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Environment

Featured New Publications

Evaluating Production Metrics in Relation to Sustainability in a Wean-to-Finish Barn
This fact sheet is a companion piece for the Wean-Finish Pork Sustainability Calculator and helps explain how the information from caclulator inputs can be used by producers.

Sustainability in the Swine Industry: Understanding the Life Cycle Assessment of the Pork Supply Chain

New Calculator Available

Life Cycle Calculator. Wean-Finish Pork Sustainability Calculator
This calculator allows producers to understand how improvements in finishing, such as mortality and feed efficiency, can influence the environmental footprint of the barn.

Air Quality

Air Management Practices Assessment Tool
The Air Management Practices Assessment Tool (AMPAT) provides an objective overview of mitigation practices best suited to address odor, emissions and dust at your livestock operation, so livestock and poultry producers may compare and narrow their options of mitigation techniques.

Air Quality and Livestock Odor Research Website - Iowa State University

Animal Agriculture and Air quality Website - Iowa State University

Publications from Iowa State University

The Science of Smell Series

Part 1 Odor Perception and Physiological Response

Part 2 Odor Chemistry

Part 3 Odor Detection and Measurement

Part 4 Principles of Odor Control

Land and Water

Iowa Manure Management Action Group - IMMAG
IMMAG was created in 1997 by commodity and public sector groups to help producers maximize the value of manure as well as protect the environment. It links to many scientific and regulatory resources.