow Rotation 1996 Spring Corn grain 1998 Fall Winter Aye cover 1999 Spring Corn silage Add E dit Purge Remove opp from Tract Field Lime Soil Tests Calculate aS ee Narrative Cancel Adjacent to waterways V Sink Holes Figure 4 3 Field Information Dialog Box You can use the TAB key or the mouse to edit individual entries in this dialog Field Description General Description In the upper left you must enter or verify descriptive information for this field including e Name Enter a unique name for the field It can be text or a number or a combination of both e g corn 2 sawmill or 21 N Field names need only be unique within a tract so you could have two fields named
24. artment of Conservation and Recreation Virginia Tech or the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation assume no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual and program You may print additional copies of this manual in its entirety as necessary however you may not modify contents of this manual without the prior written consent of Virginia Tech The program is owned by Virginia Tech and is protected by United States copyright laws and international treaty provisions Therefore you must treat the program and the manual like any other copyrighted material e g a book or a musical recording except that you may either a make one copy of the program solely for back up or archival purposes or b transfer the program to a single hard disk provided you keep the original solely for back up or archival purposes This program is not for sale It is provided by Virginia Tech and the Department of Conservation amp Recreation When you receive this program you will be asked to fill out a registration card 1V Limited Warranty and Remedies Virginia Tech warrants the diskette s on which the program is furnished to be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for a period of ninety 90 days from the date of delivery to you as evidenced by a copy of your receipt This warranty is not transferable During the 90 day warranty period Virginia Tech will replace any NutMan pr
25. ation to a new farm file Print prints the report window in the foreground Print Preview displays what the printed report window would look like good for checking margins Print Setup specifies margins and other settings for printing Exit quits the NutMan application Edit Menu Preferences opens the NutMan Preferences dialog Farm Menu Farm opens the Farm Information dialog Manure Production opens the Manure Groups dialog Biosolids opens the Biosolids Summary dialog Tracts Fields opens the Field Information dialog for the field selected Nutrients Menu Manure Allocation by Field Manure Allocation by Season Commercial Fertilizer opens their respective dialog boxes Browse Menu Note Book opens the Note Book for this Farm Soil Tests Lime and Biosolids opens the dialog box that displays the most recent application for each of these respectively View Menu Farm Summary Field Summary Job Sheet Manure Schedule Manure Summary Productivity Report Soil Test and Application Summary opens their respective report windows Toolbar and Status Bar controls what is displayed on the NutMan screen both should have a check beside them Window Menu New Window opens a new window as a clone of an already opened window not useful Cascade and Tile arranges NutMan windows so all are visible Arrange Icons not applicable List of Open NutMan Window
26. c into the textbox on the left To insert the text from a glossary item into your Narrative select the appropriate glossary item and click the Insert button Once you have completed your Narrative click on the Done button Using the Narrative Glossary The NutMan Narrative Glossary is a global glossary because the information is stored in the NutMan application itself and not just in a particular farm file This means that narrative information entered into the glossary is available from any farm file opened on that particular computer Use the glossary to store narrative information that you might need to enter in several narratives Type it in once to the glossary and then insert it into other narratives 11 To create a new glossary item click on the New button in the Narrative dialog To create a new glossary item from an existing Narrative you must have that Narrative open This means that if the Narrative is about a particular tract you must open the dialog box for that tract and click on the Narrative button Highlight the text that you want to include then click the New button The highlighted text should have been copied to the glossary item Give the item a title and then click OK To edit or delete a glossary item select the item and click the appropriate button Notes Notes are similar to Narratives but instead of describing a field they are used for clarifying specific applications of manure biosolids or co
27. ct one from the drop down list Calculate an Application Amount From the fertilizer application section note the new nutrient balance It should be the same as the balance after manure biosolid allocations displayed in the upper section of the dialog box This is the target amount of N P and K to apply Chose an fertilizer application rate from blends that you have available that will best meet the nutrient needs of the crop Enter that blend of N P and K into the appropriate area You could also a select a recent application from the recent application drop down list Next click on the Apply button The application you just defined should show up in the fertilizer list on the bottom right The new balance should be recalculated on the bottom left and the application should be added to the total application for the corresponding season at the top of the dialog box To remove a fertilizer application be sure that the correct tract field and season are selected at the top of the dialog box Then from the fertilizer list in the lower right select the application to remove and click on the Remove button 55 Chapter 8 Plan Output Nutrient Management Job Sheet Once you have completed the Farm Manure Biosolid and Nutrient information the program will show a Job Sheet in the background The Job Sheet shows the current nutrient management plan in a table Each tract has a Job Sheet table Each Job Sheet table has a he
28. dialog box explained in Chapter 6 Past Manure Application descriptors include e Manure Type You must choose one from the pull down list Choices are Poultry Dairy Beef or Swine manure e Frequency Select an application frequency of Rare Frequent or Continuous representing the number of years 0 to 1 2 to 3 or 4 to 5 respectively for the last five years that manure was applied to this field AN Note that setting the frequency to Rare or the Average Rate to Zero results in no residual Nitrogen credit from past manure applications 25 e Average Rate Enter the average amount of manure applied per application in the past in either tons or thousands of gallons per acre e Manure Nutrient Analysis Values Default nutrient values TKN P K and NH4 N for the chosen manure type are shown in lbs kgal ton You may edit these values and they will be saved with the plan for this field only Field Features The Features box lower middle left lets you record some field features that affect management considerations and or yield on your field Check all the boxes that apply to your field conditions Soils In the upper right of the Field Information dialog is the Soils section A field may contain one or more soil types Each soil type added includes the percent of the field it comprises Here you use the Add Edit Purge and Remove buttons to select the soil s for this field Clicking Add
