Content tagged "conservation practices"

Conservation Practices and Animal Agriculture

Animal Manure Management Updated: November 26, 2018

Many conservation practices are available for animal agriculture producers interested in protecting air and water quality, improving soil health or wildlife...

The Importance of Conservation in Animal Agriculture

Animal Manure Management Updated: April 17, 2018

This page focuses largely on USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) practice standards and how NRCS works with farmers by providing technical and...

Recommendations for Manure Injection and Incorporation Technologies for Phase 6 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model

Animal Manure Management Updated: May 21, 2017

A Best Management Practice (BMP) Expert Panel was convened under guidance of the Chesapeake Bay Program’s (CBP) Water Quality Goal Implementation Team to...

Developing Science-Based Estimates of Best Management Practice Effectiveness for the Phase 6 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model

Animal Manure Management Updated: May 20, 2017

The Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) is a regional partnership that leads and directs Chesapeake Bay restoration and protection. The CBP uses a suite of modeling...

The Arkansas Discovery Farm Program: Connecting Science to the Farm

Animal Manure Management Updated: November 13, 2013

Waste to Worth home | More proceedings....Agriculture in Arkansas is under increasing pressure to manage nutrients and sediment in an environmentally...

What Practices Increase Infiltration and Reduce Runoff on Slopes Greater Than 30%?

Animal Manure Management Updated: November 06, 2013

Waste to Worth home | More proceedings....Farming in the driftless region of Wisconsin where the steep fields and waterways are all connected to rivers and...