There are good paved county roads between the two sites. The nearest neighbors are 0.5 miles north and east of the swine buildings. A farrow to finish 340 sow operation is located at the home farm. They have recently expanded and don't plan any additional changes during the next 5-7 years. All buildings are either naturally or mechanically ventilated and all use a deep pit, total slotted floor arrangement with 150 days storage capacity.
Surface runoff is slow and permeability is moderately slow.
Field tile has been installed and is sufficient such that drainage is now adequate. Fields are disked in the fall prior to manure application. Each spring prior to corn planting, the fields are field cultivated and herbicides applied. The fields are cultivated once after corn emerges. The hog facilities are in the northeast corner of the farm, making some of the fields too far away to easily service with the tractor and wagon.