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MMP Appendix A updated

• 8/13/2021 8:17:00 AM
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Notice for those preparing manure management plans (MMPs): The county average yields now cover yields from 2016 to 2020. Find the updated yield data in Appendix A to the manure management plan (form 542-4000a) on the DNR’s AFO forms page.

Follow your MMP - including commercial fertilizer

• 6/7/2021 2:32:00 PM
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Applying both manure and commercial fertilizer on cropland is allowed—but only if the combined application rates do not exceed the nitrogen (or phosphorus) needs of the crop—as calculated in your current manure management plan

Submitting MMPs online - better than ever

• 6/7/2021 2:31:00 PM
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​​​​​​​Submit the annual MMP (manure management plan) update from home, your truck or office. In your blue jeans, suit or pajamas. Skip the trip to the county office for signatures. Pay fees online or mail them in.

Have you submitted your MMP Annual Update using eMMP?

• 9/17/2020 9:54:00 AM
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If you haven’t been using the online manure management plan application, eMMP, then why not give it a try! The eMMP is easy to use--streamlining the annual short form update submittal and payment process.

Make MMP submittal easy in 2020

• 1/4/2020 7:51:00 PM
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For confinement site owners: If you haven’t been using the online manure management plan application, eMMP, check your mail now.

New form clarifies how to report ownership changes

• 7/1/2019 2:09:00 PM
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Sometimes forms are the bane of our existence. But this new form should help confinement site producers and their consultants report ownership changes.

Celebrating Success with the eMMP

• 5/30/2019 6:34:00 AM
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It’s been roughly a year since the online manure management plan or eMMP rolled out. Producers and consultants have embraced the new technology submitting nearly 60 percent of annual plans electronically.

eMMP Update – Come visit us at Pork Congress

• 1/11/2019 3:12:00 PM
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DNR specialists will be on hand at Pork Congress to answer questions and guide you through the eMMP application – an online system to file your annual manure management plan updates. Look for us Jan. 23 and 24, near the food court at the Iowa Events Center, 730 Third St., in Des Moines.

eMMP —a fast way to handle manure management plans

• 11/29/2018 8:30:00 AM
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The electronic Manure Management Plan -- eMMPs -- is no longer new, but it is a success.

eMMP proving popular with producers

• 9/14/2018 10:15:00 AM
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Fall is almost here. That means harvest is coming and manure application season is around the corner. Late September marks six months since the online manure management plan (eMMP) application rolled out. In the first four months, producers submitted about 30 percent of annual MMP updates using the new system.

DNR eMMP wins national award for improving experiences with state government

• 9/13/2018 2:04:00 PM
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DES MOINES -- The Iowa DNR learned Wednesday that a project to allow farmers to submit manure management plans online won an award in the 2018 national Government Experience Awards.

eMMP rolled out and questions roll in

• 4/16/2018 8:47:00 AM
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The new electronic manure management plan application or eMMP rolled out March 23 when personal identification number (PIN) letters were mailed to one owner of each confinement facility needing an MMP.

Online MMP submittal now live

• 3/26/2018 9:59:00 AM
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Letters went out from DNR March 22 regarding the new electronic manure management plan (eMMP) application. DNR sent only one letter per facility site providing a Personal Identification Number (PIN) to owners of confinement facilities who must file manure management plans. If you are a co-owner who did not receive a letter, please work with your ownership group.

Learn how to file manure management plans online

• 2/22/2018 11:31:00 AM
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Some 7,000 poultry and livestock producers who must file a manure management plan can now file their MMP electronically three years out of four.

eMMP rolling out in March

• 2/9/2018 3:55:00 PM
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Poultry and livestock producers who must file a manure management plan can now file their MMP electronically--three years out of four. 

Visit us at Pork Congress - learn how the eMMP saves time and money

• 1/23/2018 8:39:00 AM
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Coming in March, DNR will have an option for livestock and poultry farmers to submit their annual Manure Management Plan (MMP) updates and pay compliance fees online. The electronic (eMMP) option provides a simplified process for producers, their consultants, counties and the DNR.

Iowa DNR rolls out the eMMP at Pork Congress -- a new way to file manure management plans online

• 1/18/2018 1:26:00 PM
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DES MOINES—It’s been more than a year since DNR partnered with groups to develop a better way for farmers to file annual manure management plan updates.

eMMP update - a better way to handle manure management plans

• 10/20/2017 12:01:00 PM
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Work is proceeding on the new electronic Manure Management Plan (eMMP) which will make it possible to submit short forms for manure management plans and pay fees online. The goal is to simplify filing an annual MMP for 7,000-plus producers, their consultants, and the 99 counties that receive the plans.

eMMP – A Better Way to Handle Manure Management Plans

• 2/17/2017 10:48:00 AM
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Check out the new eMMP AFO webpage for ongoing progress reports on efforts to make online submittal of the manure management plan short forms possible.

Owners – Sign that MMP

• 10/20/2016 8:41:00 AM
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Some facilities have been submitting manure management plans (MMPs) signed by the MMP writer rather than the owner. Just a reminder that the plans, including annual updates, must be signed by the facility owner. If the owner is a corporation, the person authorized by law to sign on behalf of the corporation must sign the MMP. The same applies to open feedlots and truck washes that require a nutrient management plan or NMP.