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Agricultural Commodity BMPs

The production management practices provided below reflect industry guidelines that have been provided to producers to reduce the presence of food-safety pathogens related to manure, soil, and water management.

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• Best Management Practices: Land Application of Animal Manure
  Ohio State University Extension
• Best Management Practices for Agricultural Nutrients
  North Carolina State University
• Manure Management in Small Farm Livestock Operations
  Oregon State University Extension Service
• Production Practices as Risk Factors in Microbial Food Safety of Fresh and Fresh-Cut Produce (196KB PDF)
  US FDA
• Lagoon Monitoring and Condition Parameters (262KB PDF)
  Utah State University Extension
• Manure Best Management Practices: A Practical Guide for Dairies in Colorado, Utah and New Mexico (3MB PDF)
  Utah State University Extension
• Composting on Organic Farms (484KB PDF)
  North Carolina State University Center for Environmental Farming Systems