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Ammonia is rapidly becoming an issue of great importance to animal agriculture. Find out why it is a concern and learn more about the effectiveness of best management practices for reducing ammonia losses to the atmosphere. The speakers are: Randy Martin, Utah State University; Jessica Davis, Colorado State University; and Pius Ndegwa, Washington State University. This presentation was originally broadcast on June 27, 2008. More...

Video Segments and Power Point Slides

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• Use the downloadable Flash video link if you wish to save the video segment to your computer and play it back in a situation without a live Internet connection. These video files are large and take a while to download. Playback will not be possible until the entire file is downloaded.
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View Entire Presentation

View Entire Presentation (70 minutes). This is available only as streamed video.

View Individual Presentations

• "Ambient Ammonia: Air Quality and Health Impacts" Randy Martin, Utah State University (20 minutes) Power Point slides | Downloadable Flash video (16 MB) | Streamed Video To access this segment via streamed video, click on the link and move the time slider (bottom of screen) to 5:20.
  
• "Agriculture's Contribution to Nitrogen Deposition in Rocky Mountain National Park" Jessica Davis, Colorado State University (14 minutes) Power Point slides | Downloadable Flash video (11 MB) | Streamed Video To access this segment via streamed video, click on the link and move the time slider (bottom of screen) to 25:42.
  
• "Mitigating Ammonia Emissions From Animal Agriculture" Pius Ndegwa, Washington State University (13 minutes) Power Point slides | Downloadable Flash video (12 MB) | Streamed Video To access this segment via streamed video, click on the link and move the time slider (bottom of screen) to 40:00.
• Question and Answer segment. (15 minutes) Downloadable Flash video (11 MB) | Streamed Video To access this segment via streamed video, click on the link and move the time slider (bottom of screen) to 53:20.

Continuing Education Units

Certified Crop Advisers (CCA)

CCAs an receive 1 CEU (nutrient management) by viewing the entire presentation and taking the quiz. Visit the CCA continuing education page for additional CEU opportunities.
Note: The CCA program charges a fee to administer CEUs.

American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists (ARPAS)

Members of ARPAS can receive 1 CEU by viewing the entire presentation and contacting ARPAS headquarters. Visit the ARPAS continuing education page for additional CEU opportunities.

Additional Resource and Links

• Ammonia BMP information Colorado State University
• Ammonia Emissions and Animal Agriculture, publication from Virginia Tech
• US EPA Particulate Matter information
• American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)
• Ammonia: What’s All the Fuss? A power point presentation by Dr. Ron Sheffield
• Rock Mountain Atmospheric Nitrogen and Sulfur Study (RoMANS)
• Practices to Reduce Ammonia Emissions from Livestock Operations, Iowa State University