NNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and Department of Agriculture and Markets (NYSAGM) have updated the livestock mortality management guidance to reflect recent changes in NYSDEC’s Division of Materials Management regulations for mortality burial and to clarify the allowable options for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). After an initial interpretation in November 2023 that did not allow burial on CAFOs, the agency has reviewed and updated the guidance to allow burial in some cases for permitted farms.