Guidelines for Livestock Producers

References

The following publications are available at any OSU Extension Office.

OSU Extension Bulletins

• Bulletin 604 Livestock Manure and Wastewater Management Guide
• Bulletin 472 Ohio Agronomy Guide
• Bulletin 473 Pest Management Recommendations for Livestock Buildings
• Bulletin 792 Modern Composting
• Bulletin 804 Poultry Manure Management and Utilization
• Bulletin 818 Best Management Practices for Preventing Contamination of Ohio's Surface and Ground Water

OSU Extension Fact Sheets

• AEX 314 Water Testing
• AEX 701 Controlling Odors from Confined Livestock Facilities
• AEX 702 Narrow Gutter/Gravity Discharge Systems for Handling Swine Manure
• AEX 703 Safety and Liquid Manure Handling
• AEX 704 Land Application of Manure and Wastewater (Part 1 )
• AEX 705 Land Application of Manure and Wastewater (Part 2)
• AEX 706 Handling Milking Center Wastewater to Avoid Pollution
• AEX 707 Land Application of Wastes...Spreading and Injection
• AEX 708 Avoiding Stream Pollution from Animal Manure
• AEX 710 Land Application of Livestock Waste...Legislation, Regulations, Guidelines and Standards

Midwest Plan Service Handbooks

• MWPS 18 Livestock Waste Facilities
• MWPS 2 Farmstead Planning
• MWPS 3 Sheep Housing and Equipment
• MWPS 6 Beef Housing and Equipment
• MWPS 7 Dairy Housing and Equipment
• MWPS 8 Swine Housing and Equipment
• MWPS 15 Horse Housing and Equipment
• MWPS 32 Composting to Reduce the Waste Stream

References and Supplemental Documents

"Animal Waste Management Programs for Water Quality Protection in Ohio," prepared for the Animal Waste Committee of U.S. EPA Region V by Kevin Elder and Mark Wilson.

"Ohio Nonpoint Source Management Program" document, Livestock Waste and Resource Management Section.

"Running Your Feedlot for Farm Economy and Water Resource Protection," Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

1994 Ohio Water Resource Inventory