Animal Waste Challenges for Oregon Dairy Farms Jim

OREGON DAIRY INDUSTRY TODAY n All Oregon dairy operations have: – A CAFO permit

‘BOOK WORK’ n Understand implement the AWMP – A large document – Completed because

‘BOOK WORK’ n Record Keeping – Producers keeps several records on the farm –

URBAN/RURAL INTERFACE n People are moving out in to the country but do not

AIR QUALITY (OR) n Senate Bill 235 – Removes the agricultural exemption for the

AIR QUALITY (US) n National Air Emission Monitoring Study – Study air emissions from

CROSS MEDIA IMPACT n Do water quality best management practices impact air quality or

TECHNOLOGY n Expensive – Is the investment feasible for herd size n Some technologies

HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING? n Maintain a process/program to have AWMPs written/updated

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Animal Waste Challenges for Oregon Dairy Farms Jim Krahn Oregon Dairy Farmers Association Kathryn Higgs

OREGON DAIRY INDUSTRY TODAY n All Oregon dairy operations have: – A CAFO permit (NPDES permit) § Permit regulates surface and ground water – Required to have an ODA approved AWMP – On-site inspections with Livestock Water Quality Specialist one time/year Oregon is the ONLY state in the nation that has this combination of water quality standards

‘BOOK WORK’ n Understand implement the AWMP – A large document – Completed because it was required – Must get producers to understand the AWMP and implement practices according to AWMP – Must get producers to get employees to understand the AWMP and implement practices according to AWMP

‘BOOK WORK’ n Record Keeping – Producers keeps several records on the farm – Getting them to keep “one more set” of records – Manure application and export – If a Large Federal, additional records are required

URBAN/RURAL INTERFACE n People are moving out in to the country but do not want to deal with “normal” farming practices n People think “big is bad” n “CAFO Free Zone” around cities – Concerns that agriculture is encroaching on cities

AIR QUALITY (OR) n Senate Bill 235 – Removes the agricultural exemption for the Clean Air Act – Established the Dairy Air Task Force n Dairy Air Task Force – 15 member task force appointed by the governor – Study air quality and make recommendations for the Oregon dairy industry

AIR QUALITY (US) n National Air Emission Monitoring Study – Study air emissions from livestock facilities – 6 dairy farms on the study – Data collection has started – Once data has been collected, modeling programs will be developed

CROSS MEDIA IMPACT n Do water quality best management practices impact air quality or vice versa?

TECHNOLOGY n Expensive – Is the investment feasible for herd size n Some technologies are not very well proven n Research needed in Oregon to determine the impact of technology

HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING? n Maintain a process/program to have AWMPs written/updated n Get producers to know the details of their AWMP n Get producers to complete the required documentation n Integrate BMPs for air quality in the AWMP