The Illinois General Assembly passed the Livestock Management Facilities Act on May 21, 1996. One of the requirements of the new rules was that livestock facilities with over 300 animal units (for example, 750 finishing hogs, 214 dairy cows, or 300 beef feeders) are required to have at least one person certified in waste management handling. This person is expected to be familiar with the facilities waste management handling system.
University of Illinois Extension has the sub-contract with Illinois Department of Agriculture to provide the workshop training and materials, workshop instruction, workshop registration and mailing of workshop materials, host the internet quizzes, write the quiz questions and maintain the quiz grade book, and notify the Illinois Department of Agriculture when someone successfully passes the quizzes.
