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Nitrogen Tracking & Reporting System Task Force
August 26 2013August 26, 2013
East San Joaquin Water Quality Coalition
Parry Klassen Executive Director
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• In operation since 2003
• 3,950 Landowner / operators
• 706,336 irrigated acres o Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, Tuolumne,
Mariposa counties
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• Created a reporting approach that is hopefully workable o Spent two years developing a proposed nitrogen use reporting system
withith cooperatition from growers, wattershedd coalitions andd commodityf h liti dit groups
• CCompliliance with Irrigatedd L dLands Regullatory PProgram, WDRWDR R5R5‐i h I i R 2012‐0116 o WDR General Order for the Growers Within the Eastern San Joaquin
River Watershed that are Members of the Third Party River Watershed that are Members of the Third Party
• Substantial step toward answering questions about nitrogen loading d edue toto irrigirrigatedated agricagricultlturere
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N Reporting is First Step
Additional Research
Nitrogen Loads
Assessment of how much nitrogen is
Outreach to Growers
Evaluate ratios,
Management Practice Effectiveness Program (MPEP) and additional
moving into groundwater due to agricultural practices
Documentation
Record Nit
Evaluate ratios, identify outliers, and conduct outreach to reduce nitrogen load to
and additional research on nitrogen management
Nitrogen Use/Ratios
load to groundwater
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• Purpose is working toward improvements in nitrogen management (when/if needed) o Focuses on crop uptake – not total applied
o Helps growers understand their use in context with like cropscrops
o Helps to identifies “outliers”
Outcome
o Better management of nitrogen as information is developed leading to improved groundwater quality
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• Coalition members fill out annual Nitrogen Management Plan Coalition members fill out annual Nitrogen Management Plan Worksheet on a field by field basis o Data gathered either electronically or paper reporting
• Coalition records ratio for each field and associates with Assessor Parcel Number (APN)
• Ratio associated with a specific field and crop Ratio associated with a specific field and crop
• Ratios compared using box and whisker plots on a crop by crop basis; outliers identified
• Coalition reports ratios by Township to Regional Board o Order specifies grouping by commodity, similar practices and similar
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• Outreach focuses on selected members and their practices o Not on generating useless information (total applied per acre) 6
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Removal Replacement
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Nitrogen ... a simple matter of balance?
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Irrigation INPUTS OUTPUTSINPUTS OUTPUTS Water Plant Biomass
N2 Fixation Crop Harvest
Soil Nitrate & Soil Soil Organic Matter N Organic Matter
Fertilizer Gas Loss
Added Nitrate
Organics Leaching
Reality: Agricultural Nitrogen Management Challenge
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Scale - Individual Farm Map
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Member Name: Alfred Almond Member Number: 1748 APN : 045-055-007
Nitrogen budget reporting units/blocks:
Field 2 - Grapes
Field 3 - Grapes
D a te Pre p a re d : 06/04/ 12
ESJW QC E S JWOC_ 2012 _ Aeria l_pa rcel
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Nitrogen Managen e:nil: Pll:an Worksheet
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CROP· NIITROGEN
AP : 1111-00-222
Field!# A, B, C
DElMAND Cn~p, NITROGEN APPLICATIOINS AND CREDIITS Nitrogoo eeds I Uptake
Recommemled N Crop Total N appHed to ffieldl (lbs/ac)
AJinonds Expected yieil d (Lbs of Nilro.f)'fm fertilizers prod'uciio11l acre) (c,on11entio11all and orga11·c)
3000 lbs / ac Dry & Liquid Fertfli!Zel'S 100 N itrng:en Crop Needs. to meet expected yield (lbs Fo~ar N ferti[izers 100 of Nitroaen per acre)
25'□ other N fertilizers. 0 Tomi Acres.
178 Organic Maten N (m ru re. compos ·. etc..) 10
5 other N co11taining materiials
TOTAL APPi IED ~per acre) 215
Soil N.1trogen Credits Soil N room 3 Lbs Nlacre
I Nitrogen from ]Pre · ous reg Lime orop 0 N residual fro1n marnu re ~pp.lic.ations 5 Soill organic matter m·neralizatio:n 5
I Nitra es in irrig:alion water a11rn!J!arized) 50 TOT AIL N CRElDITS (per acireJ 60
Tomi N Credits and Appll"caliions: 275 Crop IN needs: 250
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• Nitrogen Worksheet kept on farm
• Summary information submitted to coalition
o Member ID, APN, field, crop, acres • Nitrogen Applied • Nitrogen Crop Uptake • Ratio:
Nitrogen Applied Nitrogen Uptake
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Township Map Stanislaus County Example: 23,040 acres
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Stanislaus CountY. Example: Soil Profile
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Township Data Summary
Stanislaus County example
• Total acres: 23,,040 acres • Irrigated: 20,210
• Non Irrigated: 2,830
•• Number of Members: 137Number of Members: 137
• Number of APNs: 304
• Number of Fields (Estimated): 286( )
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• Where most growers are with nitrogen ratios
• The “Outliers”: those who apply too much
• Outliers focus of outreach with commodity specific information/references
• Ratio not meant to be a regulatory end point at this time
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Ideal RangeIdeal Range
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Benefits and Challenges
BenefitsBenefits
• Ready for implementation • RatioRatio
o Captures both replacement and removal in one number
• Vetting shows support from multiltiplle groups
o Fertilizer suppliers, commodity groups, coalitions
o Believe to be reasonable approach
• (Resigned acceptance) o Not developed as regulatory
endpointendpoint
ChallengesChallenges
• Refining crop consumption numbber
• Rates don’t take into account all variables o For example:
• Soil conditions • Weather • Irrigation system • Applied water
• Reflects mass loading but is not absolute loading
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Waste Dischare:e Requirements Irrigated Lands lregulatory Program
Management Practice Effectiveness StudiesManagement Practice Effectiveness Studies • Confirm that management practices implemented to improve groundwater
quality are working • Are agricultural management practices protective of groundwater? • Modify practices if needed
Proposing coordinated effort by coalitions/commodity groups to complete • Share expense across Central Valleyalley Share expense across Central V • Coalition to present Water Board with phased approach • CURES USDA project to be starting point for approach
oo Literature search o Interview experts in field
Literature search
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Economic Costs/ Impacts
Cost to CoalitionCost to Coalition
• Development of online tools o In house data entry from
paper reports
o Online data submittal software
• Reporting to Regional Board
• Outreach to growers
• Database Management
Cost to Grower Cost to Grower • Increased dues • Certification by CCAs
o Growers time to complete certification (if pursued)
• Grower time to complete paperworkk
• Possible change of management practices
• Reduction in nitrogen applications (potential)
Reporting approach allows growers to comply with order in a cost effective manner while supplying necessary information to assist with the prioritization of outreach and effectiveness studies necessary to reduce loading of nitrogen
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