Conservation Districts are locally organized self-governing bodies chartered by the State. Through voluntary action and cooperation of landowners (and other stake holders), the District works to conserve land, water, forest, wildlife and other related resources for the benefit of all.
NEW Emergency
Winter Manure Application Procedures
With the late fall harvest, wet fall weather
and less than ideal fall cover crop establishment, some producers
may find themselves in a situation where they must haul manure on
frozen ground without the required growing cover necessary to
properly apply manure under Ohio’s new manure application rules.
Not to worry though, there are provisions in the new rules to
account for this type of emergency situation, allowing producers an
exemption to apply manure. The
following are Emergency Manure Spreading criteria:
For Solid Manure:
Emergency field applications of solid manure are not allowed,
stockpiling is the only option for solid manure emergencies.
Pile manure in a location that is away from surface waters or
tile inlets and in a location that best eliminates any potential
runoff from the pile from entering surface water or tile systems.
For Liquid Manure: Producers
must first contact their local SWCD office and must demonstrate or
prove their need for an emergency application.
This need may or may not be granted and is based on a winter
manure inventory report or assessment.
Once this
inventory report is approved, specific criteria will be developed
allowing for emergency application of manure for the producer.
Please contact the SWCD office as soon as
you feel that you may have an issue so that we can avoid a more
serious situation and possible ODA fines.
If you would like more information please contact the
Crawford SWCD office at 419-562-8280 or the Ohio Dept. of
Agriculture at 614-265-6913.
Manure Side Dress
Toolbar Available for Use
The Crawford SWCD and OSU Extension are providing local livestock
producers the opportunity to use a prototype liquid manure
application toolbar.
This tool bar can be used to apply manure as an in-row, pre-plant
application or as a side dress application in early growth corn.
This unit was used successfully on 3 farms in the area last
spring and will be available again this spring.
The tool bar uses a dragline system to supply the manure to
the toolbar. A tractor
and dragline hose system are available for use with this unit for
those that are interested. The
tool bar is available for use free of charge for 1 or 2 day trial
period. This is a great
opportunity for producers to try a new manure application windows
and supply valuable nutrients to a growing crop.
Contact the Crawford SWCD or OSU extension for more
information or to sign up to use the toolbar.
This opportunity will be limited so call now if interested.
Crawford SWCD Tree Sale
Deadline for ordering is March 29th. Seedlings will be available for pick up at the SWCD office April 10th from 3:00-6:00 P.M. and April 11th from 7:30 A.M - 6:00 P.M.
Click below for a PDF Printable:
Tree Sale Order Form Tree Sale Descriptions
Crawford SWCD Fish Fingerling Sale
Deadline for ordering is Thursday April 25th. Fish will be available for pick up at the SWCD office April 26th from 2:00-3:00 P.M.
Click below for a PDF Printable Order Form:
Fish Fingerling Sale Order Form