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How Do CAFO’s Land Apply Manure?

How Do CAFO’s Land Apply Manure?. What is a CAFO?. In the State of Indiana Animal Feeding Operations are permitted as Confined Feeding Facilities (CFO’s) or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO’s). The farm size determines whether or not an operation is labeled a CAFO.

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How Do CAFO’s Land Apply Manure?

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  1. How Do CAFO’s Land Apply Manure?

  2. What is a CAFO? • In the State of Indiana Animal Feeding Operations are permitted as Confined Feeding Facilities (CFO’s) or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO’s). The farm size determines whether or not an operation is labeled a CAFO.

  3. What is Land Application? • Utilizing manure from livestock operations on fields used to grow crops. • Manure can be surface applied onto the soil or injected into the soil.

  4. Why Land Apply Manure? • Manure nutrients help build and maintain soil fertility • Manure can also improve soil tilth, increase water-holding capacity, lessen wind and water erosion, improve aeration, and promote beneficial organisms

  5. Video Presentation: How Do CAFO’s Land Apply Manure?

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  7. Resources • Indiana Confined Feeding Regulation Program Guidance Manual. Indiana Department of Environmental Management • Best Management Practices: Land Application of Animal Manure AGF-208-95. Ohio State University Extension Office • Land Application of Manure and Environmentally Sensitive Field Characteristics. Frankenberger, Jane R. and Jones, Don D., Purdue University; Gould, Charles and Jacobs, Lee, Michigan State University.

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