Success StoryAg Water Quality - continued collaborative efforts with KY Dairy Development Council (KDDC)



Ag Water Quality - continued collaborative efforts with KY Dairy Development Council (KDDC)

Author: Tammy Brewster-Barnes

Planning Unit: Agriculture and Natural Resources Programs

Major Program: Backyard Streams

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

Some dairy producers are non-compliant with KY State permitting laws and the Ag Water Quality law. Many of these producers are non-traditional and under-served communities such the Mennonite and Amish. In collaboration with the KDDC members of these communities as well as other dairy producers were given workshops about the AWQP and the KY Nutrient Management plan (KYNMP). Many producers updated or developed an AWQP at the workshops and were able to provide some information to start to develop a KYNMP. Approximately 20 KYNMPs were developed to satisfy the requirements of KY permits and delivered to these producers as well as one on one education about on-farm nutrient reduction strategies and suggestions to improve best management practices. All information was well received and many were excited that they could use the plan's results to decrease fertilizer application rates and save money. These producers recognized that manure has worth. 






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