Phosphorus Management on Livestock Farms

  • Incorporate manure to prevent nitrogen losses

    Demonstrates the economic and environmental value of incorporating manure to prevent nitrogen losses, provide an opportunity for sale of manure, and reduce excessive buildup of soil test phosphorus.

    Increase crop production on existing fields

    Increasing crop production from existing acres for feed or sale, can reduce excessive soil-test phosphorus buildup and reduce net phosphorus imports into a dairy farm.

    Reduce feed waste/feed shrink

    Demonstrates the economic and environmental value of reducing imports of phosphorus into dairy farms by reducing feed waste/feed shrink.

    Reduce phosphorus levels in the lactation ration

    Demonstrates the economic and environmental value of reducing imports of feed ration phosphorus into dairy farms when lactation phosphorus levels are above NRC recommendations.

    Stop or reduce importing poultry manure

    Demonstrates the economic and environmental value of reducing imports of manure into farms where farm phosphorus imports exceed exports and soil test phosphorus is very high.