New Mexico Animal Feeding Operations

Provides guidance on comprehensive nutrient management planning

The following documents require Microsoft Excel,  Adobe Acrobat, and Microsoft Word

• Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning  - Eleven Step Guide (822KB)

• Questions and Answers Regarding Lining of Waste Storage Impoundments (38KB)

• NM Comprehensive Nutrient Management Technical Guidance(1,489KB)

• Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning Suggested Format (39KB)

• Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning Certification Requirements (84KB)

• Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan Fact Sheets

  • Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning Requirements (89KB)
  • Initial Planning for Liners (179KB)
  • Process for Planning and Designing Agricultural Waste Systems (593KB)
  • Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation - 2006 Rule Revision (171KB)
  • What is the Difference Between a NMP and an CNMP (183KB)

• Unified Guidance Documents (159KB)

  • Comparison Chart (274KB)
  • Application Submittals (38KB)
  • On-Site Record Keeping (101KB)
  • Monitoring Submittals (44KB)
  • Design and Construction Submittals (48KB)

Planning Software

• Phosphorus Assessment Tool Worksheet (46KB)

• NMSU Soil Test Interpretation Report Software (402KB) and Instructions (134KB)

• Irrigated Leaching Index and Salt Management Tool Worksheet (142KB)

• Farm Irrigation Rating System (FIRS) Worksheet (681KB)

• NM Dairy Pond Sizing Software (672KB) and Instructions (610KB)

Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan (CNMP) Sample Plan

• Suggested Format of CNMP (37KB)

• Format by Section (39KB)

• Checklist for CNMP (39KB)

• Cover Sheet (19KB)
• Example of Cover Sheet Feedlot (306KB)
• Facility Information (23KB)
• Example of Facility Information (23KB)

• Emergency Action Plan and Safety Precautions (75KB)

• Environmental Assessment & Resource Inventory Checklist (1797KB)

• Inventory Data Sheet (148KB)

• Inventory Example (64KB)

• Plan Summary Example (42KB)

• Conservation Plan Example (478KB)

• Operation and Maintenance (51KB)

• Recording Keeping for CNMP/CAFO or Groundwater permits (506KB)

Links to Other Resources:

Livestock and Poultry Environmental Stewardship

USGS AFO Conference Proceedings

Last Modified: 10/26/2007