Risk Assessment Tools

• Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation Ver. 2 (RUSLE2)—Provides soil loss estimates for crop rotations and tillage scenarios. The primary USDA tool for estimating soil erosion.

• AFOSite—A web-based tool for understanding and manage the potential community and environmental impacts when siting animal feeding operations.

• The following document requires Microsoft Excel.

  Missouri Phosphorus Index (P-index) (XLS, 74 KB)—A spreadsheet tool for ranking fields according to their potential to deliver phosphorus to surface waters.

• The following document requires Acrobat Reader.

  Missouri Leaching Index (PDF, 16 KB)—A qualitative tool for ranking fields according to their potential to move soluble nutrients below the crop root zone.

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