29. ds Group x Digestion Hame Type Lime Stablized Application Type Solid i Cake Solid Available Amount Liquid Unlimited C Limited to Wet Tons Biosolids Analysis mg kg TKN P K NH4 N NO3 Harrative Cancel di CaCO3 Equivalent pH ZECE 0 Figure 6 2 The New Biosolids Group Dialog Box You can add a new biosolids group or edit an existing one using this dialog e Name This field appears in the top left corner of the New Biosolids Group dialog Enter a descriptive name to the biosolid group here e Application Type Beneath the name box is the application type information Here choose the type of biosolid application liquid or cake solid Indicate the extent of the solid portion solid If the cake solid application type is chosen solid defaults to 30 If the liquid type of application is chosen solid defaults to 0 You can change the percentage of solid here as necessary e Biosolid Nutrient Analysis mg Kg The middle portion of the dialog box contains an analysis of the biosolid s nitrogen TKN phosphorus P potassium K ammonical nitrogen NH N and nitrate nitrogen NOs contents The default is zero for all these values You must customize the values for your biosolid 44 e CaCO Equivalent The bottom portion of the dialog has two options for indicating the CaCO equivalency of the biosolid You can specify the pH of the biosolid and or indicate the
30. e The Farm Information dialog includes the beginning and ending dates for your nutrient management plan The plan duration is the default is set in NutMan Preferences NutMan determines the beginning season Spring or Fall Winter and 17 year based on your computer s internal clock You can change these values in the Farm Info dialog if necessary click on the pull down list The Tracts box in the upper right hand corner of this Farm Information dialog shows a list of tracts on the farm All farms must have at least one tract Tracts are made up of fields described later To add tracts click on the Add button This will take you to another dialog box called Tract Information Further information on adding tracts and fields to a farm can be found in the next chapter Describing a Farm Saving a Plan Nutrient management plans are saved in files in order to be read later NutMan automatically saves your plan file whenever you close all dialogs Once you have entered the farm information click the OK button on the Farm Information dialog NutMan then gives you a dialog box asking you to confirm the start and end dates of your plan Figure 3 13 Plan Dates E4 The plan begins Spring of 1997 and ends FallAwinter of 2000 ls that OE Cancel Figure 3 13 Dialog box asking for the confirmation of starting and ending dates for your plan Click OK and then the program will ask you if
31. e of manure biosolid that was allocated for that season Finally if one of the manure types will overflow its storage container a small asterisk is placed in the allocation column in that season to alert the nutrient planner Below the table of seasons is table that lists the nutrient needs balance for the season selected This shows before commercial fertilizer 50 application and after commercial fertilizer application The before commercial fertilizer row is the nutrient needs balance after manure biosolid allocations The after commercial fertilizer row is the balance after both manure biosolid and commercial fertilizer applications Select a Manure Biosolid Type to Allocate Choose a type of manure or biosolid to allocate to the field for the season selected You may choose from any of the manure biosolid groups you defined see Chapters 5 amp 6 Also choose the method to apply the manure biosolid to the field NutMan will then display some information about the manure biosolid type selected NutMan lists for manure only the total amount of the selected manure type to be produced during the period of the nutrient plan as Excess Manure For both manure and biosolids the amount available for that season is displayed in tons and displays in parentheses the maximum allocation for the field in question For biosolids NutMan displays the maximum allowable allocation set in NutMan preferences and or Farm Information dialog box Las
32. elds to the tract To edit an existing tract highlight that tract name from the list by clicking on it then click the Edit button beneath the Tracts box To remove a particular tract highlight the name of that and click on the Remove button Removing a tract also deletes all the fields associated with that tract Double clicking on an item in a list will usually open that item for editing Complete the Farm Information Farm and Planner name County and plan dates according to the instructions provided in the previous chapter on creating a new plan but do not close the window N Be sure to check the confined livestock box if you intend to apply manure to the farm Narratives Farm Tract and Field You may click on the Narrative button in the Farm Tract and Field dialog boxes to enter text that describes it This feature is described in detail in Chapter 3 Using NutMan under the Tools section Editing Tract Information To edit tract information open the Tract Information dialog box by either selecting the tract from the Farm Information dialog box or choosing the tract from the Farm menu on the Menu Bar The Tract Information dialog box Figure 4 2 is similar to the Farm Info dialog box Here you name the tract record its CFSA tract number state its location enter a descriptive narrative and create the tract s list of fields Each tract has a location that by default is the same as
33. elow see Figure 4 7 e Copying Rotations from other fields If you have more than one field tract there is an option in the Field Information dialog box to copy a complete rotation from one field into another It is more than likely that farmer s choose to grow the same rotation in several of their fields in a given tract To avoid duplicate data entry you can click on the Copy From button and select the field and tract you want to copy rotation data from That data will be automatically added to your current field This will only copy the crop rotation sequence including non predefined crops It will include just the default crop yield crop nutrient need and lime application values for the predefined crops from NutMan s database It will not copy over customized crop yields crop nutrient needs lime applications or soil tests Soil Tests Clicking the Soil Test button on either the Field Information or the Planting Season dialog boxes will open the Soil Test History dialog box Figure 4 5 Soil Test History E Tract Field Home gt Cormn rye gt Date pH F E Soil Test Result Season Spring Year 1998 Add pH Estimate Remove YT A amp L fo Purge jo Set Default Browse All Lime Cancel Figure 4 5 Soil Test History Dialog Box 28 This dialog box has the name of the tract and field at the top and has a box to store results from your soil tests Fields and their crops u
