MidWest Plan Service now offers a set of educational materials geared toward helping farmers handle scrutiny of environmental practices in livestock production. The new curriculum provides answers, on-farm assessment tools, and optional record keeping forms for a wide range of manure management topics. It is available printed and gathered in a three-ring binder or as a searchable CD. The Livestock and Poultry Environmental Stewardship, or LPES, curriculum is made up of 26 lessons addressing how to achieve high environmental standards through nutrient management, animal dietary strategies, manure storage and treatment, land application, and outdoor air quality.The LPES team also has recently released a series of 24 fact sheets on the new Environmental Protection Agency regulations for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). Each addresses a common producer question with a non-technical review of the regulations and recommendations for compliance. Copies of the LPES CD and notebook, as well as the CAFO fact sheets can be purchased from MidWest Plan Service. You can order online through the catalog section of the MWPS Web site at www.mwpshq.org