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