34. falfa hay maint 15 40 165 Alfalfa hay maint 15 40 165 Corn grain Corn grain Rye covrer Hye cover Corn grain 5 Sook aoowmm cos eS I I I I I S2eeoorocs I I Fertilizer List Appl Method Commercial Nitrogen Application plies isch 40 0 0 i p H F Fertilizer o o Oo Hew Balance 0 Hote Figure 7 3 The Commercial Fertilizer by Field Dialog Box This dialog has the Tract name the Field name and the acreage displayed across the top The middle portion of the screen has a table that lists seasonal allocations of commercial fertilizer in the field This table has the season year and a suffix indicating the season crop nutrient balance after manure biosolid allocations and the total commercial fertilizer applications received in that season 54 Applying Commercial Fertilizer 1 Select the Season At the top of this dialog box there is a table indicating the season crop name nutrient balance after manure biosolid allocations and the total commercial fertilizer applications received in that season Season is listed by the year anda letter indicating one of Spring Summer Fall or Winter Click once on a season to select it it should now be highlighted Select an Application Method The bottom left of this dialog box has the fertilizer application section Here you must specify an application method broadcast banded topdress or sidedress Sele
35. g system Microsoft Windows 3 x or Windows 95 NT What is NutMan NutMan is a program that helps nutrient management planners develop plans Nutrient management involves the allocation of nutrients to crop fields and pastures so that plants receive adequate nutrient at appropriate times manure is allocated efficiently and both costs and environmental risks are minimized The fundamentals of such planning are described in Virginia Nutrient Management Standards and Criteria Department of Conservation and Recreation Richmond Virginia revised November 1995 You should be familiar with these standards and criteria before you use NutMan Hardware and Software Requirements e A personal computer running Microsoft Windows 3 1 or higher Windows 95 or Windows NT e A 3 1 2 floppy disk drive e A hard disk with a minimum of 4MB free space e Atleast 16 MB of RAM Printer NutMan will print to any correctly installed printer through the Windows 3 x or Windows 95 NT operating systems To print NutMan reports you may have to change the properties in your printer settings to 300dpi What is in the package 1 One 3 1 2 floppy disk 2 License Agreement and Warranty Information 3 This manual What is in this manual This manual is organized into eight chapters Getting Started Installing NutMan Using NutMan Describing a Farm Manure Production Biosolids Nutrient Applications and Plan Output Conventions used
36. ge Option Dialog x Tillage Option for Productivity Group TILLAGE Conventional Minimum Corn a 2 Small Grain Alfalfa Grass Hay Cancel Figure 3 11 Tillage Options Dialog Box This dialog sets the tillage options for the crops used in the Productivity Report Managing Plan Files Creating a New Plan Each nutrient management plan including all the farm tract field livestock manure and nutrient application information and associated narratives and notes is stored as a separate file There are numerous dialog boxes that allow you complete this information and store it collectively in one single file called a Plan File NutMan will guide you through the steps in creating a plan This means that the Farm Information dialog box will open to begin Once you close that box NutMan will prompt you to save the plan Once you give the plan a name and save it the Manure Groups production dialog box described in Chapter 5 will then appear Closing this box will cause the Biosolids Summary dialog box described in Chapter 6 to open Finally closing this opens up the Job Sheet window described in Chapter 8 for this new plan To start a new plan go to the File menu in the NutMan application window and choose New or click on the New Document button in the tool bar Either way a dialog box titled Farm Info will appear Figure 3 12 16 Farm Info Home Rotations Farm Name Project Farm
37. in this manual 1 Instructions in this italicized font are commands that you enter For example At the DOS prompt enter Nut Man would require you to type in the word Nut Man at the prompt and hit the ENTER or RETURN key on your keyboard 2 Items in quotation marks refer to file and directory names program window titles menu titles menu options or button names For example Click on the program group called NutMan refers to an item on your windows desktop called NutMan Items that follow this hand symbol are tips describing shortcuts or alternate ways of doing things in the program 4 AN Items that follow this caution symbol describe possible pitfalls and or remind you of important information Chapter 2 Installing NutMan Before You Install 1 Read the file called Readme txt to look for any last minute changes or notes released after this manual was published Make a backup copy of this software and keep the original at a safe place Make sure you meet all the hardware and memory requirements Installation The following instructions assume that you have started your computer The installer will copy files to a directory you specify C Nut Man is the default The installer will create a new directory if you specify one To Install in Windows 3 x Insert NutMan installation disk into drive A or B In Windows 3 x open the Program Manager Choose Run from the File menu
38. information for the new plan You should also periodically copy your plan files to a floppy disk tape drive or other media as a backup Opening an Existing Plan From the File menu choose Open A File Open dialog box Figure 3 15 will appear allowing you to browse all your plan files 19 File Open File name Folders nmp c nutman Cancel brian nmp ga nmp gal nmp project nmp data Help test nmp glossary test nmp belt Hetwork List files of type Drives PLAN Files _nmp E c Figure 3 15 File Open Dialog Box Choose the appropriate drive and the directory to open an existing plan file Change directories or drives based on where you saved your plan files Choose the file name you want to open all saved plan files are named with a nmp extension and press ENTER or click OK Your plan file will be opened and shown on the screen depending on the size of the file and the speed of your machine this can take a minute or more A nutrient balance sheet or Job Sheet will be displayed when you open an existing plan see Chapter 8 Quitting NutMan To quit the program first choose Close from the File menu to close the current plan file you are working with Save changes if you want to Once the plan is closed the screen will remain mostly blank and look like the opening screen when you first launch NutMan Now choose Exit from the File menu This will
