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The next live webinar will be held on October 21, 2022 at 1:30 pm central and is titled “Worker Safety in Animal Production Systems”. More information…

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The meeting room is opened approximately 15 minutes before the scheduled start time. Note: the URL for the virtual meeting room changes with each webinar. Please use the “Register/Connect Now” link above.

Changes in manure management between CEAP I & II (PDF format)

• • Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) Lee Norfleet, USDA-NRCS (retired)
    
  • Changes in Manure Application and Subsequent Environmental Impacts Evelyn Steglich, USDA-NRCS
  • Manure Management by Biochar Practice: Nutrient, Water Quality, and Greenhouse Gas Eunsung Kan, Texas A&M University

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Certified Crop Advisers (CCA)

• • CCAs attending a live webinar should register as such upon sign in to the webinar. This information will be submitted to the CCA program.
  • CCAs viewing any of our past (archived) webinars can receive credit through the self-study option by following links on the CCA Continuing Education page.

American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists (ARPAS)

• • ARPAS members viewing live webinars should register as such upon sign in to the webinar. The member is still responsible for reporting their attendance to the association.
  • ARPAS members viewing any of our past webinars can also self-certify those credits at the ARPAS Continuing Education page.

Other Programs

• • Members of other programs attending live webinars, should log into the virtual meeting room with their first and last name. During registration for the webinar, request an attendance list and flyer from the webinar manager, Leslie Johnson at leslie.johnson@unl.edu. The member can submit that information to their certifying organization for consideration.
  • Members of other programs viewing archived webinars can request a quiz from the project manager which, after completion, can be submitted along with the flyer to the certifying organization for consideration.

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The webinar will be archived and available for on-demand viewing early the week following the presentation. Go to webinar archive…

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

Next Live Webinar

The next live webinar will be held on October 21, 2022 at 1:30 pm central and is titled “Worker Safety in Animal Production Systems”. More information…

Webinar Schedule

The upcoming webinars will continue to include air and water quality topics. As webcast topics and speakers are finalized, they are posted at Upcoming Webcasts and announced in the newsletter.

Attending a Live Webinar

The webinars are presented live on the third Friday of each month (some exceptions apply) at 2:30 pm (eastern), 1:30 pm (central), 12:30 pm (mountain) and 11:30 am (pacific). All webinars are recorded and archived for on-demand viewing.

1. 1. First-time viewers should follow the steps on the How Do I Participate in a Webinar? page to be sure you have the appropriate software and web connection.
   2. On the day of the webcast connect through the Live Webinar Information page.

Due to system changes in the summer of 2016, the URL for the webinar will change each time, so please plan to connect through the Live Webinar Information page.

Viewing an Archived Webinar

Each archive includes the video segments, presentation slides, written summaries of the question and answer session (when available), links to additional information, and access to individual segments within each webinar.

You have two options for finding and archived presentation:

• • Browse by Topic
  • Browse Chronological List

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

How Do I Participate in a Webinar?

Past webinars are available at Webinar Archive

When Are Webinars Held?

The one-hour webinar seminars are typically held 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). This schedule is subject to change. To view a webinar, connect through the Live Webinar Information page.

Webinar Schedule

Browse Webinars in Chronological Order

Each archive page contains video clips, presentation slides, written summaries of the question and answer session (when available), and links to additional information.

Most Recent Webinars

• • Changes in manure management between CEAP I & II September 23
  • Swimming with superbugs: Exploring how antimicrobial resistance moves in our environment August 19
  • Manure nutrient trends and creating dynamic “book values” through ManureDB June 17

