Environmental Protection Agency
Eligible producers are encouraged to apply for assistance by Nov. 15, 2013.
The LWR system will allow Shiloh Dairy to continue to expand its operations without the need to acquire additional land base for nutrient management.
The lawsuit protests the governor’s recent permit allowing more dairy cows in the wake of growing yogurt demand.
Report recommends dairy-specific training for regulatory staff.
The program recognizes dairy farms and businesses that advance the industry’s commitment to healthy products, healthy communities and a healthy planet.
One objective is to explore innovative ways to use products previously considered waste streams from dairy production, processing and handling.
Tool developed by Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy.
Violations include improperly applying manure to a field in the rain and operating a leaking waste water system that led to polluting salmon habitat.
The dairies will take steps to control nitrogen sources, such as manure and commercial fertilizer, at their facilities.
Coalition wants farm bill to continue cost-share program to help upgrade equipment, decrease emissions and address federal air quality regulations.
Joe Trumm took over his family farm years ago, despite a warning from his father that there was no future in farming.
Idaho Milk Products has corrected the violations and will pay a penalty of $52,100.
An average ROI of 3.35:1 was reported in a 10-herd Wisconsin study.
The agency will evaluate how well farms understand and implement their nutrient management plan and communicate their plan and manure hauling practices to others. Noncompliance can result in enforcement.
The program has gained widespread support from key organizations, including Elanco, the U.S. Dairy Export Council, the Center for Advanced Energy Studies/Idaho National Laboratory, USDA, the World Wildlife Fund, MilkPEP and the Dairy Research Institute.
A nationwide project led by Colorado State University researchers’ aims to help livestock producers reduce airborne emissions that could degrade environmental health.
As the Washington Department of Ecology searches for ways to improve water quality in the Little Spokane River, state officials are looking for ways to engage private landowners. Landowners hold the key to reducing pollutants such as phosphorus and fecal coliform bacteria in the water.
Minnesota congressman also tells dairy groups to keep the pressure on EPA.
A 4,500-cow dairy proposed for Adams County has received the state water protection permit and high capacity well approvals necessary to operate, although it must meet additional requirements aimed at protecting area groundwater and lakes and streams.
Digesters create renewable energy, better manage manure, produce a steady supply bedding, and lessen their dairy’s environmental footprint by reducing air emissions and odor.
The Tillamook area producer agreed to restore and preserve more than 20 acres of historic wetlands to resolve a federal Clean Water Act violation.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is requiring that 13 dairies in and near Chino take preventative measures to avoid manure runoff before the winter rains.
Midwest Environmental Advocates and their clients have paid Rosendale Dairy for legal and expert witness fees to settle the dairy’s claim that MEA’s claims are frivolous.
A report blasting Georgia’s environmental oversight of large livestock farms has raised concerns about potential contamination of Georgia waterways with chemicals from manure.
Method saves fuel, labor and equipment costs, also reduces soil disturbance and dust.
Porter Family honored with Agricultural Environmental Management Award.
The well-monitoring effort is the most ambitious in the history of California’s dairy industry, and is the first such program of this scale in the U.S.
Oregon has adopted what some say are the strictest toxic water pollution standards in the United States.
New online tools can help Wisconsin farmers know when conditions are right to spread manure on their land