39. l tests for that field If you think that one of your soil tests is more representative for your farm in general than the default soil test values entered in the NutMan preferences then you can use it to replace those default soil test values Choose highlight by clicking the soil test that you want to use as your new default soil test then click the Set Default button N Caution Clicking the Set Default button means that you will replace the soil test values for every crop in every tract and field that uses the default soil test values Whenever you close the Soil History dialog box after adding changing or deleting a soil test NutMan will ask you if you want the crop yields and nutrient requirements recalculated If you choose Yes recommended then the N P and K values in the Crop Nutrient Needs section of the Planting Season dialog will be 29 updated for all of the crops affected by the change i e the season of the test and all seasons afterward The same for the crop yields Clicking the Browse All button opens the Soil Test Information dialog box Figure 4 6 This box displays the most recent soil tests for all the fields in a particular tract Sol Test Information EZ Tract Name Home Field Name Date pH P k 19985 pring H bl Alfalfa 19985 pring Hi H Grass Hap 19985 pring H Hi Sludge cormn 19985 pring Hi H Pasture 19985 pring hi H Soil Test Results Season Spring pH E
40. mmercial fertilizer Clicking on the Note button in these dialog boxes will open the Note Book dialog box Figure 3 9 It shows all the Notes in the plan as well as all the Notes saved to the global Note Book The global Note Book consists of Notes stored in the NutMan application itself and not just in a particular farm file This means that the information entered into those Notes is available from any farm file opened on that particular computer Use the global Note Book to store information that you might want to attach to nutrient applications in several farm files Notes are displayed in the Job Sheet report as footnotes for particular nutrient applications Hote Book Fall topdrss Corn sidedress w PSHT Broadcast preplant Small grain Topdress Fall litter Add E dit Remove Save Cancel Figure 3 9 The Note Book Dialog Box 12 Creating a Note Notes can be associated to particular Manure Biosolid or Commercial Fertilizer applications From either of the Manure or Nutrient dialog boxes select the application that you wish to create a note for Click the Note button and the Note Book Figure 3 xxx should open Click the Add button and a Note dialog box will appear for inputting a note It provides spaces for entering a name for the Note and for the Note content When you are finished creating the note click OK To associate the newly created Note with the application see below
41. o go back to the Planting Season dialog Whenever you change the soil test results the program will prompt you if you need the crop yield and nutrient needs and recommended lime application recalculated If you choose Yes recommended then the crop yield crop nutrient needs and recommended lime application will be updated Lime The lime application section of the Planting Season dialog box displays the most recent lime application date and amount NutMan will recommend a lime application amount based on the soil test results if necessary when you click the Calculate button NutMan can not recommend lime applications for seasons with non predefined crops because it does not know 35 the ideal soil pH for that crop This recommended lime application will be entered into the Lime History dialog box when you click OK If you do not want to use the recommended lime application then change it toa different one must be a positive integer or enter a 0 for no application You may also click on the Lime button to edit the lime application history for that field See the Calculation section below for instructions on preventing customized lime applications from being overridden Calculations Calculations of crop nutrient needs and recommended lime applications for predefined crops are performed each time you click the Calculate button If you manually modified any of those values then click the Calculate bu
42. ogram diskette not meeting the foregoing warranty Except as expressly set forth above no other warranties either express or implied or made with respect to this program and manual Virginia Tech does not warrant that the functions contained in the program will meet your requirements or that the operation In no event will Virginia Tech or the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation shall be liable to you or any other person for any damages including any incidental or consequential damages expenses lost profits lost savings or other damages arising out of the use of or inability to use such program Upon opening the software package you acknowledge that you have read this agreement understand it and agree to be bound by its terms and conditions Credits Design Team Russ Perkinson Winston Phillips Dean Gall Jay Marshall ae ee ee from the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation 1 Nicholas D Stone from the Information Systems and Insect Studies Lab ISIS Department of Entomology Virginia Tech Programmers 1 Jim Venuto 2 Lei Peng 3 Bretton Wade 4 Yihong Qian from the Information Systems and Insect Studies Lab ISIS Department of Entomology Virginia Tech Documentation 1 Prabhakar Bhogaraju 2 Nicholas D Stone from the Information Systems and Insect Studies Lab ISIS Department of Entomology Virginia Tech yi Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED 1 W
43. ow you to customize the plan and the output to your requirements Remember any and all of these options can be overridden for a particular planning session Plan Features Description Confined Livestock Program will prompt for manure production information as part of your plan necessary if want to use manure for fertilizer Biosolids Program will prompt for biosolids information Show Soils Program will show soil information in the field summary report Show Crops Program will show crop rotation information by season in the field summary report Show Warnings Program will list soil related warnings in the field summary report Show Narratives Program will show narratives in Summary reports Table 3 1 Nutrient Management Plan features available to select in Preferences Soil Test default Enter the results of a soil test that best represents your farm This will be the default soil test for all fields It can be customized at any time for any field and any season via the Soil Test History dialog box Figure 4 5 Biosolid Application default Enter the Virginia Nutrient Management Standards and Criteria allowable biosolid amount dry tons acre for your farm Tillage Options Dialog Box The Tillage Options dialog box Figure 3 11 is accessed from the NutMan Preferences dialog box through the Productivity button This dialog is used to set the tillage options for the crops used in the Productivity Report 15 Tilla
