Animal/Livestock Feeding Operations

The Environmental Agriculture Program conducts

• air and water quality permitting,
• inspection, regulation and compliance assistance of
  • Animal Feeding Operations (AFO),
  • Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO), and
  • Housed Commercial Swine Feeding Operations (HCSFO)

 The program addresses the handling of animal manure and nutrients, as well as odor issues at housed commercial swine feeding operations. The program also works on cross media initiatives and looks for opportunities to incorporate pollution prevention to achieve improved environmental outcomes.