Management has more effect on soil loss rather than other factor.
	Description of a management is a list of dates, operations that occur on each date, and the vegetations associated with an operation that has a “begin growth” effect and the residue associated with an operation that has an “adds other cover” effect.
	Specific operations, vegetations, and residues are selected from lists for those already in databases.
	If required information is not already in database, then a specific entry will have to be edited or a new entry made.
	Access to database may be limited and not available to particular users.  Check with your supplier of RUSLE2.
	In general, accept values in database because of the research and judgment gone into the preparation of databases by researchers, NRCS technical specialists, and technical specialists from other organizations.
	However, dates and operations should be reflective of local conditions.
	Consistency among RUSLE2 applications is critically important.
	Be careful about trying to modify variables like yield, depth, and speed to exactly the field conditions. Changes in estimated soil loss may not be meaningful and significant for small changes.
	Rotations are a cycle where operations begin to repeat.
	A rotation can be one year.
	A rotation can include multiple crops (vegetations).
	A management can include volunteer vegetation (weeds) in addition to planted crops.
	RUSLE2 is dumb.  Weeds must be in vegetation database and an operation must be present to get the weeds to grow, and then an operation must be present to stop weed growth.  The same applies to all vegetations.
	RUSLE2 only “sees” one vegetation at a time.  The information in a vegetation file must reflect the overall conditions at the time.
	For example, RUSLE2 can combine the information for small grain and a legume to know what is in the field.  The user must provide values for the combined condition and specifically name and save that vegetation.
	NRCS and Extension Service good source of information for cropland.  Consult other NRCS and other agencies like Bureau of Land Management for range for other land uses.