These pages are provided to help farmers, scientists, teachers, students, policy makers and other citizens understand methods of improving animal production systems to reduce nutrient losses to water and air resources.
These pages are provided to help farmers, scientists, teachers, students, policy makers and other citizens understand methods of improving animal production systems to reduce nutrient losses to water and air resources.
Animal agriculture is one of the sources of nutrients that potentially pollute ground and surface water resources. Click here for details.
Modern methods of agriculture improve the efficiency of nutrient utilization for food production, and as a result, can reduce nutrient losses to the environment per unit of food produced. Click here for details.
The State of Maryland has the most stringent nutrient management laws in the the U.S. If you are interested in the details, click here.
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