Livestock and Poultry Environmental Stewardship (LPES) Curriculum

About the LPES Curriculum
Mission

The Livestock and Poultry Environmental Stewardship (LPES) project will deliver a national curriculum and supporting educational tools to U.S. livestock and poultry industry advisors, who in turn, will help producers acquire certification and/or achieve environmentally sustainable production systems. Producers will also benefit directly from the information and assessment tools that the curriculum provides.
Targeted Uses

* Mandated environmental certification programs for producers and advisors
* Voluntary Cooperative Extension programs for producer education programs
* Pro-active educational programs for commodity associations
* Clientele training for NRCS EQIP and related stewardship programs
* Training for industry employees and contract growers

Curriculum Description

The educational materials developed for the LPES. Curriculum, a nationally developed and regionally piloted core curriculum, include 26 lessons grouped into six modules; environmental stewardship and/or regulatory compliance assessment tools for most lessons; and PowerPoint presentations for each lesson. To view the individual lessons in PDF format as well as one sample PowerPoint presentation (Lesson 2, Whole Farm Nutrient Planning) online, visit the Curriculum Lessons page.

The LPES curriculum is available in the following formats:

* Searchable CD
-Includes the lessons in PDF files, the PowerPoint presentations, and the assessment tools
* Printed lessons including references, an index, and assessment tools suitable for a binder
-Shrink wrapped and 3-hole punched with cover and section dividers
* 2-CD set of PageMaker files including all graphics
-Can be adapted to state regulations
* Individual lessons
-Can be purchased in bulk for classroom and educational uses.
* Web-accessible individual lessons in PDF and Word format.

This material is based upon work supported by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service; U.S. Department of Agriculture; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; National Agriculture Compliance Assistance Center; and the University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, under Cooperative Agreement Number 97-EXCA-3-0642.
The LPES Team

This project was funded with a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). It was developed by the following team of land-grant university, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Agricultural Research Service (ARS) staff with assistance from MidWest Plan Service (MWPS) and guidance from the EPA’s National Agriculture Compliance Assistance Center (Ag Center):

Project Leaders

Rick Koelsch

University of Nebraska

Frank Humenik

North Carolina State University

Project Manager

Diane Huntrods

MWPS, Iowa State University

Author Team

Brent Auvermann

Texas A&M

Jose Bicudo

University of Kentucky

Galen Erickson

University of Nebraska

Charles Fulhage

University of Missouri

Rick Grant

University of Nebraska

Joe Harner

Kansas State University

John Hoehne

University of Missouri (retired)

Frank Humenik

North Carolina State University

Larry Jacobson

University of Minnesota

Rick Koelsch

University of Nebraska

Jeff Lorimor

Iowa State University

Todd Milton

Formerly of the University of Nebraska

Pat Murphy

Kansas State University

Paul Patterson

Pennsylvania State University

David Schmidt

University of Minnesota

Karl Shaffer

North Carolina State University

Andrew Sharpley

USDA-ARS

Ron Sheffield

University of Idaho

Don Stettler

USDA-NRCS (retired)

Stanley (Lee) Telega

Cornell University

Eric van Heugten

North Carolina State University

Theo van Kempen

North Carolina State University

Review and Pilot Team

Gary Jackson

University of Wisconsin

Ted Funk

University of Illinois

Carol Galloway

EPA Ag Center

Mohammed Ibrahim

North Carolina A&T State Univ.

Barry Kintzer

USDA-NRCS

Rick Koelsch

University of Nebraska

Deanne Meyer

Univ. of California-Davis

Mark Risse

University of Georgia

Peter Wright

Cornell University

Access Team

Don Jones

Purdue University

Jack Moore

MWPS, Iowa State University

Ginah Mortensen

EPA Ag Center