SDSU Extension will host an environmental training session for operators of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) on December 3, 2025. Registration will begin at 8:15 a.m. with the program following at 8:45 a.m. and concluding at approximately 4:30 p.m.
Location
Crossroads Convention Center
100 Fourth St. S.W.
Huron, SD 57350
Contact
Bob Thaler, Farm Credit Services of America Endowed Chair in Swine Production, Distinguished Professor & SDSU Extension Swine Specialist
This current training program meets the training requirement of the 2017 General Water Pollution Control Permit for CAFOs. If producers haven’t attended a training since July 2017, they’ll need to attend in order to be in compliance with the General Permit. Besides producers, it is encouraged that manure applicators, policy makers, County Commissioners, Zoning Board members, and concerned citizens attend since everyone can benefit from the information shared.
Schedule
- 8:15 a.m. – Registration
- 8:45 a.m. – Welcome: Bob Thaler, Distinguished Professor & SDSU Extension Swine Specialist
- 8:50 a.m. – Water Quality: Sushant Mehan, Assistant Professor and SDSU Extension Water Resource Engineer Specialist
- 9:30 a.m. – Livestock Nutrition Options for Altering Content of Manure: Rafe Royall, Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Swine Specialist
- 10:15 a.m. – Break
- 10:30 a.m. – South Dakota DANR Livestock Permit Program: Jason Roggow, Natural Resources Engineer for the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- 12:00 p.m. – Lunch
- 1:00 p.m. – Soil Erosion and Infiltration Demonstration: Kent Vlieger, Soil Health Specialist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
- 1:40 p.m. – Land Application of Manure - Nitrogen & Phosphorus Management: Anthony Bly, SDSU Extension Soils Field Specialist
- 2:40 p.m. – Land Application of Manure Worksheets: Jason Gilb, Conservation Agronomist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
- 2:55 p.m. – Break
- 3:05 p.m. – Air Quality and Odor: Bob Thaler, Distinguished Professor & SDSU Extension Swine Specialist
- 4:30 p.m. – Complete training evaluations and receive certificates
Online Registration
Registration is required using the form below by June 24. To cover the cost of the event, registration is $50 for the first person from a farm or operation and includes lunch, breaks and training materials. Additional participants from the farm/operation can register for $50 to receive a binder or $25 for attendance only without additional binders.
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