manureshed

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A comprehensive framework for analyzing agricultural nutrient balances across multiple spatial scales (county, 'HUC8', 'HUC2') with integration of wastewater treatment plant ('WWTP') effluent loads for both nitrogen and phosphorus. Supports classification of spatial units as nutrient sources, sinks, or balanced areas based on agricultural surplus and deficit calculations. Includes visualization tools, spatial transition probability analysis, and nutrient flow network mapping. Built-in datasets include agricultural nutrient balance data from the Nutrient Use Geographic Information System ('NuGIS'; The Fertilizer Institute and Plant Nutrition Canada, 1987-2016) <https://nugis.tfi.org/tabular_data/> and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ('EPA') wastewater discharge data from the 'ECHO' Discharge Monitoring Report ('DMR') Loading Tool (2007-2016) <https://echo.epa.gov/trends/loading-tool/water-pollution-search>. Data are downloaded on demand from the Open Science Framework ('OSF') repository to minimize package size while maintaining full functionality. The integrated 'manureshed' framework methodology is described in Akanbi et al. (2025) <doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2025.108697>. Designed for nutrient management planning, environmental analysis, and circular economy research at watershed/administrative to national scales. This material is based upon financial support by the National Science Foundation, EEC Division of Engineering Education and Centers, NSF Engineering Research Center for Advancing Sustainable and Distributed Fertilizer Production (CASFER), NSF 20-553 Gen-4 Engineering Research Centers award 2133576. We thank Dr. Robert D. Sabo (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) for his valuable contributions to the conceptual development and review of this work.

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