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Nebraska NRDs describe phased nitrate controls, monitoring network and a producer app to reduce fertilizer inputs
Summary
The Nebraska Association of Resource Districts told the task force that a phased, locally implemented nitrate management program (education, mandatory testing and management plans) and expanded groundwater monitoring can slow nitrate increases. Speakers described producer outreach, voluntary changes to fertilizer timing and a new Producer Connect
Dean Edson, director of the Nebraska Association of Resource Districts, described Nebraskas phased approach to increasing nitrate concentrations in groundwater and explained how local resource districts use monitoring, regulation and producer outreach to address contamination.
Edson detailed four management phases in NRD plans: phase 1 (education and voluntary practices where nitrates are below 5 mg/L), phase 2 (510 mg/L: mandatory soil testing, certified applicators, water testing, fall/winter fertilizer restrictions in designated areas), phase 3 (>10…
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