Air Emissions and Livestock Production - Cyrstal Warner, Colorado State University, from the 2012 Annual Conference of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture, March 26 - 29, Denver, CO, USA. More presentations at: http://www.trufflemedia.com/agmedia/conference/2012-decreasing-resources-increasing-regulation-advance-animal-agriculture

1. Crystal Warner, Shawn Archibeque
Colorado State University
Department of Animal Sciences
March 27, 2012
NATIONAL AIR QUALITY SITE
ASSESSMENT TOOL

2. BACKGROUND
• Interest in improving air quality
associated with livestock production
facilities
• Odor, Particulate Matter (Dust),
Ammonia (NH3), Hydrogen Sulfide
(H2S), Methane (CH4), Volatile
Organic Compounds (VOCs)
• Field of study is still developing
• Opposing responses

3. BACKGROUND
• Different concerns for each and every
producer/environmentalist/politician/scie
ntist/ citizen

4. BACKGROUND
• Different concerns for each and every
producer/environmentalist/politician/scie
ntist/ citizen

5. BACKGROUND
• Different concerns for each and every
producer/environmentalist/politician/scie
ntist/ citizen

6. BACKGROUND
• Different concerns for each and every
producer/environmentalist/politician/scie
ntist/ citizen

7. BACKGROUND
• Different concerns for each and every
producer/environmentalist/politician/scie
ntist/ citizen

8. BACKGROUND
• Different concerns for each and every
producer/environmentalist/politician/scie
ntist/ citizen

9. AVAILABLE MODELS/TOOLS
• Livestock and Poultry Environmental
Stewardship (LPES) curriculum (odor
focused)
• Cfarm; Dairy GEM (Greenhouse Gas
focused)
• Air Management Practices Assessment Tool
(for swine; after problem area is addressed)
• Molly, COWPOLL
• National Air Quality Site Assessment Tool
(NAQSAT)
• Available at naqsat.tamu.edu

10. NAQSAT
• USDA/NRCS CIG program
• Lead by Dr. Wendy Powers
(Michigan State University)
• Initiated in 2007
• Completed in 2010 (current
version)

11. NAQSAT

26. INVOLVED PARTIES
• Archibeque, Ham, Roman-Muniz, Engle, Han and
Wailes (Colorado State University), Harmon and
Rieck-Hinz (Iowa State University), Beede, Bolinger,
Karcher, May, Powers, Rector, Rozeboom, Thelen
(Michigan State University), Meyer (UC Davis), Angel
(University of Maryland), Schmidt (University of
Minnesota), Koelsch and Stowell (University of
Nebraska), Martin (Western United Dairymen),
Applegate (Purdue University), Auvermann (Texas
A&M), Johnson (Washington State), Slutsky (La Luna
Dairy), Hammerich (CLA)
• Local NRCS
• Producers

27. Questions?

28. • Shawn Archibeque
Shawn.archibeque@colostate.edu
• Crystal Warner
cmwarner@rams.colostate.edu