Spreading Log
The newsletter of the Professional Nutrient Applicators
Association of Wisconsin
April 10, 2002
 URGENT: DOT changes
enforcement of axle weights
 URGENT: Comments requested
on 590 Nutrient Management
Standard
 Anti-Foaming Agents for
Manure
 CD Rom of Meeting
presentations, free email
available
 Changes in Board Members
DOT and Axle Weights
Enclosed is a must-read letter from Association
President Jim Mann. The association has learned
that the DOT, as a result of a several year old case
in south central Wisconsin, is going to start
enforcing axle weights on all farm equipment,
regardless of whether flotation tires are used.
Past President Dana Cook has met with the Dept
of Ag on this issue, and they are aware of the
potential impact on not only manure hauling, but
the dairy industry. We are also working closely
with Houle Corporation, which was able to fight
back similar regulations in Iowa several years ago.
ANY comments or suggestions you may have
would be appreciated, and should be directed to
Jim Mann. A summary of the regulations was
presented at the Appleton meeting—See CD Rom
info for details on how to get a copy.
The board will be discussion this issue at the June
11 board meeting.
Comments requested on Revised 590
Standard by April 19 or May 1
Enclosed is a copy of the final draft of the 590
Standard. This is the Wisconsin version of the
USDA standard, and as such, is the basis for how
nutrient management plans are written. The
Association has had a board member on the
revision committee, but we wanted to give
everyone a chance to review this document that
will impact ALL of your operations.
The attached letter says that comments are due by
April 19, however, due to a delay in publication in
the Federal Register, the final drop-dead date for
comments is approximately May 1. While it is
soon, April 19 is the preferred date, as the
committee meets the following Tuesday week to
review the received comments.
Major changes for applicators include (but are not
limited to):

Applications on soils >100 ppm soil test
phosphorus may be limited to crop
removal (8,000 gal dairy / acre for corn
grain, 11,000 gal/acre silage)


Setback changed to 300 ft (was 200 ft) for
frozen soil application near a river, 1000 ft
for a lake.
On highly permeable soils, including, but
not limited to sands, those with <20 inches
to bed rock or 12 inches to the water table,
manure and fertilizer nitrogen applications
are limited to 90#/acre (9,000 gallons) in
the fall if soils are warmer than 50 degrees,
120# N (12,000 gal/acre) if <50 degrees.
This is your chance to make your voice heard
before the standard becomes law. Questions
should be directed to Kevin Erb or Dana Cook
Anti-Foaming Agents
for Manure Tanks
Two companies have approached the
association about testing anti-foaming agents
in manure tankers and trucks. If any paid
member is interested in working with either of
these two companies on a trial basis, please let
Kevin Erb know.
CD Rom of annual meeting available
and other membership benefits
“Membership has it’s privileges”. Current full
and associate members can request a CD Rom
of all the presentations and handouts from the
Annual meeting by contacting Kevin Erb at
920.391.4652. This CD includes the DOT info.
Also available to members is a free email
address and business link to the Association’s
web site (FirmName@wimanuremgt.org).
Contact
Chris
Lindstrom
at
chris@wimanuremgt.org. Our association
website is still under construction at this time.
Changes in the Board
At the March 19 board meeting, Kurt Mann
was appointed by the board to hold the central
region representative position. Due to the fact
that Donny Mengel is not actively involved in
manure hauling, he is ineligible to serve, as per
the by-laws adopted at the January meeting.
Donny is eligible to resume his office once he
returns to active hauling.