44. prior to this plan 48 Chapter 7 Nutrient Applications The application of nutrients includes manure including biosolids allocations and commercial fertilizer applications NutMan was designed to support the convention of determining the nutrient needs of a field first then allocation manure biosolids toward that need and lastly applying commercial fertilizer to fill the nutrient deficit Therefore we suggest following this convention in creating your nutrient plan For the user s convenience manure can be allocated by field or by season You may select these different options in addition to the commercial fertilizer option from the Nutrients menu on the NutMan menu bar Be sure to read the Notes section in Chapter 3 for instructions on keeping notes of your nutrient applications Manure Allocations by Field If you choose Manure Allocation by Field from the Nutrients menu a Manure Allocation by Field dialog box Figure 7 1 will open This dialog box shows the seasons and associated crops for a particular field for each season in the nutrient management plan From this dialog you may view and manage your manure and biosolid allocations for that particular field This dialog has the tract and field names at the top of the screen It also indicates the acreage of the field just below the tract name 49 Manure Allocation by Field Ez Hanure Allocation Tract Field Hame Home Com rye Manure Type dairy
45. quit NutMan and give you a Thanks box Click on OK to get back into your Windows environment 20 Chapter 4 Describing a Farm Described in this chapter is how to add edit or delete information about a farm tract and or field including crop rotations and yield soil tests and lime additions Editing Farm Information To edit the information in an existing plan file open that file in NutMan The Job Sheet Window should now be displayed You can edit the farm in several ways From the Farm menu there are shortcuts to all of the dialog boxes that describe the farm its tracts and their fields We will start with Farm Info dialog box described briefly in Chapter 3 Choose Farm under the Farm menu and the Farm Info dialog box will appear The Tracts list box on the right top of the Farm Info dialog lists all the tracts on the farm You can add edit or delete tracts in a farm from here Farm Info Farm Name came Rotations Location Wythe Planner John Doe W Confined Livestock iV Biosolids Add Edit Remove M Show Soils M Show Crops Current Plan M Show Warnings SEAH ee W Show Narratives Begin Max Sludge jis DryTons Acre End H arrative Cancel Figure 4 1 The Farm Information Dialog Box 21 You can create a new tract by clicking on the Add button NutMan will then display a Tract Information dialog box Figure 4 2 which you use to add fi
46. rties ppm NH4 H TKH NOS Browse All Hew Biosolids Cancel Figure 6 3 The Biosolids History Dialog Box You can enter biosolid applications in individual fields by season in this box 46 You can enter biosolid applications by season year and quantity applied However you can only enter historical data i e biosolid applications before the beginning date of the current plan You can jump to the Lime History dialog or go to the Soil Test dialog from this dialog box There is an option in this Biosolids History dialog to browse the biosolid applications across all the fields in a particular tract on your farm Simply click on the Browse All button and NutMan will open the Most Recent Biosolids Applications dialog box Figure 6 4 displaying information on all the fields in a tract date when biosolids were applied and the quantity applied Grass Hay Never Sludge corm 19985p Planned Pasture Never on Lime Stabilized ha Figure 6 4 The Most Recent Biosolids Applications Dialog Box View the most recent biosolid applications for your fields You may also reach the Most Recent Biosolids Applications dialog box by selecting Biosolids from the Browse Menu on the menu bar You can view this information for all 47 the tracts in your farm by simply changing the tract name You may not enter a new biosolid application from this dialog box You can only edit biosolid applications
47. ry semi solid etc Manure Types Liquid Liquid gemi Dry Lagoon Slurry Solid Dairy E E E Beef E E Poultry E E E Swine E E E Other E E E Cancel Figure 5 2 The Manure Types Dialog Box You should indicate the types of manure you expect to be produced on your farm Multiple boxes can be checked if you need to add several types of manure After you finish selecting manure types click on the OK button or press ENTER An Animal Groups dialog box Figure 5 3 will appear for each manure type selected after you finish one NutMan will open the next one Only one animal type may be selected in the Animal Groups dialog box If you need to add more than one type you may add other groups with the Ada button in the Manure Groups dialog box Figure 5 1 38 Animal Groups ee Dairy Liquid How many Groups Dany Cow Cancel Figure 5 3 The Animal Groups Dialog Box For each type of manure you select the iL program prompts you to indicate the number of animal groups in that category For each animal type enter the number of animal groups an animal group is typically a herd or flock A common error is to enter the number of animals rather than the number of animal groups This number will generally be less than five If you input a number larger than five a warning message box will appear to confirm your action Choose No to cancel your input or Yes to continue You can discontinue your input
48. s displays the name of all open NutMan windows click on a name to bring it to the foreground Helo Menu Index opens an index of help topics for using NutMan Using Help opens instructions for using Help About NUTRIENT opens a brief description of the NutMan application installed including version number Narratives NutMan includes a feature called Narratives to allow you to enter extra descriptive information into your farm plan These narratives will be available from within the particular farm file they were entered in and will be included into some of the printed reports for that farm You can add comments narratives for a farm tract field or crop by clicking on the Narrative button in the respective dialog box The Narrative dialog box Figure 3 8 for that farm tract etc will open The dialog will have an area on the left side in which to type your comments The right side of the dialog displays the global NutMan Narrative Glossary described below Comments from your narrative can be added to the Glossary and vice versa 10 Harnrative Home Al fal fa use manure dairy from his farm Home Corn rye Home Grass Hay Home Pasture Home Sludge fcorn Project Farm Rotations ALE corn rye Rotations Corn smgr bean Edit Delete Figure 3 8 The Narrative Dialog Box Creating a Narrative To create a Narrative enter your comments about the farm or tract et
