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This is the proceedings from the Animal Agriculture and the Environment conference, held December 11-13, 1996 in Rochester, New York. Included are 33 papers divided into six categories: environmental concerns, protecting the environment, protecting the environment-land application, protecting the environment-- animal management, considerations in public policy, and cost to the farmer. The proceedings will be of interest to producers (dairy, poultry, swine, and beef) and their advisors; community officials and their consultants; state/province regulatory agencies and legislatures; cooperative extension and university educators; crop consultants; rural land owners; soil and water conservation district staff; federal government staff; and watershed managers. (1996)

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Many livestock producers need to know more about the potential impact of manure management practices on natural resources and the quality of life in rural areas. Community leaders, on the other hand, need a better understanding of the problems farmers face in dealing with new neighbors and regulatory scrutiny in a climate of economic uncertainty. A source of vital information and an overview of current issues, Animal Agriculture and the Environment: Nutrients, Pathogens, and Community Relations, NRAES-96, is the proceedings of a North American conference held in Rochester, New York, in December 1996.

Animal Agriculture and the Environment contains thirty-three papers divided among the general categories of environmental concerns, environmental protection issues, environmental protection in relation to land application and to animal management, public policy considerations, and the costs to farmers of environmental protection. The authors summarize experiences involving various nutrient management plans and approaches to protecting water quality, and they review on-farm management strategies for protecting water quality and addressing community concerns. (Proceedings of a pre-conference workshop has been published separately as Nutrient Management Software, NRAES-100.)

This 386-page publication will interest anyone involved in livestock production, environmental protection, or policy making, including producers and their advisers; crop consultants; rural land owners; cooperative extension and university educators; officials and lawmakers at local, state, and federal levels; watershed managers; and soil and water conservation professionals.

The conference was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service; Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs; New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Water; Cornell Cooperative Extension; New York State Water Resources Institute; New York State Soil and Water Conservation Committee; Northeast Dairy Producers Association; and NRAES.

Animal Agriculture and the Environment, NRAES-96, is available for $30.00 per copy (plus shipping and handling) from NRAES, Cooperative Extension, PO Box 4557, Ithaca, New York 14852-4557. Quantity discounts are available. The shipping and handling charge is $6.00 for a single copy within the continental United States. New York residents, add sales tax (calculated on both the cost of publications and the shipping and handling charges. Click here for more information). If ordering more than one copy or if ordering from outside the United States, please contact NRAES for shipping costs. Orders from outside the United States must be prepaid in U.S. funds. Major credit cards are accepted, and checks should be made payable to NRAES. For information about quantity discounts, or for a free publications catalog, contact NRAES by phone at (607) 255-7654, by fax at (607) 254-8770, by e-mail at nraes@cornell.edu, or on the web at http://www.nraes.org

Why Do Farms Expand?
David M. Galton and Wayne A. Knoblauch

Changing Emphasis of Farm Production
Les E. Lanyon and Paul B. Thompson

Health Concerns Resulting from the Effects of Animal Agriculture on Water Resources
Ronald A. Entringer and John Strepelis

Environmental Concerns

The Watershed Agricultural Program of the New York City Watersheds: People, Pathogens, and Phosphorus
Dana C. Chapman and Richard I. Coombe

Potential Pathogens in Manure
Susan M. Stehman, Christine Rossiter, Patrick Mc Donough, and Susan Wade

Cryptosporidium and Giardia: Update
W. C. Ghiorse

Myths about Phosphorus
Andrew N. Sharpley

Nitrogen Pathways in the Environment
David Irvine, William M. Moe, and Carlo Montemagno

Manure Impacts on Aquatic Systems
Norman Conrad

Improving Nutrient Cycling in Animal Agriculture Systems
J.J. Meisinger and R.B. Thompson

Farm Environmental Review and Problem Diagnosis: New York City Watershed
Steven Pacenka

Achieving Environmental and Farm Business Objectives
John J. Hanchar, Robert A. Milligan, and Wayne A. Knoblauch

Protecting the Environment

Protecting the Environment: One Farmer's View of Environmental Protection
Robert Dobson

Prevention, Collection, and Treatment of Concentrated Pollution Sources on Farms
Peter Wright

Manure Handling Systems: Economic and Environmental Comparison
Donald Hilborn

Effective Implementation of Agricultural and Environmental Planning Barbara Bellows

Cultivating Farm, Neighbour, and Community Relations
Michael R. Toombs

Protecting the Environment: Land Application

Land Requirements for Land Applications of Animal Manure
Carl D. Bannon and Stuart Klausner

Choosing a Liquid Manure Application Method
Donald Hilborn

All about Odors
Everett D. Thomas

The Maryland Nutrient Management Program
Patricia M. Steinhilber

Involving the Private Sector in Government-Subsidized Nutrient Management Planning
Leonard Olson

Protecting the Environment: Animal Management

Nutrients and Swine Production
Ken Kephart

Decision Aid Tools for Nutrient Management on Dairy Farms
M. C. Barry, D. G. Fox, and S. D. Klausner

Nutrients and Poultry Production
Paul H. Patterson

Exporting Nutrients as Compost
Herbert L. Brodie

Considerations in Public Policy

The Social Costs of Agricultural Pollution to the Watershed Community
Gregory L. Poe

Cost-Sharing as a Public Policy Tool
Charles W. Abdalla

Environmental Quality Incentives Program and Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (EQIP and CAFOs)
Peter Wright and Steven Machovec

Mediation and Agricultural Environmental Conflicts
Michael R. Toombs

Cost to the Farmer

Evaluating Alternative Practices to Protect the Environment - Economic and Management Considerations
John J. Hanchar, Caroline N. Rasmussen, and Peter Wright

C.A.R.E. vs. Southview Farm: A Review
John H. Martin, Jr.

Environmental Protection Can Save the Farm Money
Patricia M. Steinhilber

Speaker Biographies

Charles W. Abdalla
Carl D. Bannon
Barbara C. Bellows
Herbert L. Brodie
Dana C. Chapman

Norman Conrad
Richard I. Coombe
Robert Garrow Dobson
Ronald A. Entringer
Daniel J. Fessenden

David M. Galton
Bill Ghiorse
John J. Hanchar
Donald Hilborn
Ken Kephart

Les E. Lanyon
Steven L. Machovec
John (Jack) H. Martin, Jr.
John J. Meisinger
Carlo Montemagno

Leonard E. Olson
Steven Pacenka
Paul H. Patterson
Gregory L. Poe
Andrew N. Sharpley

Susan M. Stehman
Patricia M. Steinhilber
Everett D. Thomas
Michael Toombs
Peter Wright


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