NJ's Animal Waste Management Rule: Are you in compliance? The
New Jersey Department of Agriculture adopted regulations in
March 2009 that require all livestock farm owners to responsibly
manage the manure generated on their operations--including those
with horses, dairy cows, cattle, swine, goats, sheep, poultry
and all other domesticated species defined as livestock. All New
Jersey farmers with livestock are required to be in compliance
with the regulations are by March 16, 2012. See Rutgers Animal
Waste Management pages for more information:
http://njaes.rutgers.edu/animal-waste-management/ The Animal
Waste Management regulations require all farms with any
livestock to comply with the following General Requirements of
the rule: Thursday, January 12, 2012 The U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) recently announced it has revised its
national conservation practice standard on nutrient management
in order to help producers better manage the application of
nutrients on agricultural land. The inclusion of a “4R