Commercial Manure Applicator Training scheduled for Jan. 5

Commercial manure applicators should plan to attend the Commercial Manure Applicator training program scheduled for Thursday, January 5, from 9 a.m. to noon. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in cooperation with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources will conduct the required three-hour training workshop at that time. There is no fee to attend the workshop, but commercial applicators must register by Dec. 30 by contacting the hosting ISU Extension and Outreach office. The workshop will be hosted at the following county offices: Allamakee, Clayton, Howard, and Winneshiek.

Commercial manure applicators needing to recertify and those wanting to certify for the first time should attend. The workshop will provide the required three hours of annual training and will cover rules for applicators as well as land-application requirements, update on inspections, what you need to know about nitrogen and phosphorus in manure, nitrogen inhibitors, manure application equipment, and manure and hydrogen sulfide safety.

Please contact your county extension offices to determine which days are scheduled for the manure applicator certification programs. Due to scheduling conflicts, many county extension offices will no longer accept walk-in appointments to watch the training DVDs.

Applicators now have another option, online certification, which an applicator can take their training on-line at DNR MAC eLearning site at https://elearning-dnr.iowa.gov/. The applicator will need to sign-in and get an A&A account.

For more information about the commercial applicator program contact your local ISU Extension & Outreach County office or access a list of the training locations at: http://www.agronext.iastate.edu/immag/certification/macprogrampostcard.pdf