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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, USEPA and 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
- US EPA's New
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) Rule, Information, and Brochures
 These documents require
Adobe Acrobat.
 Comprehensive Nutrient Management
Planning Training Opportunities
Financial
and Technical Assistance Available to CAFO Owners and Operators
Comprehensive
Nutrient Management Planning Assistance Available from Technical Service
Providers
CNMP Technical Guidance - Spanish Translation
CNMP
Fact Sheet
Program Contact
Barry Frantz, Program Leader,
717-237-2216
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