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Digester Management

• Anaerobic Co-Digestion on Dairies in Washington State- The Solid Waste Handling Permit Exemption

Feed Management

• Feed Management: A Tool for Balancing Nutrients on Dairies and other Livestock Operations (Gamroth et al., 2006)

• Potassium Levels in Forages on Dairy Farms Reflect Manure and Fertilizer Applications (Paul and Fisher, 1994)

• To Understand Milk Fever is to Prevent It (Golf and Horst, NA)

Field Management

• A Receipe for Relay Cropping

• Pasture Management Guide- Coastal Pastures in Oregon and Washington

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Mortality Management

• Mortality Management Guidelines

• WSDA: Livestock Disposal Manual​

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Nutrient Application

• Calculating Dairy Manure Nutrient Application Rates (Downing, 2000)

• Manure Application Rates for Forage Production (Downing et al., 2007)

• Estimating Plant-avaliable Nitrogen from Manure (Sullivan, 2008)

• Gauging Success: Handy Homemade Gauge Measures Irrigation and Manure Applications (Cramer, 1996)

• Fertilizing with Manure (Bary et al., 2000)​

• Agricultural Phosphorus Management Using the Oregon/Washington Phosphorus Indexes

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Nutrient Testing

• Which Test is Best? Customizing Dairy Manure Nutrient Testing (Sullivan et al., 1997)

• The Pre-Sidedress Soil Nitrate Test (PSNT) (Marx et al., 1997)

• Post Harvest Soil Nitrate Testing for Manured Cropping Systems West of the Cascades (Sullivan and Cogger, 2003)

• Soil Test Interpretation Guide (Marx et al., 1997)

 

Regulations

• Chapter 16: Manure Ordinance

• Chapter 14: Right to Farm

• Appendix A: CPAL

• WSDA: Livestock Disposal Manual

• Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation Compliance

 

Soil Moisture

• Estimating Soil Moisture by Feel and Appearance

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Soil  and Manure Testing

• WA Accredited Labs Search​​

• Local labs​

  • Edge Analytical Burlington, WA (360) 715-1212; (WA DOE accredited lab)

  • Exact Scientific Services, Ferndale 360-733-1205 ​- water and DNA services; (WA DOE accredited lab)

  • Custom Dairy Services, Lynden 360-354-4344 - lab accreditation unknown at this time 

  • Soiltest, Inc. Moses, Lake (509)765-1622 - manure and soil; (WA DOE accredited lab)​

  • Simply Soils Burlington, WA  (360) 202-1086 - soils only, not for WSDA plans

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Manure Storage

• Manure Storage for Environmental Management Systems

• Temporary Field Storage of Solid Manure or Other Agricultural Source Material

• Non-Enclosed Manure Storage Safety Tips

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