A federal court has delayed a mandate for livestock producers to report certain emissions

OMAHA (DTN) -- A federal court has delayed until Jan. 22, 2018, a mandate for livestock producers to report certain emissions, according to an order handed down from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Wednesday.Back in April, the court threw out a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decision to not require livestock operations to report emissions, essentially allowing the reporting rule to take full effect on Nov. 15, 2017. The rule requires livestock producers to report emissions of more than 100 pounds per day of either ammonia or hydrogen sulfide.Animal feeding operations that confine more than 1,000 head of cattle, 2,500 head of hogs, or 125,000 chickens are defined as concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, by EPA. Ammonia and hydrogen sulfide emitted from livestock lagoons have been classified as "hazardous" and "extremely hazardous."