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All too often, Nutrient Management Plans are filed away in a dark
corner of a filing cabinet, says Karl Rockeman, North Dakota Department
of Health environmental engineer. The North Dakota Department of Health
works with permitting and water quality issues in the state. He says all
of the animal feeding operations permitted by the state’s Department
of Health in recent years have had a Nutrient Management Plan at one
time.
Writing in the first issue of the North Dakota State University (NDSU)
Nutrient Management News, Rockeman says that while all parts of a
Nutrient Management Plan should be kept up to date, there are three very
important pieces of information that department staff focus on at each
inspection.
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Pork producers have a long-standing record of environmental
stewardship. To highlight some of the top environmental management
programs in the U.S. swine industry, National Hog Farmer and Pork
Checkoff annually join forces to recognize pork producers and managers
who exemplify outstanding manure nutrient management and innovation,
wildlife preservation and community service.
This is the 16th year of the Pork Industry Environmental Steward Award
Program, launched to showcase pork producers with all types and sizes of
production systems, who demonstrate a positive stewardship of the
natural environment in and surrounding their production sites.
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Renewable energy company Bion Environmental Technologies Inc.
recently announced that it has received local support from the
Schroeppel, NY town board for its plans to create a large-scale beef
cattle and processing operation that would also produce ethanol.The
planned project, which the New York-based company estimated would take
about two years to develop, would include a 72,000-head cattle operation
using Bion's waste treatment technology to create a finishing facility
"exhibiting the smallest per-head environmental footprint of any large
livestock operation in the world," according to Bion.
Calling it a "closed-loop" project, the planned operations would also
include corn-based ethanol production and an associated beef processing
plant. Bion estimated the project could eventually add 600 jobs to the
Oswego County regional economy.
"Bion's unique technology and expertise are what make this project
viable and will ultimately result in upstate New York becoming the world
leader in environmentally sustainable livestock production," says Jeff
Kapell, Bion's vice president for project development.
Read more about the project at www.biontech.com/news/docs/.
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Researchers with Colorado State University's (CSU) College of
Agriculture were recently awarded $1.15 million to study nitrogen and
ammonia emissions related to cattle feedlots in Colorado and the High
Plains. This funding will support research lead by professors from CSU's
Institute for Livestock and the Environment and the CSU College of
Agriculture.
The livestock industry on Colorado’s eastern slope has been implicated
as a primary source of nitrogen emissions, a cause of ecosystem
degradation in Rocky Mountain National Park. Funding from the U.S.
Department of Agriculture will help researchers document how much
nitrogen comes from feedlots. The research aims to measure ammonia and
other pollutants from a Greeley-based cattle feedlot and evaluate the
influence of factors that govern emissions levels, such as cattle diet,
weather, and manure management, and the impact on regional patterns of
nitrogen and ammonia deposition.
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The Wisconsin Crop Management Conference will be held Jan. 12-14,
2010, at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, WI. The conference
includes over 50 agronomic and management presentations and a tradeshow
featuring more than 100 industry exhibitors. Workshops on , Jan. 13 will
specifically target fertilizer trends from 9:00-11:30 a.m., and manure
management and water quality from 2:00-4:50 p.m. See program details
online at www.wicrops.org/program/.
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Two University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Extension workshops will be
held in Nebraska Extension offices during January and February to
provide livestock and crop farmers with the latest information on
turning manure nutrients into better crop yields while protecting the
environment.
Land Application Training workshops will be held Jan. 26 and Feb. 24,
and will include distance learning options. Training will be focused on
initial certification from 9:15 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (CST) each day, and
recertification will be emphasized from 1:30-3:30 p.m..
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information for commercial hay growers. Updates include local market
conditions, state and regional hay association news, hay prices from
around the nation, and links to USDA weekly hay reports. eHay Weekly is
brought to you from the editors of Hay & Forage Grower.
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A Jan.15 eXtension webcast presentation will focus on combining
manure application and cover crops seeding in one pass over the field.
Speakers Tim Harrigan, Michigan State University, and Jeremy Singer,
USDA Agricultural Research Service, will discuss recent research on how
cover crops can capture and recycle manure nutrients, as well as
highlighting research that involved mixing seed right into manure slurry
to combine planting and manure application in a single trip.
