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How Much Do AFOs Contribute to Air Pollution?
There is little reliable information on the amount of pollutants that are emitted by animal feeding operations. Because of the large increase in the average size of AFOs in recent years, there has been increased awareness of the air quality issues associated with AFOs. The following (related) efforts are being conducted in order to gain a better understanding of air emissions from livestock and poultry.
Webcast Presentations
The LPE Learning Center has hosted the following air quality related webcasts. These presentations examine the contributions of livestock and poultry to air pollution and discuss ways to mitigate or reduce those emissions.
- Animal Ag’s Role in Greenhouse Gas Production
- Live from the National Poultry Waste Symposium
- Carbon Footprint of Animal Agriculture Webcast
- Feeding Strategies To Reduce Animal Air Emissions Webcast
- NAQSAT for Beef and Dairy
- Controlling Ammonia and Air Emissions in Poultry Facilities
- NAQSAT for Swine and Poultry
- Air Emissions From Cattle Feedyards and Dairies
- Air Emissions After Manure Land Application Including Subsurface Application of Poultry Litter and Solid Manure
- Mitigating Air Emissions with Vegetative Environmental Buffers
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimation and Reporting
- Hydrogen Sulfide, How Serious an Outdoor Air Quality Concern
- Ammonia, The Air-Water Interface
- Federal Air Quality Regulations and Update on the National Air Emissions Monitoring Study
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Animal Agriculture
