The Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center external link, a National Facilitation Project of the CSREES National Integrated Water Quality Program, and The National Center for Manure & Animal Waste Management external link, funded by the USDA Fund for Rural America, are important projects helping USDA address this issue.

Education Overview

classroomDegree programs and continuing education are critical to develop and enhance human resources to address water quality issues. Some example undergraduate and graduate programs at Land Grant Colleges and Universities pertaining to animal waste management include:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering external link Environmental Science external link
Agricultural Economics external link Microbiology external link
Agronomy external link Natural Resources external link
Animal Science external link Plant Science external link
Biology external link Poultry Science external link
Civil Engineering external link Range Science external link
Crop and Soil Science external link Veterinary Medicine external link

 

classroomOnline Resources

Directory of Land-Grant Universities that are state partners of CSREES. external link