Electronic Manure Handling Process Map

Implementation of an Agriculture Environmental Management System (AEMS) is intended to result in improved environmental performance (Block, 1999; Harrison, 2002). Agriculturalists are generally unfamiliar with the terms ‘aspects and impacts’ (Jackson, Kirschner, Serber, Koelsch, Risse & Bird, personal communication, December 17, 2001)

Baseline Protocols

University researchers and Extension specialist in 11 states are currently evaluating the impact of voluntary environmental management systems (EMS) for agricultural operations. This evaluation is being conducted through a series of studies with a wide variety of agriculture production operators that voluntarily choose to participate and share information on the design and implementation of their EMSs (Harrison, 2002, and Partnership for Livestock Environmental Management Systems, 2004)

A Tracking System to Assure Quality and User Satisfaction

This article describes a Tracking System employed to organize an enterprise information system into a comprehensive system to ensure quality and customer satisfaction. Using database searches to locate past users of a service and identify previous users of a similar or related service, the Tracking System allows Extension professionals to efficiently deliver value to customers

Agriculture Environmental Management System Electronic Manure Handling Process Map

Utah State University Cooperative Extension Agriculture Environmental Management Systems participants developed an electronic process flow method for identifying aspects and assessing impacts from the manure handling systems on animal feeding operations. This method breaks the manure handling system into manageable portions by delineating every process and support activity on a process flow diagram. Then each process and activity is individually examined to identify associated aspects. This approach expedites the identification of aspects in relation to those processes and activities. It also fulfills the operational control condition to identify those operations and activities that are associated with identified significant environmental aspects

Agriculture Environmental Management Information System: An Online Decision Support Tool

This article describes an enterprise information system, The Agriculture Environmental Management and Information System (AEMIS), which provides efficient and accurate access to the latest information about manure management theories, methods, and tools for the livestock and poultry industry