Land Application Records - pamphlet (download here)

Keeping Records Now Makes Complying Less Painful
If you operate a large CAFO, you have almost a full year before your annual report is due to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. But come April 1, 2009, you don’t want to have to rely on your memory. Read more.

Record all your spring manure applications as they go on the field. Large CAFOs: get to know that permit!
By Natalie Rector
While the rest of the state was singing Auld Lang Syne, large CAFO operators were wondering if the new year would challenge their record-keeping ability. Read entire article

Are CNMPS Worth the Hassle?
By Ben Darling
When we entered into the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit process for the MSU south campus farms, we went through the same emotions and struggles as everyone else when contemplating the task at hand. Read entire article

Visit the Department of Environement Quality's Web site for more information related to CAFO permits.

Record Keeping Forms

• Daily Record Keeping Form in Spanish in Word
• Daily Record Keeping Form in Spanish, in .pdf
• Registro Diario de Aplicación de Estiércol
• Record Keeping Form for Tile Drained Lands in Word
• Record Keeping Form for Tile Drained Lands in .pdf  
• Livestock Composting Record

For a free manure record keeping pocket notebook, email Natalie Rector at:  rector@msu.edu 

Record Keeping Forms for Permitted Facilities

• Land Application Equipment Inspection
• Land Application Logs
• Manure Applications on tiled-drained fields
• Storage Inspection Form
• Mortality Records