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HPWSA hears about Nutrient Management Act
By Mary Simmons
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
MITCHELL — Nutrient
management specialist
Ruth Knight of the
Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food's
Stratford office was at
the Huron -Perth Women
in Support of
Agriculture's monthly
meeting March 25 to
discuss the Nutrient
Management Act.
Knight said the act,
which was proclaimed
July 1, 2003 and effec-
tive Sept. 30, 2003, is an
integral part of the
provincial government's
Clean Water Strategy.
She said the act was
intended to create con-
sistency across the
province, balance the
need for environmental
stewardship and main-
taining a competitive
agri-food industry and
balance nutrients added
to crop needs.
A nutrient unit is used
to compare all livestock
equally. It is the amount
of nutrients that give the
fertilizer replacement
value of the lower of 43
kilograms (95 pounds)
of nitrogen or 55 kilo-
grams (121 pounds) of
phosphate.
The act refers to gen-
erators — the livestock
factor — and receivers
—the applied factor.
According to the act,
no winter spreading is
allowed from Dec. 1 to
March 31 of any given
year or when the
ground is frozen or
snow covered.
High trajectory guns
which are placed in
fields and use a pipeline
and reel to spread liquid
manure will be banned
March 1, 2005 or earlier
as the operation is
phased in.
As of Sept. 30, 2003
new and expanding
operations have been
subject to the regula-
tions.
Other operations will
be phased in. Large
existing operations must
have an approved
Nutrient Management
Plan or Strategy by July
1, 2005. All other opera-
tions will be phased in
no earlier than 2008.
A large operation is
defined as one with 300
or more nutrient units.
This equals 1,800 feeder
hogs, 750 sows, 165
Holsteins and 80,000
square feet broiler
barns.
Knight said the
POLICE BRIEFS
Bike destroyed by fire
EXETER — On March 22 at 11:45 a.m. OPP were
contacted over the destruction of a bike at an apart-
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of a bike had taken his bicycle out of storage last week
due to the improvement of the weather. The victim left
his red 18 speed CCM Cross Country Volt chained to a
post in front of the complex. Sometime between 1 a.m.
and 10 a.m. a person took a flammable substance and
poured it over the bike and then set it on fire. The bike
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Bull escapes abattoir
EXETER — A bull's
attempt Monday morning
to avoid the grim reaper
was unsuccessful.
In its quest for freedom,
the bull escaped from the
Darling's abattoir and
ended up in Nabisco Field
where Huron OPP consta-
bles Juanita Draper and
Jason Sibley attempted to
chase it down, getting
their cruisers stuck in the
mud in the process.
The bull was eventually
corralled in the field and
shot by the officers.
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Nutrient Management
Strategy paints a com-
plete picture of the
operation referring to
the generation of nutri-
ents.
"You write the story so
someone else can
understand your opera-
tion," she said.
It includes a descrip-
tion of the operation
and contacts, a farm
sketch, prescribed
materials and amounts
generated, a nutrient
content analysis, use
and agreements, storage
facilities and a contin-
gency plan.
A Nutrient
Management Plan refers
to land application.
It includes information
nutrients to be applied,
generated or received,
field information, crop-
ping practices, applica-
tion rates and landown-
er agreements, descrip-
tion of the operation, a
farm sketch, nutrient
content analysis and a
contingency plan.
Knight said it is a
management tool that
must contain quality
information.
New operations with
150 to 300 nutrient
units and new and
expanding operations
with more than 300
nutrient units require
approval by OMAF.
Landowners must also
be aware of the require-
ment of a separation
distance between land
applications and wells
and surface water.
There should also be
slope considerations for
liquid materials.
Knight said soil sam-
ples will have to be
taken every three years.
Information on nutrient
management can be
obtained from the infor-
mation line at 1-866-242-
4460, or at
www.gov.on.cct/omafra.
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