Beyond The Pond

摘要

Retention ponds are the standard solution to runoff containment. New research provides an alternative. If you manage a feedyard, you manage runoff. Historically, a retention pond that captures and holds runoff from feedyard pens has been the way managers deal with the result of rain and snow. In fact, it's the only way, as far as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is concerned. Up to now, that is. Researchers with USDA's Agricultural Research Service at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center atClay Center, NE, have been looking at an alternative to the standard feedyard retention pond.