Dr. Teng Lim and colleagues of Purdue University have developed an odor setback interactive website, to predict odor setback distances between swine facilities and neighbors. Please see the introductions at:
Purdue Interactive Odor Setback Model Introduction
The interactive odor setback model for commercial swine operations can be found at:
What does this mean? Odor setback model can be used to predict distances required between a proposed livestock barn and the neighbors, to avoid potential odor nuisance complaints. This is helpful to evaluate a potential construction site or even expansion.
Teng and colleagues at Missouri have been helping to evaluate odor setback distances for various production facilities and sites, please contact Teng (limt@missouri.edu) for more information.