Farm*A*Syst: Farm Assessment Program

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FarmASyst is a partnership between government agencies and private business that enables you to prevent pollution on farms, ranches, and in homes using confidential environmental assessments. FarmASyst can help you determine what risks -- whether from livestock waste disposal, pesticide management or petroleum storage -- could threaten your family's health and financial security. A system of step-by-step factsheets and worksheets helps you to identify the behaviors and practices that are creating those risks. All information you gather is confidential. You decide what changes you need to make and when to make them.
Some of the issues that FarmASyst can help you address include: Quality of well water, new wells and abandoned wells Livestock waste storage Storage and handling of petroleum products Managing hazardous wastes Nutrient management
Because FarmASyst is a voluntary program, you decide whether to assess your property on your own, or if you want additional technical advice from your local government agencies or businesses.
Since 1991, thousands of farmers and ranchers throughout the country have used FarmASyst. The program has been recognized nationally and internationally for its common-sense approach to managing environmental risks. The Pollution and Prevention National Facilitation Project provides a list of FarmASyst and other landowner tools tailored to your state or region. Whether you grow soybeans or cotton, raise cattle or chickens, manage 100 acres or 1,000 acres, FarmASyst is the program to get you started.

Contact us at: FarmASyst Program Environmental Resources Center University of Wisconsin 445 Henry Mall, Room 202 Madison, WI 53706 Phone: 608-262-0024
FarmASyst is a national program cooperatively supported by the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES), USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Photographs courtesy of USDA Online Photography Center, http://www.usda.gov/oc/photo/opclibra.htm

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FarmASyst is a partnership between government agencies and private business that enables you to prevent pollution on farms, ranches, and in homes using confidential environmental assessments. FarmASyst can help you determine what risks -- whether from livestock waste disposal, pesticide management or petroleum storage -- could threaten your family's health and financial security. A system of step-by-step factsheets and worksheets helps you to identify the behaviors and practices that are creating those risks. All information you gather is confidential. You decide what changes you need to make and when to make them.
Some of the issues that FarmASyst can help you address include: Quality of well water, new wells and abandoned wells Livestock waste storage Storage and handling of petroleum products Managing hazardous wastes Nutrient management
Because FarmASyst is a voluntary program, you decide whether to assess your property on your own, or if you want additional technical advice from your local government agencies or businesses.
Since 1991, thousands of farmers and ranchers throughout the country have used FarmASyst. The program has been recognized nationally and internationally for its common-sense approach to managing environmental risks. The Pollution and Prevention National Facilitation Project provides a list of FarmASyst and other landowner tools tailored to your state or region. Whether you grow soybeans or cotton, raise cattle or chickens, manage 100 acres or 1,000 acres, FarmASyst is the program to get you started.

Contact us at: FarmASyst Program Environmental Resources Center University of Wisconsin 445 Henry Mall, Room 202 Madison, WI 53706 Phone: 608-262-0024
FarmASyst is a national program cooperatively supported by the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES), USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Photographs courtesy of USDA Online Photography Center, http://www.usda.gov/oc/photo/opclibra.htm