Filter Strips

• Online Resources:
  • Agriculture Sediment Load Reductions Using Vegetative Filter Strips, Montana State University, http://waterquality.montana.edu/docs/qualityissues/grasses.shtml
  • Managing Nitrate and Bacteria in Runoff with Vegetative Filter Strips, Montana State University, http://waterquality.montana.edu/docs/qualityissues/filterstrips.shtml

Equipment Calibration and Application Rates

• Online Resources:
  • Manure applicator calibration, Univ. of Nebraska Extension Service
    http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/wastemgt/g1267.pdf
  • Calibrating manure spreaders, University of Missouri Extension Services
    http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/envqual/wq0213.htm
  • Utah State University Extension:http://extension.usu.edu/files/factsheets/CalibBroch.pdf

Manure Sampling

• Online Resources:
  • Manure Sampling, University of Minnesota Extension, http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/cropsystems/DC6423.html
  • Manure Sampling, Oklahoma State University Extension Service, http://www.animalwaste.okstate.edu/manuresamp.htm

Manure Storage

• Online Resources:
  • How to determine amount of manure in a pile or pool, Maryland Extension Service
    http://www.nrm.umd.edu/facts176.htm
  • Manure Storage Facilities, Purdue University, http://danpatch.ecn.purdue.edu/~epados/farmstead/manure/src/main.htm
  • Semi-solid and Solid Manure Storage, Ohio State University, http://ohioline.osu.edu/b604/b604_7.html
  • Liquid Manure Storage Areas, Iowa State University Extension, http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1603.pdf
  • Liquid Manure Management, Colorado State University Extension, http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/livestk/01221.html

• Hard Copy Resources:
  • Manure Storage - a publication that covers: selecting, sizing, runoff control, site preparation, constructing earthen impoundments, monitoring, and closure Midwest Plan Service, https://www.mwpshq.org/catalog.html

Soil Sampling

• A self-study course fro the MSU Extension Service continuing Education Series
  http://landresources.montana.edu/nutrientmanagement/
• Soil Sampling: Montana State University Cooperative Extension, http://www.montana.edu/wwwpb/pubs/mt8602.html
• Soil Sampling and Laboratory Selection: Montana State University Cooperative Extension, http://www.montana.edu/wwwpb/pubs/mt44491.pdf
• Understanding Soil Test Results, Utah State University Extension Service:
  http://extension.usu.edu/files/gardpubs/soiltest.htm

Land Application - Best Management Practices

• http://ohioline.osu.edu/agf-fact/0208.html
• Best Management Practices for Dairies, Utah State University Extension Service:
  http://extension.usu.edu/files/factsheets/CalibBroch.pdf

Energy

• Generating electricity from anaerobic manure digester, Agriculter Utilization Research Institute (AURI)
  http://www.auri.org/news/ainjul01/05page.htm
• Generating Methane Gas From Manure, University of Missouri Extension Service
  http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/agguides/agengin/g01881.htm

Lagoons

• Livestock Manure Lagoons Protect Water Quality, University of Washington Extension Service
  http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/eb1642/eb1642.html