Phase 2 & 3 Management Areas 2023 Crop Year Annual Report Form Information
/Online Reporting
Producers can complete their management area reporting forms online. If you are unable to complete your management area forms online, you can schedule a time to complete your forms over the phone or in person. Annual reports must be submitted for both irrigated and dryland fields of 40 acres or larger. If you find that you are missing a field or see one that you no longer farm, please let us know so we can get that changed. It is the landowner’s responsibility to provide the LENRD with information for all fields that are farmed.
THE ANNUAL REPORT IS DUE BY MARCH 15, 2024
The annual report is not only a requirement for the Phase 2 & 3 areas, but it also documents the good work that you are doing to protect the groundwater. A major source of groundwater nitrate contamination is fertilizer and manure applications from farming practices. By implementing intelligent nitrogen and irrigation water management practices, farmers play a major role in protecting groundwater quality. These practices can also maximize your profit per acre.
Irrigation Water and Deep Soil Sampling
The rules and regulations of the Phase 2 Areas state that irrigation water must be sampled once every four years. Phase 3 Area producers must sample their irrigation water annually. Be sure to take advantage of our free sampling program to test your water. You can pick up sample kits here at our office in Norfolk. Under this program, all you need to do is collect the water sample from your well, and the NRD will pay the cost of shipping and testing the sample.
The rules and regulations of the Phase 2 Areas state that a deep soil sample is required for every 80 acres on fields that are planted to continuous corn. Phase 3 Area producers must take a sample for every 80 acres on any field that is going to be planted to corn, regardless of what was planted the prior year. Cost-share is available up to 50% of the total eligible costs of the sampling. Invoices and sampling results for Fall 2023/Spring 2024 need to be turned in to the LENRD office by November 1, 2024 to be eligible for cost-share.
For questions, concerns, or to schedule an appointment, please call Connor at 402-371-7313.
Completing the Form
If the land was irrigated corn, the well registration number and flow meter reading should auto populate. If they do not, you can still manually enter in the information, but please let us know so that we can get it fixed.
If the land was in corn and beans, turn in the report for the corn only. If the land is irrigated and dryland, turn in the report according to what you did on the irrigated portion.
The deep soil information you need to enter should have been taken either in the fall of 2022 or the spring of 2023 (samples prior to the 2023 crop). The samples you took this fall or spring will be entered in next years report.
If the field is irrigated, you will need the results of the most recent water sample taken. If you took a sample and mailed it in, the results would have been mailed to you. You will not be able to submit the form without it.
Make sure to enter each nitrogen application event by clicking the “Add Application” button.
Once you have completed the form, make sure to submit and review it. If you would like a printout of the report, make sure you click print when it gives you the option. You may then return to the map page to pick your next field to report on or log out. Once you click return to map, you will not be able to go back and edit/print the report.
If you try to submit a form and it will not allow you to do so, go back through the report and make sure you have completed the required boxes. At this point, entry boxes that need to be filled out should be highlighted in red.