Odor & Air Quality
Odor and emissions from dairy operations are an environmental and societal concern. While addressing odor is a neighbor relations concern, emissions such as ammonia and hydrogen sulfide are potential health, air quality, and regulatory concerns. Odor and emissions can come from three primary source locations on a dairy farm: animal facilities, manure storages, and land application of manure.
Additional information
Dairy manure odor perception and management series (2020)
- Part 1: Manure odor basics
- Part 2: The human sense of smell
- Part 3: How are manure odors quantified?
- Part 4: Mitigation options for manure-based odor control
- Part 5: Employing anaerobic digestion for manure-based odor control
- Part 6: Mitigation options for manure application
- Part 7: Farm-based odors and neighbor relations
Biofilters for point-source gaseous emissions from dairies (2016)
Managing leachate
Additional odor management resources
- Meeting New York State's Energy, Environmental and Economic Goals While Strengthening Dairy Farms Through the Widespread Adoption of Manure-Based Anaerobic Digestion Technology Working Paper (2017)
- Cost-effective and Environmentally Beneficial Dairy Manure Management Practices (2005)
- Comparing Odor Control Treatment Methods on North East Dairy Farms (2001)
- Preparing an Odor Management Plan (2001)
- Odor and Air Emissions from Animal Production Systems (2001)
- Odor control from Livestock Waste Handling Systems (1993)