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Environmental Protection Agency

What's New -- Links to new programs and publications at EPA

Ag Center, EPA's OFfice of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.The EPA with the support of the USDA has developed this National Agriculture Compliance Assistance Center to provide a base for 'first stop shopping' for the agriculture community--one place for the development of comprehensive, easy-to-understand information about approaches to compliance that are both environmentally protective and agriculturally sound.

• USDA-EPA Unified National Strategy for Animal Feeding Operations
• Enforceable State Mechanisms for the Control of Nonpoint source Water Pollution -- summarizes the laws under which states may regulate nonpoint source water pollution.
• Compliance Assurance Implementation Plan for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Draft proposal from EPA, March 5, 1998
• Summary of Major Existing EPA Laws & Programs That Could Affect Producers of Agricultural Commodities with Federal Compliance Authority (2/96) (pdf)

EPA's Office of Wastewater Management -- Here you will find information of the CAFO Proposed Rule published in the Federal Register in January 2001.

EPA funding sources for pollution prevention

EPA Office of Water, Nonpoint Pollution Control Program

Watershed Academy, EPA. Provides distance learning opportunities for watershed managers or other interested persons.

Surf Your Watershed Check your watershed quality using State Index of Watershed Indicators. You can also locate watershed advocacy groups in your state.

Clean Water Action Plan, EPA's cleanwater action plan and related resources

United States Department of Agriculture

The National Agricultural Statistics Service, with links to USDA statistical reports and to all state statistical offices.

Economic Research Service

• Confined Animal Production and Manure Nutrients (2001)
• Environmental Regulation and Location of Hog Production (Sept 2000)
• Confined Animal and Manure Nutrient Data System (Jan 2001)--"...provides state and national data about confined animal numbers and associated manure nutrients.

 Natural Resource Conservation Service --a Federal agency that works in partnership with the American people to conserve and sustain our natural resources. Many resources here, including:

• Manure Nutrients Relative to the Capacity of Cropland and Pastureland to Assimilate Nutrients
• Natural Resources Inventory (NRI)
• Wetlands Reserve Program
• Backyard Conservation
• Water Quality and Agriculture
• Potential Priority Watersheds for Protection of Water Quality from Contamination by Manure Nutrients (Jan. 2000)
• Trends in the Potential for Nutrient Loading from Confined Livestock Operations (Jan. 1999)
• Nutrient Management Systems Reduce Environmental Risk

Farm*A*Syst and Home*A*Syst, a voluntary partnership between government agencies and private business that enables individuals to prevent pollution on farms, ranches and homes using confidential environmental assessments.

Other Federal agencies

The National Ag Safety Database from the Centers for Disease Control spotlights the safety hazards of manure storage facilities.

ManureNet -- from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada -- Lots of valuable information about waste management in animal agriculture for the Canadian Provinces, including: Codes of Practice, Acts and Regulations and a large technical section on anerobic digesters

Alberta, Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development:

• Beef Manure Management
• Livestock Expansion and Developer's Guide
  

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Much of the research and information regarding animal agriculture comes from our Land Grant University system. Other state resources are included here, also.

North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension with many valuable resouces, including:

• Water Quality and Waste Management publications
  • Waste Products and Hazardous Materials
  • Watershed Management: Planning and Managing a Successful Project to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution
  • Components of a Complete Manure Management Plan
  • Groundwater Quality: A Public Policy Perspective
  • Groundwater Policy in North Carolina
  • Sources and Extent of Groundwater Contamination
  • North Carolina Regulatory Programs to Protect Groundwater
  • Water Quality Nondischarge Regulations for Livestock Farms in North Carolina
  • Water and Wastewater Management in a Dairy Processing Plant
  • Composting Poultry Mortality in North Carolina
• Water Law in N.C.
  
• Swine Odor Task Force Report
  
• Swine Manure as a Fertilizer Source
  
• Dairy Manure as a Fertilizer Source
  
• Poultry Manure as a Fertilizer Source
  
• Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Concepts
  
• MARK: Home to NCSU's Extension Swine Husbandry
• Economics of Livestock and Poultry Manure Management
• How to Select an Alternative Manure Treatment System
• Swine Farm Zoning Notebook (updated 11/2000) -- contains statutes, regulations, ordinances and court cases addressing zoning, nuisance, and animal waste management issues for swine farm operation and other intensive livestock operations
• Regulation of Animal Feeding Operations

AWARE: Animal Waste Awareness in Research & Extension -- University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Some good publications and links to other sites.

• Composting Poultry Mortalities
• Land Application of Livestock and Poultry Manure
• Animal Waste and the Environment
• Deal with the Challenges of Animal Waste Regulation in the Southeast

Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Manure and Odor Education and Research at the University of Minnesota:

• Site Selection for Animal Housing and Waste Storage Facilities
• Impact of Heavy Rainfall on Manure Management and Water Quality
• Managing Odors from Swine Waste
• Mini-Pits: A Short-Term Manure Storage Alternative
• Odor and Odor Policy Criteria

Manure Matters Web Site -- a service of the University of Nebraska's Livestock Environmental Issues Committee. Home of the "Manure Matters" newsletter and Manure Matters Listserv. There are also number of publications of interest.