49. s Cancel Figure 4 7 The Lime History Dialog Box You can enter lime applications in individual fields by season in this box To add a new lime application make sure that the correct tract and field are selected at the top of the dialog box Then fill in the season and year and the application amount Now click somewhere in the list of applications Finally click the Add button The application should now appear in the list of applications To change edit an existing lime application click on the application in the list of applications The Lime Application area should now contain values for the application you wish to change Make your changes there and then click the Change button You may have to click in the list of applications again first The lime application list should now contain the amended values for that application To remove delete an application click on the application from the list and then click the Remove button Clicking the Purge button will remove_all of the lime applications for that field 31 N Take note when adding new lime applications that the default year is NOT the current year Clicking the Browse All button opens the Most Recent Lime Applications dialog box Figure 4 8 This box displays the most recent lime applications for all the fields in a particular tract You can view this information for all the tracts in your farm by simply changing the tract name You can also acces
50. s in pounds before application losses Group Name Count Quantity TEKH P k HH4 H gal 13266 0 7081 9 11101 0 9615 0 30000 220 00 tons 14080 5 139377 0 6428 3 2643 8 TOTALS Hitrogen Phosphorus Potassium Ammonium Liquid lbs 13266 03 7081 87 11100 99 5615 03 Solid ibs 14080 50 13977 00 6428 25 2643 75 Add Edit Delete Cancel Figure 5 1 Manure Groups Dialog Box You can add edit delete manure groups on your farm using this dialog box The Manure Groups dialog box shows a list of animal groups on the farm Each animal group has a group name count number of animals quantity or total annual manure production in tons solid manure or kgals liquid manure and manure nutrient analysis The total amount of nutrients contained in the liquid and solid manure is also shown in this dialog box This total amount is broken down into nitrogen phosphorus potassium and ammonium amounts lbs In this dialog you can add edit or remove the animal groups on al your farm These tasks will be explained in the following sections Applications of manure are planned with the Manure Allocation dialogs see Chapter 7 Adding an animal group If you click on the Add button from the Manure Groups dialog box a Manure Types dialog Figure 5 2 will appear allowing you to add particular types of manure These refer to the basic types of animal groups dairy swine etc and the kinds of manure produced on your farm liquid slur
51. s the Most Recent Lime Applications dialog box from the Browse menu on the Menu Bar From this box you can enter a new lime application for a field Be sure the correct tract and field are selected then enter the season year and application amount Finally click the Set button Host Recent Lime Applications Ea Tract Hame Home From Field Hame Date Tons Acre Biosolids Alfalfa Grass Hay Never Sludge cormn Hever Pasture Never Lime Application Season Spring Year 1995 Tons Acre History Soil Test Figure 4 8 Most Recent Lime Applications Dialog Box This box displays the most recent lime applications for all the fields in a particular tract Planting Season Dialog Box Adding or editing crops in the crop rotation section of the Field Information dialog box brings up the Planting Season dialog box Figure 4 9 From this dialog box you select a crop to add to the planned rotation for that field Selecting one of the predefined crops makes use of NutMan s database values for harvest date tillage yield units and percent legumes NutMan can also automatically calculate for you 32 when you click the Calculate button the proper lime application crop yield and crop nutrient needs based on field features soil type and soil test results If you choose to enter a crop that is not on the predefined list then you will have to enter all of these values yourself and the
52. se the default soil test values set in the NutMan preferences if no other soil test information is specified You may enter specific soil tests for your fields through the Soil Test History dialog box Soil tests are entered by season and year and consist of pH phosphorus P and potassium K values P and K can be defined by the standard of either of the testing labs VI or A amp L The A amp L standard will be automatically converted to the VT standard Once a soil test has been entered for a field it becomes the default for all crops for that field that were planted in that season or later If a more recent test is added then it becomes the default for all crops planted in that season or later To add a new soil test make sure that the correct tract and field are selected at the top of the dialog box Then fill in the season and year and the soil test results Check if it was an estimate and not an actual test Finally click the Add button The test should now appear in the list of tests To change edit an existing soil test click on the test in the list of tests The Soil Test Results area should now contain values for the test you wish to change Make your changes there and then click the Change button The soil test list should now contain the amended values for that test To remove delete a soil test click on the test in the list of tests and then click the Remove button Clicking the Purge button will remove all of the soi
53. st of manure and commercial fertilizer applications given by crop It lists the farm name the planner the crop and the year in which it is raised Each crop gets a separate summary of its nutrient applications in this report 57 Printing Your Nutrient Management Plans To print these reports first choose the window report you want to print by opening it and bringing it to the foreground From the File menu choose Print Preview to preview your plan on the screen You may adjust some settings such as the range of the printing pages page orientation or printer dpi from the Page Setup option in the File menu When you are satisfied with the setup choose Print from the File menu or toolbar to print the plan N If you are having problems with the margins of your printed reports be sure that you are printing at 300 dpi 58
54. stimate Year 1998 YT A amp L i o Set Default History Lime Cancel T Figure 4 6 Soil Test Information Dialog Box This box displays the most recent soil tests for all the fields in a particular tract You can view this information for all the tracts in your farm by simply changing the tract name You can also access the Soil Test Information dialog box from the Browse menu on the Menu Bar From this box you can enter a new soil test for a field Be sure the correct tract and field are selected enter the season and year and soil test results check if the test was an estimate then click the Update button N Clicking the Cancel button will not negate entering a soil test with the Update button To undo a mistake you must click the History button to open the Soil Test History dialog box select the soil test from the list and either Change or Remove it per instructions above 30 Lime Applications Clicking the Lime button on either the Field Information or the Planting Season dialog boxes will open the Lime History dialog box Figure 4 7 for that field The Lime History dialog contains information about the date and amount of all lime applications for the field selected Lime History Ea Tract Field Home Com rye Date Tons Acre Remark Lime Application hange Season Fall Winter F a in er Kii Year 1996 Y bal Purge Remove Browse All Soil Test
