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Updated:
02/12/2008
Animal Feeding Operations
The NRCS objective in working with Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs) is to
help AFO owners and operators to achieve their production and natural resource
conservation goals through development and implementation of comprehensive
nutrient management plans (CNMPs). Each CNMP includes the following
characteristics:
- A subset of a conservation plan that is unique to the animal feeding operation.
- Combines management activities and practices into an integrated system.
- Site specific.
- Voluntary.
- Focuses on nutrient and sediment aspects of water quality.
Additional Information
- Principles of Collaboration, Unified National Strategy for Animal Feeding
Operations, Cost and Capability Assessment, May 10, 2001
- Principles of Collaboration, United States Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources and Environment, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, July 25, 2001
- Statement of Involvement, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), Interactions on the Proposed Revisions to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System Permit Regulation and Standards for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (40 CFR Parts 122 and 412),
November 23, 2001
- Statement of Involvement and Collaboration, USEPA and USDA, Collaborative Cost and
Capability Assessment, November 23, 2001
- Statement of USDA Involvement, USEPA and USDA, Interactions on the Total Maximum
Daily Load Public Listening Sessions, November 23, 2001
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s New
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) Rule, Information, and Brochures
- Financial and Technical Assistance Available to CAFO Owners and Operators (20 KB)
- Costs Associated with Development and
Implementation of Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans (CNMP): Part I - Nutrient Management, Land Treatment,
Manure and Wastewater Handling and Storage, and Recordkeeping (published June, 2003)
Statement
of Involvement (141.2 KB)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Interactions on
the Implementation of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Regulation and
Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
(40 CFR Parts 122 and 412), May 16, 2003.
Livestock and Poultry Environmental Stewardship (LPES)
- CAFO Fact Sheets
These CAFO Fact Sheets are a collection of 24 publications that address
questions that educators and producers are most likely to have about what
the CAFO regulations mean, how they will affect livestock and poultry
production facilities, and what producers must do to comply with the
regulations. (August 2003)
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Curriculum for Producers and Advisors -
Midwest Plan Service (MWPSH)
Provides LPES lesson materials through its online
catalog or by calling
800-562-3618. Materials include a searchable CD containing 26 lessons in
PDF format files and PowerPoint presentations; a 2-CD set of PageMaker and
graphic image and illustration files for all lessons; and printed lessons
suitable for a 3-ring binder.
These documents are available in Adobe Acrobat.
National
Animal Agriculture Conservation Framework, Final, December 2003 (657 KB)
NRCS CNMP Policy
Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning
Technical Guidance (CNMP), National Planning Procedures Handbook, Part 600.5
NRCS CNMP Technical Guidance Documents
These documents are available in Adobe Acrobat.
CNMP
Technical Guidance - Spanish Translation (19.8 KB)
CNMP
Fact Sheet (131.2 KB)
CNMP
Training Opportunities (129.2 KB)
Assistance
Available from Technical Service Providers (72.4 KB)
Program Contact
John Davis, Natural Resource Specialist, 301-504-2225
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