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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: May 01, 2025
Contact: Matt Sabas, Senior PR and Marketing Specialist, 804-786-2292, matthew.sabas@dcr.virginia.gov
Virginia to offer nutrient management training in June and July 2025
WEYERS CAVE, Va. — The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation’s Nutrient Management Program will offer a two-part agriculture nutrient management training school in June and July 2025. The school is for anyone interested in learning about the development of agricultural nutrient management plans or how to become a certified plan writer.
The first session, June 24-25, 2025, is a lecture series by Virginia Tech professors on soil science, soil fertility and crop production. The second session, July 8-10, 2025, will cover nutrient management plan writing using a case-study farm.
The two-day soils and crop lecture series will be hosted online. The three-day plan writing training will be in-person at Blue Ridge Community college in Weyers Cave, VA. Each day would run from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Registration is $150 for each session with a sign-up deadline of June 13, 2025 for the first session and June 30 for the second. Registration is available online at www.dcr.virginia.gov/soil-and-water/nmtrain.
Nutrient management continues to be an important factor in a farmer’s decision-making process when considering application of materials to supply nutrients to crops. Nutrient management plans determine rates for applying manure, fertilizers, biosolids and other soil amendments so that crop yields are maximized, and nutrient loss to ground and surface waters is minimized. Application rates are determined by a process using actual yield records or soil productivity when yield records aren’t available.
Contact Stephanie Dawley at 804-382-3911 or Stephanie.Dawley@dcr.virginia.gov for additional details.
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