Joint ARS/CSREES Customer Workshop on Manure & Byproduct Utilization November 4-6, 2008 Renaissance St. Louis Airport St. Louis, MO
Agenda
Hotel
ARS/CSREES Participant List
Customer/Stakeholder Participant List
Purpose
Recommend priority areas for ARS research and CSREES-sponsored research, extension and education over the next five years to develop cost-effective management practices, technologies and decision aids that will allow producers to capture the value of manure and other byproducts without degrading environmental quality or posing a threat to human and animal health.
Expected Outcomes
By the end of the meeting, participants will have:
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Recommended priority areas for ARS-wide research and CSREES-sponsored research, extension and education on manure and byproduct utilization issues of concern to agriculture.
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Made recommendations regarding the ARS Action Plan for the Agricultural Waste and Byproduct Utilization National Program over the next five years (including efforts that ARS should eliminate or de-emphasize)
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Identified synergies and linkages between the ARS Agricultural Waste and Byproduct Utilization research and other National Programs within ARS
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Considered the Agency’s resource constraints and suggested ARS research and CSREES-sponsored research, extension and education that would most likely compliment research supported by other Federal agencies and the private sector
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Recommended opportunities for improved cooperation and technology transfer between ARS/CSREES and the private sector and between ARS/CSREES and other government agencies
Workshop Proceedings
Presentations:
Evert Byington, ARS National Program Leader for Manure and Byproduct Utilization
Steven R. Shafer, ARS Deputy Administrator for Natural Resources and Sustainable Agricultural Systems
Wendy Powers, Animal Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Director, Michigan State University
Breakout Session Summaries:
Breakout Session 1 (Customers)
Breakout Session 2 (Customers)
Breakout Sesison 3 (Customers)
Breakout Session 4 (ARS scientists)
Breakout Session 5 (ARS scientists)
Final Breakout Session Component Reports:
Air Quality
Byproducts
Nutrient Management
Pathogens/PACs
Combined Report
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