Nutrient Management in Other Jurisdictions

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Table of Contents

• Canada
• USA
• Europe
• Australia

Canada

Federal Government

• Environment and Sustainability: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• Prairie Farm Rehabilitation
• Administration (PFRA)
• Enviro-Loan at Farm Credit Corporation Intensive Livestock Operations across Canada
• Agriculture Codes of Practice, Acts, Regulations
  
  

Alberta

• Alberta Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture (AESA) Program
• Regulatory Options for Intensive Livestock Operations
• Taxation of Intensive Livestock Operations
• Agriculture and Food Council - Community Riparian Program
  
  

British Columbia

• BC - Partnership Committee on Agriculture and the Environment
  
  

Manitoba

• Manitoba - Covering New Ground Program - Manitoba's Agricultural Sustainability Initiative
  
  

New Brunswick

• New Brunswick - Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture
• Eastern Canada Soil and Water Conservation Centre
  

Nova Scotia

• Nova Scotia - Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Resource Stewardship
  
  

Prince Edward Island

• Agriculture and Environmental Resource Conservation Program
• Prince Edward Island: Fisheries, Aquaculture and Environment / Water Resources
• Guidelines For Manure Management For Prince Edward Island
  
  

Québec

• Le ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec
• Prime Vert, funding program (French)
  
  

Saskatchewan

• Saskatchewan - A Strategy for Sustainable Manure Management

USA

Federal Government

• US EPA - Animal Feeding Operations Home - Office of Wastewater Management
• US EPA - Office of Wastewater Management
• US EPA Management Measures for Sources of Nonpoint Pollution in Coastal
• Waters Chapter 2: Agricultural Sources
• USDA Conservation Programs
• Economic Research Service - USDA Briefing Room - Conservation and Environmental Policy
• U.S. Farm Service Agency - Conservation Programs
• SAES/USDA-CSREES National Environmental Initiative
• US EPA Catalog of Federal Funding Sources for Watershed Protection
• US EPA - Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants - Catalog of Federal Funding Sources for Watershed Protection
  

National Organizations and Surveys

• NACD--The Nation's Conservation Districts Working for a Sustainable Environment.
• National Survey of Animal Confinement Policies
• Northeast-Midwest Institute - Water Systems
• Environmental Finance Center at the University System of Maryland
• Center for Agriculture in the Environment - Incentive Based Conservation Policy and the Changing Role of Government
  

California

• California - Water - NPS Home
  
  

Georgia

• University of Georgia - Animal Waste Awareness in Research and Extension
  
  

Idaho

• Idaho Agricultural Pollution Abatement Plan
  
  

Kentucky

• Kentucky - Division of Conservation
  
  

Maryland

• Maryland Department of Agriculture
• Maryland Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Water Quality Cost-Share Program
• Maryland Department of the Environment
  
  

Michigan

• Michigan Department of Agriculture - Environmental Stewardship
  
  

Minnesota

• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Feedlots
• Minnesota - Feedlot Rule Information
• Minnesota Environmental Quality Board: Environmental Impact Statement on Animal Agriculture
• Minnesota - Board of Water and Soil Resources
• Minnesota - Greenbook: Energy and Sustainable Agriculture Program
  
  

Nebraska

• Nebraska - Livestock Waste Control Program
  
  

New York

• New York State Soil and Water Conservation Committee
  
  

North Carolina

• North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Nonpoint Source Programs
• North Carolina Division of Soil and Water Conservation - Nonpoint Source Programs Section
• North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Division of Water Resources
  
  

Ohio

• Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Soil & Water Conservation
• Ohio - Environmental Protection Agency - Division of Surface Water: Nonpoint Source Program
  
  

Oklahoma

• Oklahoma Water Resources Board
• Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
• Oklahoma Conservation Commission
  
  

Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania - Bureau of Water Quality Protection
• Pennsylvania State Conservation Commission
• Nutrient Management Legislation in Pennsylvania
  
  

Texas

• Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission
• Texas - Proposition 2: Pollution Control Property Tax Exemption
• Texas Department of Agriculture
  
  

Virginia

• Virginia - Conservation and Forestry Cost Share Programs
• Department of Conservation and Recreation - Soil & Water Conservation Programs
• Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
• Virginia - Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund
• Chesapeake Bay Trust
• Virginia Dept. of Natural Resources

Europe

European Union

• European Commission - Agriculture
• Water Quality in the EU - Nitrates Directive
• Water Framework Directive
• Agri-Environment Programmes
• 1st Workshop on the Management and Monitoring of Agri-Environment Schemes
  
  

United Kingdom

• Farming - A New Direction for Agriculture
• Pre-ERDP Agri-Environment Schemes
• Environment - Agri-Environment schemes
• England Rural Development Programme
• Agenda 2000 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Reform - CAP Reform Agreement (pdf)
  
  

Denmark

• Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
  
  

Germany

• Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture
  
  

Netherlands

• Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries
• Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment
• Netherlands - Policy
  
  

Switzerland

• Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture

Australia

• Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Australia - Natural Resource Management
• Environment Australia - List of Publications
• Commonwealth Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry Australia
• Intensive Agriculture and the Development Control Process - New South Wales
• BUSHCARE - Publications - Incentives for Sustainable Land Management
• BUSHCARE - Research Project Summary, Use of Incentives to Conserve Native Vegetation

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