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Nutrient Management

Nutrient and Odor Management (Act 38): The Pennsylvania Nutrient and Odor Management Act requires all Concentrated Animal Operations (CAOs) to develop and submit a nutrient management plan to the Conservation District for review and approval. A CAO is a farm that has 2 Animal Equivalent Units (1 AEU = 1,000 pounds of animal on a typical production day) or more per acre available for manure application.  Available acreage includes all owned and / or rented crop, hay and pasture lands. Plans must be developed by a certified planner.

Farm operations that are expanding and will become a CAO or are starting a new livestock operation that will be a CAO must have a plan developed and approved prior to starting the expanded or new operation. For more information and resources, please see the Pennsylvania Nutrient Management website.  A list of certified nutrient management plan writers can be found there as well.



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