55. tal annual production of manure in kgals and the amount of manure available for sale NutMan enters a default number of animals for you Modify this number to reflect your animal group then click in the Total Annual Production box to have NutMan recalculate the total annual manure production for you You can see or modify the how NutMan determines the manure production amount by clicking on the Calculation button A calculation dialog box will appear to allow you to change individual parameters and to recalculate the total annual production There is a calculation dialog box for each manure type because each formula is unique Figure 5 5 Also in the Manure Production box are places to enter how much of this type of manure to sell and buy annually The total available amount of manure is the total annual manure production minus the amount sold plus the amount purchased The seasonally available amount is the total available amount times the percentage determined by the season production percentage 40 Calculate Poultry Manure ee mm ff fs Calculate Liquid Manure im 365 joo po oo BS Figure 5 5 Manure calculation dialog for poultry above and liquid manure below Manure Storage Toward the middle left of the Manure Production dialog box is the Manure Storage section Here you indicate the type of storage you have by selecting from alist of available options give the capacity of storage and other
56. the farm s location You can change the tract location if itis ina different county A tract may include one or more fields The Fields list box shows all the fields in the tract You can create a new field by clicking the Add button You can edit or remove an existing field by first selecting the field and then clicking on the Edit or Remove buttons 22 Clicking the Add or Edit buttons will display the Field Information dialog box Figure 4 3 which will be explained in the next section Tract CFSA Number 123 Location Wythe Add E dit Remove Harrative Cancel Figure 4 2 Tract Information Dialog Box A All tracts for a particular farm must have unique names or the system will not recognize the second tract correctly Tracts of different farms can have the same name A tract must have at least one field and although there is no limit to the number you can add the system will only display the first 50 fields per tract in the Farm menu on the Menu Bar After entering the tract description and fields press ENTER or click on the OK button to accept the input Clicking on the Cancel button will cancel all changes made since the last save Clicking on the Narrative button will allow you to enter your comments for the tract Editing Field Information To edit field information open the Field Information dialog box by either selecting the field from the Tract Information di
57. tly NutMan displays the nutrient analysis for the manure biosolid type selected modified by the application method Calculate an Allocation Amount First look at the nutrient needs balance table for the season crop selected located beneath the seasons table These are the target numbers for your nutrient applications NutMan is set up to first allocate manure and biosolids to toward the nutrient needs and then make up the difference with commercial fertilizer For this calculation the before commercial fertilizer row is the target nutrient numbers Enter an amount to allocate in the Amount to Allocate box Then click the Allocate button This amount should be no more than the available or allowable amounts whichever is valid NutMan can automatically calculate a suggested amount based on the nitrogen content of the manure biosolid and the nitrogen nutrient need To use this feature click the Allocate to N button and then the Allocate button A NutMan will display a warning if a manure biosolid allocation exceeds the nitrogen nutrient need However you can still go ahead with the allocation Whenever you choose to allocate a biosolid NutMan prompts you to Check that this allocation does not exceed soil pH limits Click the OK button then 51 click somewhere else on the screen The biosolid allocation should now be displayed in the total allocation section Once a manure biosolid allocation has been made it will be
58. to Preferences dialog This creates some default settings for NutMan Preferences are set by selecting the Preferences option under the Edit menu of the NutMan program window This will bring up a dialog box see Figure 3 10 prompting you for the name of the nutrient specialist location information about past manure applications soil tests certain farm plan features and the duration of your intended plan The values entered here are used as defaults in NutMan so it is worth taking the time now to save time later You can change your defaults at anytime and by returning to the Preferences dialog You can also customize most of these defaults for a particular field through its Field Information dialog box Figure 4 3 Preferences Ez Planner ohn Doe Company Hame Location Montgomery Past Hanure Dairy Beet Show Plan Years a3 CERT 0 Features M Confined Livestock IY Show Soils M Show Crops M Show Warnings IY Show Narratives I Biosolids Available Figure 3 10 Preferences dialog box prompting you for default information on the specialists name location plan duration soil test results and manure options 14 Nutrient Plan Features checkboxes There are six check boxes on this Preferences dialog box each relating to a specific aspect of the nutrient management plan These options affect the information displayed by NutMan in different places and all
59. tton the one with a question mark and arrow in the toolbar Launching NutMan For Windows 3 x Users In the Program Manager window locate the program group called NutMan Application Double click that icon with the left mouse button and a window with a NutMan Application icon in it will open see Figure 3 1 Double click the NutMan Application icon to launch the NutMan Application Program Manager human Application Figure 3 1 Program Manager window and NutMan Application program For Windows 95 or Windows NT Users Go to the Start menu choose Programs then choose NutMan Application and finally nutrient exe Prograrns E oe eee ee D ores ms and SS SS Se a ae as Fo ia A T i St C e Pl Pj F i i n 3 nutrient EME a Figure 3 2 Launching NutMan from Windows 95 or Windows NT Authorization Each nutrient management specialist is assigned a unique certification number and authorization code Every time you launch NutMan you will be prompted for your certification number and authorization code This is accomplished by the following authorization screen Nutman Authorization J Figure 3 3 NutMan Authorization Dialog After you enter the required information the program checks to see that you are a certified user First time users will be prompted for some personal information in order to personalize their copy of the program First Time Certification
