Get the Manual:   The Florida Cattlemen’s Association Water Quality Best Management Practices for Cow/calf Operations in Florida 1999.  Hard copies of the manual are available free of charge from the Florida Cattlemen’s Association and can be ordered by calling them at 407-846-6221.  Copies are also available from the Jefferson County Cattlemen's Association, by dropping by the Jefferson County Extension Office. Or download the 107 page manual as a printable .pdf document

Review these Presentations (*.pdf files, Acrobat Reader and patience required; they may take a while to download)

1. BMP Background
2. Agricluture & Water Quality
3. Keys to Pollution Prevention
4. Water Quality BMPs  
5. more Water Quality BMPs  
6. NRCS Conservation Plan

Links to other Sources from the Jackson County Extension Service Office and Doug Mayo

For Additional Information, contact:

• Larry Halsey at the Extension Office, 
• Crennel Francis with the USDA NRCS Field Office or 
• Joel Love with the FDACS Office of Agricultural Water Policy at SRWMD (1-800-226-1066)

The BMP manual and these materials to assist cattlemen in implementing BMPs on their cow/calf operations were a joint project of the following agencies or groups:

• UF/IFAS
• FDACS 
• NRCS
• FCA
• DEP
• Water Management Districts
• South Florida Beef Forage Group 

• last updated on Monday, July 11, 2005
• page created  Monday, October 15, 2001

Jefferson County Cooperative Extension is putting Florida First as the local office of UF/IFAS  

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