• Swine Manure Management Systems
• Environmental Considerations for Manure Application System Selection
• Manure Applicator Calibration (pdf)
• Composting Manure and Other Organic Residues
• Estimating Manure Nutrients from Livestock and Poultry
• Determining Crop Available Nutrients from Manure
• Nebraska Waste Management Regulations

From Pennsylvania State University:

Penn State Nutrient Management Legislation: A Summary, Agronomy Leaflet 40

From Penn State's Agricultural and Biologial Engineering Department

• Agricultural Waste Stacking and Handling Pad, (pdf)
• Considering an Anaerobic Digester? Steps to Take and Contacts to Make, (pdf)
• Anaerobic Digestion: Biogas Production and Odor Reduction From Manure, (pdf)
• Odor Control for Animal Production Operations, (pdf)
• Principles of Measuring Air Quality Evaluating Livestock Housing Environments (Part 1of 3), (pdf)
• Instruments for Measuring Air Quality Evaluating Livestock Housing Environments (Part 2 of 3), (pdf)
• Evaluating Mechanical Ventilation Systems Evaluating Livestock Housing Environments (Part 3 0f 3), (pdf)
• Biological Manipulation of Manure: Getting What You Want From Animal Manure, (pdf)
• Dairy Manure Handling, (pdf)

Ohio State University Extension -- Some publications to check out.

• Ohio Livestock Manure and Wastewater Management Guide
• Using Constructed Wetlands for Removing Contaminents from Livestock Wastewater
• Composting Swine Mortality Principles and Operation
• Guidelines for Livestock Producers-Animal Waste and the Environment (produced by Ohio's EPA Division of Surface Water and the Public Interest Center)
• Horse Manure Management--Preventing a Soil Nitrogen Deficiency
• Land Application of Poultry Litter
• Manure Pit Ventilation Systems for Swine Operating Principles
• Managing Livestock Waste Facilities...Controlling Crystal Formation in Recycle Flush Systems
• Land Application of Livestock Waste...Legislation, Regulations, Guidelines and Standards
• Best Management Practices: A Manure Nutrient Management Program
• Best Management Practices: Land Application of Animal Manure
• An Economic Comparison of Three Manure Handling Systems

Also from Ohio State:

• Ohio Management Systems Evaluation Area -- established to evaluate the impact of farming systems on water quality.

Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering -- Iowa State University. Some interesting research going on in Iowa.

• Hoop Structures for Swine
• Swine Manure Management and Iowa's Manure Law
• Solving Swine Mortality Problems
• Emptying Anaimal Manure Pits and Lagoons

See also

• Iowa State Extenson Manure/Odor Publications (pdf)
• Iowa's Pork Industry--Dollars and Scents -- a compilation of eleven articles written by members of the Iowa State University economics department
• Composting Dead Livestock
• Beef Feedlot System Manual
• Iowa Manure Management Action Group
• Iowa Beef Center
  • Virtual Feedlot Design

From Clemson University:

• Odor and Odor Management
• Land Application of Animal Manure
• Certification Program for S.C. Confined Animal Manure Managers

Alabama Cooperative Extension Online Publications -- links to departmental publications. Some useful ones include:

• Planning and Managing Lagoons for Dairy Waste Treatment
• Planning and Managing Lagoons for Poultry Waste Treatment
• Planning and Managing Lagoons for Swine Waste Treatment
• Fermantation of Poultry Carcasses
• An Economic Evaluation of Dead-Bird Disposal Systems
• Constructed Wetlands for Animal Waste Treatment

University of California Davis Animal Science Extension Here you can search or download the National Dairy Manure Management Database--a collection of more than 4,500 citations (as of 11/96) to dairy waste management literature.
Some publications available from UC Davis include:

• Factsheet-13 Reducing the Risk of Ground and Surface Water Contamination from Manure Management, (pdf)
• UCCE-DMMS-4 Dairying and Air Emissions, (pdf)
• UCCE-DMMS-5 Water Quality, (pdf)
• The Nuts and Bolts of Manure Water, (pdf)

Colorado State Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics publications:

• Matrix of State Level Policies for Animal Feeding Operations (pdf) 25 pp., January 1999
• Swine Policy Decision Points (pdf) 4 pp, October 1998
• Common Components of Swine Policies (pdf) 6 pp., October 1998
• Swine Industry Economics (pdf) 6 pp., October 1998
• Report on Animal Feeding Operations and Rural Colorado Communities (pdf) 32 pp., February 1999
• The Swine Industry and Community Economic Development: A Report to the Baca County Commission (pdf) 28 pp., October 1998

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Legal Information Institute: Topical Index: State Statutes on the Internet

National Center for Agricultural Law Research and Information

Environmental Information, Permits and Law on the WWW.

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National Pork Producers Council

National Pork Board

American Farm Bureau with links to state Farm Bureau web sites.

American Conservation Innovation Center ACIC operates as a project of the private, nonprofit Natural Resources Council of America. ACIC develops economically practical solutions to agricultural-environmental problems and makes these rapidly available to farmers and ranchers.

The Ecological Society of America--see their publication "Nonpoint Pollution of Surface Waters with Phosphorus and Nitrogen"

FAPRI: Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute -- FAPRI has published several reviews of EPA's economic analysis of the Proposed CAFO Regulation

• FAPRI's Analysis of the EPA's Proposed CAFO Regulations (July 2001), 57 pages.
• Financial Impact of Proposed CAFO Regulations on Representative Broiler Farms (July 30, 2001), 6 pages

Animal Production Systems -- a web site from Northwest Science and Environmental Policy Center

Boss Hog: North Carolina's Pork Revolution. This 1996 Pulitzer Prize winning series explores North Carolina's pork revolution and the state's role as a supporter and mediator--from the Raleigh News and Observer.

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