60. tton your changes will be lost To prevent such a loss from happening follow this procedure Chose acrop from the predefined list or define a new one 2 Click the Calculate button Review the calculated value for crop yield and modify it as necessary for your field Click the Calculate button again Review the calculated values for crop nutrient needs and modify them as necessary for your field 6 Review the recommended lime application and modify it as necessary for your field 7 Click the OK button to go back to the Field Information dialog From here you can add edit more crops to adequately represent your crop rotation As a shortcut if you select a predefined crop and click OK all crop yield crop nutrient needs and recommended lime application calculations will be done automatically However you will not get to see or modify them unless you go back and edit that season 36 Chapter 5 Manure Production If you are creating a new plan and you are done describing your Farms entering tracts and fields soil tests etc NutMan will check to see if you indicated that you have confined livestock If so NutMan will automatically open the Manure Groups dialog box Figure 5 1 where you can begin to enter manure production information If you are editing an already saved plan then you should choose Manure Production under the Farm menu to get to the Manure Groups dialog box Manure Groups value
61. values in pounds before application losses Biosolids Name Quantity Dry Tons TKN P K HH4 H WNO3 H Biosolids TOTALS Hitrogen Phosphorus Potassium Ammonium Nitrate Liquid ibs 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 Cake Solid lbs L U U U U Add Figure 6 1 The Biosolids Summary Dialog Box The Biosolids Summary dialog box is used to keep track of the biosolids available for application on your farm Each group has a name application type digestion type available amount of biosolid in tons analysis of the biosolid in mg Kg and the CaCO equivalent of the biosolid The analysis is categorized into nitrogen TKN phosphorus P potassium K ammonical nitrogen NH and nitrate nitrogen NOs In this dialog you can add edit or remove biosolid groups on your farm These tasks will be explained in the following sections The Biosolids Summary dialog also computes a sum total of the nutrient contents The values listed are in pounds before application losses If you selected an unlimited supply however then NutMan inserts the symbol UL for unlimited into these 43 tables to signify that there is no limit to the nutrients available Applications of biosolids are planned with the Manure Allocation dialogs see Chapter 7 Adding a Biosolid Group If you click on the Add button of the Biosolids Summary dialog box a New Biosolids Group dialog box Figure 6 2 will appear allowing you to add a new biosolid group Hew Biosoli
62. with nine buttons on it FA NUTRIENT Windows Application File Edit View LJijjties Help Figure 3 7 The NutMan Toolbar Most of the icons on these buttons are fairly representative of their functions as in the case of other windows based programs The first button can be used for opening a new plan file You can open an existing plan file by clicking on the button with a folder icon To save a plan file click on the button with a disk icon You can print plan files by clicking on the button with the printer icon The printing and saving options will be active only if a plan file is open When you first launch the program these buttons will be grayed out The three buttons in the middle of the toolbar are for editing purposes and are not implemented in this version of NutMan Therefore these buttons are grayed out to indicate that they are not active To get version information click on the question mark icon The button with an arrow and a question mark is for help Click this help button and your cursor changes shape into an arrow and question mark Now open a NutMan menu or click anywhere in the NutMan window for a description of what you selected Menus Many NutMan menus are not be visible until a new farm is saved or an existing farm IS opened File Menu New creates a new farm file Open opens an existing farm file Close closes the opened farm file Save saves the opened farm file Save As saves the inform
63. y dialog box Double click on the animal group you want to edit and it will pop up the New Biosolids Group dialog This box will show all the information and data already entered for the selected biosolid group You can modify these data and click OK after all the changes are made Removing a Biosolids Group Removing a biosolids group is straight forward Just select the group you want to remove and click the Delete button This will remove the group from the Biosolids Summary dialog box 45 Applying Biosolids to Your Farm Applications of biosolids are planned with the Manure Allocation dialogs see Chapter 7 This combination allows the planner to easily choose the best mix of manure and biosolid types for effective and efficient nutrient applications NutMan allows you to keep track of past biosolid applications through the Biosolids History dialog Figure 6 3 Biosolids History In the past manure section of the Field Information dialog box Figure 4 3 there is a button called Biosolids Click on that button to edit the biosolids application history for that field This box contains information about the time and amount of the biosolid applications by tract and by field Biosolids History E Tract Name Field Hame Home gt Sludge corm Date Dry Tons Acre Status Sludge Application Season Year Y Change Dry Tons Acre Add Digestion Type Lime Stabilized Remove Sludge Prope
64. you want to save changes to your plan Click the Yes button and it will bring up a File Save As dialog box Figure 3 14 All saved plans are given a nmp file extension You do not need to enter the file extension it will be added automatically Plans are saved in the NutMan directory by default but you can change the destination directory and drive using this dialog Type an appropriate name for your plan eight or fewer characters choose the location to save the plan file and click on OK The plan will be saved to the file and location you named 18 File Save As Ea EA File name Folders Cancel brian nmp yesh ae eae nulman jazlfid nmp z data Help project nmp glossary test nmp test nmp felt Hetwork Save file as type Drives PLAN Files nmp E c Figure 3 14 File Save As dialog box prompting you to name the plan file and save it ina directory of your choice Each file represents a farm and its plan To create a new plan for a farm that already has a plan file saved open the file and go to Save As under the File menu in the NutMan program window It will bring up the File Save As dialog box Change the file name by typing in an alternate name for the plan and click OK You can now add delete or edit items from this plan according to your needs The old file still exists so you will have a copy of the original plan file before editing the

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