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Animal Production
Beef Production
Description: This assessment asks a series of questions regarding beef production practices. It evaluates the heavy use areas, confined production areas, streambanks, nutrient management, and pasture management. It assesses the impacts of beef production on a farm and offers information on corrective actions to improve the efficiency of operations and promote voluntary stewardship.
Broiler Litter Management
Description: This assessment asks a series of questions regarding broiler production practices. It evaluates litter and dead bird disposal, land application, and nutrient management. It assesses the impacts of broiler production on a farm and offers information on corrective actions to improve the efficiency of operations and promote voluntary stewardship.
Composting Poultry Mortalities
Description: This assessment asks a series of questions regarding composting facilities and practices. It evaluates the size, design, and construction of the composter, along with composting practices and land application. It assesses any potential sources of pollution that might be impacting the farm and the environment and offers information on corrective actions to improve the efficiency of operations and promote voluntary stewardship.
Dairy Production
Description: This assessment asks a series of questions regarding dairy production practices. It evaluates the livestock waste storage facilities, streams, ditches, land application practices, nutrient management, and silage handling practices. It assesses the impacts of dairy production on a farm and offers information on corrective actions to improve the efficiency of operations and promote voluntary stewardship.
Layer Production
Description: This assessment asks a series of questions regarding poultry layer production practices. It evaluates the waste storage facilities, land application practices, nutrient management, and record keeping practices. It assesses the impacts of layer production on a farm and offers information on corrective actions to improve the efficiency of operations and promote voluntary stewardship.
Storage and Handling
Petroleum Storage & Handling
Description: This assessment asks a series of questions regarding petroleum storage and handling practices. It evaluates the location, design, and installation of fuel storage tanks above and underground, as well as maintenance of tanks and disposal of oils. It assesses the potential impacts of these tanks on a farm and drinking water.
Pesticide Storage & Handling
Description: This assessment asks a series of questions regarding pesticide storage and handling practices. It evaluates pesticide storage areas, mixing and loading practices, and container disposal. It provides information on better management techniques, such as "first in, first out" and record keeping suggestions. Also, the assessment provides an extensive pesticide leachability chart that indicates which pesticides are more likely to move into the groundwater.
Fertilizer Storage & Handling
Description: This assessment asks a series of questions regarding fertilizer storage and handling practices. It evaluates fertilizer storage areas, mixing and loading practices, application, and disposal.
Hazardous Materials: Storage & Handling and Waste Disposal
Description: This assessment asks a series of questions regarding hazardous material storage and handling. It evaluates the disposal of several different types of materials; including solid waste, pesticide containers, veterinary medical waste, vehicle maintenance waste, and dead animals.
Water Quality
Management of Irrigation Systems
Description: This assessment asks a series of questions regarding the design and maintenance of irrigation systems used in crop production. It evaluates the system and identifies potential sources of pollution that might be carried in surface runoff. The assessment measures the efficiency of the system and offers suggestions for improvement.
Improving Drinking Water for the Rural Resident
Description: This assessment asks a series of questions regarding the condition and location of a drinking water well. It evaluates the system and identifies potential sources of pollution that are common in Georgia’s rural areas. It assesses the impacts of the well’s location, construction, and management, along with landscape management and septic system that affect your drinking water and pose a health treat to your family and neighbors.
Improving Drinking Water Well Condition
Description: This assessment asks a series of questions regarding the condition and location of a drinking water well. It evaluates the system and identifies any potential sources of pollutants that might be affecting you drinking water.
Improving Household Wastewater Treatment
Description: This assessment asks a series of questions regarding the condition and maintenance of septic systems. It evaluates the system and identifies potential sources of pollution that pose a health treat to your family and neighbors. It provides guidance on maintaining a septic system and using correct household practices to protect your septic system.
Land Management
Managing Runoff and Erosion on Croplands and Pastures
Description: This assessment asks a series of questions regarding the design and maintenance of irrigation systems used in crop production. It evaluates the system and identifies potential sources of pollution that might be carried in surface runoff. The assessment measures the efficiency of the system and offers suggestions for improvement.
Nutrient Management
Description: This assessment asks a series of questions regarding your nutrient management practices. It evaluates your potential for surface and groundwater pollution, timing of applications, soil and nutrient testing, and record-keeping.
Forest Resources Management
Description: This assessment asks a series of questions to determine your forest management goals and help you improve the condition of your forest. Based on your primary objective, whether it is timber management, wildlife management, or recreation/aesthetics, this assessment will provide you with critical information necessary to reach your goals and protect water quality. In addition, this assessment provides a glossary of forest terms and a list of state and federal agencies and nonprofit organizations to assist you.
Other Publications
Integrated Pest Management (IPM): Cotton IPM
Description: This assessment asks a series of questions regarding cotton production practices and integrated pest management (IPM) techniques. It evaluates insect management, weed management, disease and nematode management, nutrient management, and soil quality management. It assesses the possible impacts of cotton production on a farm and offers information on corrective actions to improve the efficiency of operations and promote voluntary stewardship.
Environmental Checklist for Nurseries, Greenhouses and Turfgrass Professionals (Georgia Green*A*Syst)
Description: This checklist allows green industry professionals to evaluate their environmental risk based on several areas of production and operation, including employee communication, irrigation use, pesticides storage and handling and waste management.
Handling of Used Agricultural Chemical Containers
Description: The use of plastic containers for agricultural chemicals is a necessary and important part of everyday agricultural production. However, disposing of these containers is not as straight-forward as the initial purchase of those containers. This guide is meant to help Georgia’s farmers recycle more of their chemical containers by informing them of recycling opportunities and following practices that will leave the containers properly cleaned and stored for recycling.