Illinois Manure Management Plans (IMMP):
Web Based Nutrient Management Plans for Livestock Producers
In Illinois there are three agencies – NRCS, IEPA, and IDOA – that could require a livestock producer (or horse owner) to develop a manure management plan. UI Extension has coordinated with these agencies to develop a single plan format, in the form of a step-by-step website that is now available on-line at www.immp.uiuc.edu.
Enter the web-based Illinois Manure Management Plan (IMMP) with:- an interview type interface to prompt the user for the data which are then put automatically into the right forms,
- calculation tools to match manure application rates with crop needs and soil tests
- a set of mapping tools to easily draw the farmstead with its features, and coordinate field maps showing the pertinent setbacks
- a system for linking environmental protection practices with the production area and field maps
- help with annual plan updates – no problems remembering what was done last year
- recordkeeping and report forms
- automatic email reminders for inspections and records, based on a user-defined calendar
- and a host of help screens and other enhancements that follow the Illinois-sanctioned plan format.
Authors: University of Illinois Extension Specialists: Ted Funk (217-333-9313; funkt@uiuc.edu), Agricultural Engineering; and Randy Fonner (217-333-2611; refonner@uiuc.edu), Certified Livestock Manager Training.
EZregs: Making Sense of Illinois Agricultural and Horticultural Regulations
EZregs is a website (www.ezregs.uiuc.edu) designed to help identify state and federal environmental regulations that pertain to specific agricultural and horticultural operations and practices in Illinois.
EZregs provides detailed information about how regulations apply to livestock, food crop, and ornamental horticulture production operations as well as landscape maintenance operations. It contains a variety of regulations related to environmental protection; safe and legal use of pesticides; livestock facility construction, management and siting. The following regulations are presently included in EZregs:- Dead Animal Disposal
- Endangered Species Act
- Federal Certification of Pesticide Applicators (40CFR171)
- Federal Recordkeeping requirements (7CFR110)
- Federal Worker Protection Standard (40CFR170)
- Historic Resources Preservation Act
- IEPA Livestock Regulations Parts 501, 506, 560, 570, & 580
- IL Construction Site Stormwater Permit
- Illinois NPDES General Permit
- Illinois Pesticide Act (Rules Part 250)
- Illinois Pesticide Act (Statutes 415 ILCS 60)
- Livestock Facility Management Regulations (Section 900)
- LMFA (Statutes 510 ILCS 77/1 et seq.)
Authors: University of Illinois Extension Specialists: Scott Bretthauer (217-244-9418; sbrettha@uiuc.edu), Pesticide Safety Education and Application Equipment; Ted Funk (217-333-9313; funkt@uiuc.edu), AgriculturalEngineering; and Randy Fonner (217-333-2611; refonner@uiuc.edu), Certified Livestock Manager Training.