The Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center offers a free monthly webcast on a variety of issues related to animal manure management.

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The Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center hosts a monthly webcast on a variety of topics. The webcasts are presented live on the third Friday of each month at 2:30 pm (eastern), 1:30 pm (central), 12:30 pm (mountain) and 11:30 am (pacific). All webcasts are recorded and archived for on-demand viewing.

Upcoming Webcasts

The schedule of upcoming webcasts includes information through the first few months of 2009. The series will continue to alternate air quality topics (odd-numbered months) with water quality topics (even-numbered months). The rest of the 2009 series will be added as the topics and speakers are finalized.

Live Webcast December 19, 2008

The next live webcast will be on December 19, 2008. This topic is the Manure Management Planner software. The speakers are Brad Joern and Phil Hess, Purdue University and Rick Swenson, USDA NRCS.

Connecting to a Live Webcast

• First-time viewers should follow the steps on the How Do I Participate in a Webcast? page to be sure you have the appropriate software and web connection.
• On the day of the webcast connect to the Live Webcast Information or go directly to the virtual meeting room shortly before the scheduled start time.
• If you experience difficulties, connect to the Webcast Troubleshooting page.

The URL to bookmark for live webcasts is http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/lpelc/. (The meeting room is not available until 15 minutes before the scheduled start time for a live webcast).

Webcast Archive

All live webcasts are recorded for viewing on-demand. The archive includes the video segments, power point slides from the speakers, written summaries of the question and answer session, links to additional information, and access to individual segments within each webcast.

Archived webcasts are available for the following topics:

• Air Quality Webcasts
• Antibiotics and Hormones in Animal Manure Webcast
• Manure Nutrient Management Webcasts
• Manure Storage, Handling, and Mortality Webcasts
• Manure Treatment Technologies Webcasts
• Manure Value Webcasts
• Market Based Conservation Webcast
• Pathogen Webcasts

Continuing Education Units

The webcast series has been approved for Continuing Education Units (CEUs) through the Certified Crop Advisers (CCA) and to members of the American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists (ARPAS).

• Certified Crop Adviser CEUs
• American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists CEUs