Like any management plan, nutrient management plans should include descriptions of the nutrient resource and current practices that may affect nutrient use and nutrient flows within a farm.
The plan should also include a description of production and environmental objectives that may affect nutrient use or nutrient flows within a farm.
Where objectives are not being met, a description of possible scenarios to meet these objectives should be available, along with possible implications for nutrient use and farm management.
Overseer has a role in the development of these plans as the data required to produce nutrient budgets also define farm nutrient resources and flows and current practices that may affect nutrient use
2007 - Wheeler. D, Ledgard. S F, Monaghan. R M; Role of the Overseer Nutrient Budget Model in nutrient management plans.
In: Designing sustainable farms: Critical aspects of soil and water management. (Eds L.D. Currie and L.J. Yates). Occasional Report No. 20. Fertilizer and Lime Research Centre, Massey University, Palmerston North, NZ. pp