• USDA National News Releases
• U.S. EPA Agriculture News
• Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California
• AgNews Wire  - News and information for agribusiness companies and organizations
• Animal Waste Management links
  

National Issues

• U.S. EPA Agriculture Issues website (click here)

• U.S. EPA Animal Feeding Operations (AFO) website (click here)

• U.S. EPA CAFO Effluent Guidelines (click here)

• U.S. EPA AFO Virtual Information Center (click here)

• U.S. EPA AFO Air Agreements* website (click here)

• U.S. EPA's Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Advisory Committee (FRRCC) (click here)

• *Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs) Consent Agreement and Final Order

• 7/17/07 Split Appeals Court Upholds EPA Agreement With Animal Feeding Operations.

• Final Rule providing exemptions for air emissions under CERCLA, Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, also known as Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, December 12, 2008 (click here)

Congressional Activity

• Senate Environment and Pubic Works Committee, Chaired by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) hearing entitled, "An Examination of the Potential Human Health, Water Quality, and Other Impacts of the Confined Animal Feeding Operation Industry." September 11, 2007 (click here).

• Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: EPA Needs More Information and a Clearly Defined Strategy to Protect Air and Water Quality from Pollutants of Concern (GAO-08-944, September 04, 2008). Access the complete 85-page report (click here).

State Issues

• State by State Resources & Info From The Factory Farm Project (click here)

• State CAFO Program information from the Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators (ASIWPCA) (click here)

• Michigan DEQ CAFO documents (click here)

• Minnesota PCA Feedlot Program (click here)

International Issues

• Links from the Factory Farm Project (click here)

Legal Issues

• Agricultural Law Center at Drake University  (click here)

• National Agriculture Law Center CAFO Documents (click here)

• Waterkeeper Alliance et al. v. EPA, 399 F.3d 486. February 28, 2005, Court of Appeals, Second Circuit decision (click here).

• Association of Irritated Residents v. EPA, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, July 17, 2007, Case No. No. 05-1177 (Consolidated with 05-1336, 05-1337, 06-1053, 06-1209, 06-1320, 07-1038) (click here).

• EPA's website on the 2005 Second Circuit Court Decision on CAFOs (click here).

Technical Issues

• EPA's Dairy Manure Collaborative
• A Farmer's Guide To Agriculture and Water Quality Issues, from North Carolina State University
• University of California’s manure treatment technologies

Research & Policy Centers

• Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production (PCIFAP) (click here)

• Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture CAFO Documents (click here)

• National Agriculture Law Center CAFO Documents (click here)
   

Local Groups, Citizen Assistance & Organizations

• Grace Factory Farm Team

• The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF)

• Environmental Support Center

• The Farm Aid Organization

• Farmer's Legal Action Group, Inc. (FLAG)

• Southern Environmental Law Center

• Environmentally Concerned Citizens of South Central Michigan

Farm & Industry Association Positions & Issues

• National Cattlemen's Beef Association On CAFO Rule & other enviromental issues (click here)

• The Livestock and Poultry Environmental Stewardship (LPES) Project CAFO Fact Sheets (click here)