• About this Query
• Example
• Further Information

This query will provide a table that shows how those CAFOs are distributed among counties in NYS. You can get a rough idea about CAFO's concentration pattern.

Example

This query is very simple and doesn't need users to enter any inputs.

Step 1: Check on or off the boxes in front of the layers so that only "CAFO Dairy" and "County" are selected. You can select more layers if you want. However, the map will be cleaner and easier to read by checking off those unnecessary layers. Be sure to press "Apply" afterward to make the changes effective.

Step 2: Click on the button - "Query" to run it. The results will be displayed in the area under the map (see image below). If you want to keep the querying result, for Windows XP users, you can right click anywhere in that section and export to Microsoft Excel.

Further Information

New York State is the 3rd largest dairy state and there are totally 614 concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and 573 (93%) of them are dairy farms. In this study, we are only interested in dairy farms. Most of these CAFOs are located in western New York.