10 Conservation Planning for Greenhouse Gases in Animal Agriculture

Abstract The United States Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) works in a voluntary and collaborative manner with agricultural producers to solve natural resource issues on private lands. One the key steps formulating solution those is conservation planning process that identifies issues, highlights one or more practice standards can be used address allows producer select practices make sense for their operation. In this process, USDA-NRCS looks at related soil, water, air, plants, animals, energy (SWAPA+E). With increasing focus Climate Smart Agriculture Forestry, air quality concern associated greenhouse gases particular importance. This presentation will determining whether from confined animal production standard options an identified production.