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Siting Swine Facilities Using Iowa State's Community Assessment Model

Published: January 12, 2018
Summary
Does It Make a Difference If a New Pig Barn is Built In an Area With Existing Barns? A model, called the Community Assessment Model for Odor Dispersion (CAM), was developed to predict receptor odor exposure from multiple swine production sources. The intended use of CAM was to provide a tool for evaluating the odor exposure to receptors in a community when siting new swine production systems a...
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Steven Hoff
Iowa State University
Jay Harmon
Iowa State University
Colin Johnson
Iowa State University
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Dr. Steve Pollmann
DSP Consulting LLC
18 de enero de 2018
This is a great tool. I would highly encourage producers to use this tool for siting facilities. It takes the emotional assessment out of the discussion and focuses on true drivers.
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