CAFO stands for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. UW Extension partners with Wisconsin DNR to provide yearly update meetings. These meetings are tentatively being planned for the first two weeks of February 2025.

• Meeting Dates and locations:
  • Engineering Technical Sessions
    • January 28th – Green Bay Tundra Lodge – 865 Lombardi Ave, Green Bay
    • February 11th – Mauston Outdoors Forever Clubhouse – W4890 Cty Rd N, Mauston
  • Permit Holder / Consultant Sessions
    • January 29th – Fond du Lac Fond du Lac County Highway Dept. – 1820 S. Hickory, Fond Du Lac
    • January 30th – Manitowoc Farm Wisconsin – 7001 Gass Lake Rd, Manitowoc
    • February 4th – Darlington Multipurpose Building – 11974 Ames Rd, Darlington
    • February 5th – Jefferson Jefferson County Highway Dept. – 1425 S. Wisconsin Drive, Jefferson
    • February 12th – Eau Claire 29 Pines Conference Center – 5872 33rd Ave, Eau Claire

Advanced registration: $46 (meal included)

Late registration: $56 (meal not guaranteed)

Walk-in registration: $56 pay by check only (meal not guaranteed)

• Fill out online registration form (link above)
• Choose location and session
• Select payment type
• Click “Submit”
• Proceed to payment by card or check
  • Check payment: register online and follow provided instructions. Make check payable to Brown County Treasurer and send to: Extension Brown County attn: CAFO 2019 Technology Way, Green Bay, WI 54311

You must promptly complete payment to confirm your registration.

A confirmation email will be sent to you within 2-3 business days.

For more information contact Kevin Erb at 920-391-4652 or email

Agenda

• Common concerns found during DNR inspections and simple solutions
• Farmer/consultant panel discussion : What to do before the inspection
  • Farmer experience preparing for inspections: real life tips and tricks.
• Lightning round: short presentations on key issues.
  • What is the real definition of a spill? Manure storage maintenance. What can be done without submitting plans and specs? Post construction documentation. Avoiding common NMP red flags. Manure sampling frequency and requirements.
• Successes and challenges in communicating/implementing innovative practices: Lessons from local farmer-led efforts.
• Nutrient losses and tile lines / soil loss and edge of field practices
  • The latest research updates from Discovery Farms/Extension’s Ag Water program, East of I-39, the focus will be on the research update on drain tile management and nutrient losses. West of I-39, measuring the impact of conservation practices on soil losses.
• Manure hauling audits / round robin on how farmers and manure applicators are meeting setbacks.
  • What to expect, what the DNR is looking for during audits, followed by an interactive discussion showcasing examples of how farmers/manure applicators are managing application near setbacks.
• Updates to the permitting process
• Nutrient management policy update
  • What’s new with Nutrient Management for permitted farms?
• Time has been set aside before the sessions, during meal and afterward for informal networking.

Engineering – session only agenda

• CAFO Program Updates
• Well setbacks
• Post-Construction Documentation requirements
• New NRCS 634 Waste Transfer criteria.
• Chemical Additive Review Process