Combining cover crops and manure can be a winning combination used to
capture and recycle nutrients, protect the soil from erosion and add
organic matter while decreasing the environmental risks with liquid
manure applications. Slurry seeding is an integrated process that
incorporates low-disturbance tillage, manure application and seeding of
forages and cover crops in one efficient trip.
The free educational webcast is from the Livestock and Poultry
Environmental Learning Center of eXtension. The Jan. 15 session begins
at 2:30 p.m. (EST). The webcast meeting room opens 15 minutes before the
start time. Go to www.extension.org/pages/Live_Webcast_Information
to view instructions for participating.
Monthly webcasts are hosted by the Livestock and Poultry Environmental
Learning Center, an information resource developed by more than 150
experts from land-grant universities, agencies and other organizations.
The center is part of the national eXtension interactive Web resource.
Previous webcasts are archived at www.extension.org/pages/.
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Certified commercial animal waste applicators in need of continuing
education hours and interested producers are invited to attend a Manure
Applicator’s Recertification Workshop at the Minnesota Pork Congress
at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Jan. 20 from noon to 5:00 p.m.
Workshop topics include best practices in manure application,
regulations and feedlot rules, information about road and bridges, and
biosecurity and the business of manure application, among others.
The workshop is free with Minnesota Pork Congress registration. Learn
more about the workshop and view the Minnesota Pork Congress program
online at www.mnpork.com/.
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that will impact their business. NHF Weekly Preview is brought to
you from the editors of National Hog Farmer.
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The Professional Nutrient Applicators Association of Wisconsin will
hold a joint symposium and annual meeting at the Chula Vista Resort in
Wisconsin Dells on Jan. 26-27, in conjunction with the Midwest Forage
Association (MFA) and Wisconsin Custom Operators meetings. More than 30
educational sessions will be offered in a concurrent format. Liquid
manure application methods and tools, managing manure runoff risk and
precision agricultural technologies to improve nutrient applications
will be among the topics discussed during the symposium. Visit www.midwestforage.org/Events/
for program and registration details.
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The upcoming Iowa Pork Congress includes learning opportunities for
producers and commercial manure applicators on Jan. 27 and 28 in Des
Moines, IA.
A seminar scheduled for Jan. 27, 12:00-1:15 p.m., is entitled, ”Fires
and Foam: What Have We Learned?” Foaming manure pits and building
fires were hot topics during the 2009 fall manure pumping season. Robert
Burns, Iowa State University, and Larry Jacobson, University of
Minnesota, will share information from their research and experience
relating to these issues and will offer ideas to help prevent these
situations from occurring.
A Confinement Site Manure Applicator Workshop will be held on Jan. 28,
10:00-12:00. Applicators will be updated on key issues related to
on-farm safety and manure application on snow-covered or frozen ground,
in addition to other topics. This workshop qualifies for two hours of
annual continuing education required for confinement site applicators.
Both learning opportunities will be held in the Hy-Vee Hall of the Iowa
Events Center in Des Moines. Preregistration is necessary for the
two-hour Confinement Site Manure Applicator Workshop. Contact Tyler
Bettin, Iowa Pork Producers Association producer education director at
(800) 372-7675 or email tbettin@iowapork.org. Applicators
should bring their manure applicator certification card to the workshop.
Learn more about other Iowa Pork Congress offerings online at www.iowaporkcongress.org/.
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University of Illinois (UI) Extension is hosting four livestock
manure management workshops in February and March to provide hands-on
training about the Illinois Manure Management Plan (IMMP) website. The
IMMP website, www.IMMP.uiuc.edu,
offers step-by-step instructions for developing manure management plans
that comply with the requirements of the Illinois Department of
Agriculture, Illinois Natural Resources Conservation Service, and
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
“Illinois livestock producers can use the IMMP website as a
recordkeeping tool or to develop a full-fledged manure management
plan,” explains Ted Funk, UI Extension agricultural engineer.
“Producers can attend a workshop to learn more about how IMMP can help
take some of the worry and frustration out of their manure management
tasks.”
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National Hog Farmer
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