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Animals
Animals Highlights
- 2008 Final CAFO Rule
- Methane to Markets: Agriculture
- Final Action to Amend the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Rule
- Preparing for Avian Flu
- Manure Management Planner
- Idaho One Plan
An innovative approach to conservation planning in Idaho. - Related
Publications
-- Animals
-- Aquaculture - Sign Up for News Service
- Livestock
and Poultry Environmental Learning Centers (LPELC)
Information about environmental requirements specifically relating to the production of agricultural animals, including:
- Animal Feeding Operations
-- livestock-raising operations, including hog, cattle, dairy, sheep,
and poultry farms, that congregate animals, feed, waste, and production
operations on a small land area. AFOs can range from facilities with
a small number of animals to extremely large production facilities.
- EPA Animal Feeding Operation Air
Agreement Update -- AFOs will participate
in a nationwide project to evaluate the air emissions from animal
feeding operations.
- Aquaculture Operations
-- facilities that actively cultivate under
controlled conditions marine and freshwater aquatic organisms, such
as catfish, shrimp, salmon, scallops, oysters, and trout.
- Pasture, Rangeland, and Grazing Operations -- livestock-raising operations where the animals graze or otherwise seek food in pastures or other open areas.
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Information from Educational Institutions
Introduction to Animal Agriculture
These narrated powerpoint presentations were developed by the University
of Minnesota Extension to orient new staff working in the area of animal
agriculture. For each of the topics (swine, dairy, beef, manure,
poultry, manure) there is a 10-18 minute narrated presentation.
This page is sponsored by
EPA's Ag Center. 