Fertilizer Storage and Handling on the Farm

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Development: G.Brett Doerr, and Dr. Karla M. Embleton
HTML Coding: Susan Childress
Assessment Coding: Husni Fahmi
Purdue Supervisors: Dr. Bernard A. Engel, Dr. Don D. Jones, and Amy Childress
U.S. EPA Project Director: Alfred Krause

The material within this package is based on information released by the Farmstead Assessment Program, a cooperative project of the University of Wisconsin-Extension, Minnesota Extension Service, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 5.

The user is also referred to "Designing Facilities for Pesticide and Fertilizer Containment (MWPS-37)" by the Midwest Plan Service for further information on the construction of environmentally-sound fertilizer and fertilizer storage facilities. Material and figures from that manuscript are also included in this risk assessment and improvement package.

Developed at Purdue University in 1991 and 2001. Funded by the U.S. EPA Region 5.

Special thanks go to Dr. Samuel D. Parsons, Faculty Advisor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, Purdue University.

Purdue University expressly disclaims any warranties or guarantees of the accuracy of fitness for a particular purpose of the material presented herein.

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