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The Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center external link, a National Facilitation Project of the NIFA 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.

Success Stories

These projects within NIFA and the Land Grant System were identified as outstanding examples of animal waste management research and extension efforts:

* The Livestock and Poultry Environmental Stewardship Curriculum

* National Center for Manure & Animal Waste Management

In addition, essential elements and critical components to animal agriculture programs were identified in Regional Liaison Standing Leadership Team's publication: Building a National Network of Excellence.