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Fall 2007

“Floaters” Impacted in Iowa Soil and Cover Crop Responses to Liquid Swine Manure Application Visual Assessment: Beef Manure
Application Rates How Do You Know If You Have 500 Animal Units?Proposed DNR Rule Makes Financing Deep-Bedded Buildings Attractive

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How Do You Know If You Have 500 Animal Units?

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AUC = (No. of HEAD) 3 (FACTOR) Check the table to see the animal unit capacity (AUC) of your facility. To calculate the AUC of the operation, multiply the maximum number of each animal species confined at one time by the appropriate factor indicated below, then add all animal units together: