JEOPARDY: Animals

ACRONYMS

100

NPS

NON-POINT SOURCE

200

BMP

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

300

IPM

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT

400

EQUIP

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVE PROGRAM

500

CAFO

CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS

WATER

100

GROUNDWATER

WATER IN THE SOIL

200

SURFACE WATER

ANY EXPOSED BODY OF WATER

300

LEADING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES FACING FARMERS

PHOSPHORUS AND NITROGEN

400

RUNOFF

THE MOVEMENT OF NUTRIENTS ACROSS THE SURFACE OF SOILS TO SURFACE WATER

500

LEACHING

MOVEMENT OF NITRATE THROUGH SOILS AND GROUNDWATER

MANURE

100

MANURE STORAGE ALLOWS MANURE TO BE APPLIED ACCORDING TO ____________ RATHER THAN ON A DAILY BASIS

CROP NEEDS

200

SOLID MANUARE STORAGE

DRY STACK BARN

300

MOST COMMON TYPE OF MANURE STORAGE

SLURRY MANAGE STORAGE

400

3 ODOR CONTROLING CHEMICALS 

MASKING AGENTS

ODOR COUNTERACTNTS

ENZYMATIC PRODUCTS

500

NAME 4 OF THE 9 FACTORS THAT AFFECTT HE NUTRITIVE VALUE OF MANURE

AMOUNT OF ADDED FEED, WATER, AND BEDDING

CLIMATE, CROP, METHOD OF APPLICATION,

METHOD OF COLLECTION, METHOD OF STORAGE, 

SOIL CHARACHTERISTICS, TIME OF APPLICATION, TYPE OF FEED RATION

NONPOINT POLLUTION

100

DEFINITION

POLLUTION THAT CONTAMINATES GROUND OR SURFACE WATER

200

EXAMPLES OF NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION

FARMS, AGRICULTURAL CROPLAND, SUBURBAN LAWNS

300

WHERE DOES IT ORIGINATE?

MULTIPLE AND DIFFUSE SOURCES THAT ARE NOT EASILY IDENTIFIED

400

_______________ TESTING MAY REDUCE OVER FERTILIZATION AND HELP REDUCE POLLUTION OF WATER SOURCES.

MANURE

500

FARMERS WANT TO PROTECT _________________ WHILE IMPROVING PROFITABLITY OF THE FARM

WATER QUALITY

MANAGEMENT

100

AREAS OF GRASSLAND INSTALLED BETWEEN CROPLAND OR FEEDLOTS AND WATERWAYS TO TAKE UP NUTRIENTS AND PREVENT NUTRIENTS FROM RUNNING INTO WATERWAYS

BUFFERSTRIPS

200

CONTOUR CROPPING, COVER CROP, GRASS WATERWAYS, REDUCED TILLAGE, SOIL SEEDING, STRIP CROPPING, TERRACING, WINDBREAKS

METHODS OF REDUCING SOIL EROSION

300

NEWSPAPER, RECYCLED MANURE SOLIDS, SAND, SAWDUST, SHAVINGS, STRAW

BEDDING MATERIALS

400

FEEDING AREA, HOUSING OR LOAFING AREA, HOLDING HPEN AREA, MILKING PARLOR, RUNOFF AREA

AREAS THAT CONTRIBUTE WASTE THAT MUST BE HANDLED

500

REDUCED VOLUME, DOESN'T ATTRACT FLIES AND INSECTS, REDUCES POTENTIAL FOR NUTRIENT RUNOFF, WEEDS AND PATHOGENS DESTROYED, MORE UNIFORM THAN MANURE, REDUCES FERTILIZER NEEDS, EXCELLENT SOIL AND CONDITIONER

ADVANTAGES OF COMPOSTING MANURE