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Air Quality

• • Emissions from Composting
  • Human Health: Pathogens and Contaminants in Livestock Systems
  • California’s Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gases from Dairy and Livestock Operations
  • Three Options for Cleaning Barn Exhaust Air
  • Considerations of the use of Manure Irrigation Practices
  • Poo is not to play with: Manure Handling Safety
  • Implementation and Experiences of NAQSAT Around the US
  • Novel Livestock Housing
  • Bioaerosols from Feedlots and Dairy Farm Operations
  • Results of the Mono-slope Beef Barn Research Project
  • Clearing the Air on Biofilters
  • Life-Cycle Assessment Modeling for the Pork Industry
  • Producer Association Efforts to Address Carbon Footprints: Pork and Poultry
  • National Air Emissions Monitoring Study (NAEMS) Selected Results and Discussion of Their Significance
  • Planning Livestock & Poultry Facilities for Reduced Odor Risk
  • Controlling Ammonia and Air Emissions in Poultry Facilities
  • Live from the National Poultry Waste Symposium
  • NAQSAT for Swine and Poultry
  • NAQSAT for Beef and Dairy
  • Animal Ag’s Role in Greenhouse Gas Production
  • Mitigating Air Emissions with Vegetative Environmental Buffers
  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimation and Reporting
  • Air Emissions After Manure Land Application Including Subsurface Application of Poultry Litter and Solid Manure
  • Carbon Footprint of Animal Agriculture
  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Animal Agriculture
  • Air Emissions From Cattle Feedyards and Dairies
  • Feeding Strategies To Reduce Animal Air Emissions
  • Hydrogen Sulfide, How Serious an Outdoor Air Quality Concern
  • Federal Air Quality Regulations and Update on the National Air Emissions Monitoring Study
  • Ammonia, The Air-Water Interface

Regulations

• • Food Safety and Manure Application
  • Next Generation Strategies for Managing Edge of Field Nutrient Losses
  • A Nutrient Management Training Course for Farmers: A Vermont Case Study
  • Drone Use in Animal Agriculture
  • Recent Developments in Animal Ag: Idaho Ag Gag Ruling (brought to you via the Ag Law Seminar Series)
  • Animal Agriculture Legal Update (brought to you via the Ag Law Seminar Series)
  • EPA’s Proposed Waters of the U.S. Regulations
  • Chesapeake Bay 2012 – Implications of the TMDL
  • 2011 Proposed NPDES CAFO Reporting Rule
  • Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures
  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimation and Reporting
  • What To Expect When Your Animal Feeding Operation Is Inspected
  • Final Rule on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO), 2008
  • Federal Air Quality Regulations and Update on the National Air Emissions Monitoring Study

Manure Treatment Technologies

• • Use of Vermifiltration as a Tool for Manure Management
  • Cleanout for Lagoons and Anaerobic Digesters
  • Coupling Manure Digesters with Renewable Natural Gas Systems
  • Phosphorus Management Lessons Learned from the Field
  • Managing Manure to Mitigate Antibiotic Resistance
  • What’s New with Solid Separation? NRCS has an Answer
  • California’s Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gases from Dairy and Livestock Operations
  • Reduction and fate of manure pathogens and antimicrobial resistance
  • Separation Technologies for Capturing Nutrients from Manure
  • Determining Causes of Deep‐pit Swine Manure Foaming Issues and Potential Mitigation Strategies
  • Making Sense of Treatment Technology Options for Livestock Farms
  • Next Generation Strategies for Managing Edge of Field Nutrient Losses
  • Anaerobic Digestion Systems
  • U.S. EPA Nutrient Recycling Challenge
  • MANURE ENTOMOLOGY: Manure Management That Won’t “Bug You”
  • Thermal Manure-to-Energy Systems for Farms: Technical and Environmental Feasibility
  • Agronomic and Environmental Uses of Biochar (Part 2)
  • Agronomic and Environmental Uses of Biochar (Part 1)
  • Horse Manure Composting: Specific Steps to Start or Improve the Process
  • Micro Manure Management
  • Thermal Conversion of Animal Manure to Biofuel
  • Capturing Valuable Nutrients from Manure: Part 3
  • Capturing Valuable Nutrients from Manure: Part 2
  • Capturing Valuable Nutrients from Manure: Part 1
  • Prediction of Bioavailability of Phosphorus for Dairy Cattle
  • Anaerobically Digested Manures
  • Overview of Alternative Manure Treatments, Matching the Treatment to the Environmental Concern
  • Dry Manure Housing, Bedded Barns for Beef Cattle and Compost Barns for Dairy Cattle
  • Virtual Tours of Vegetative Treatment Systems (VTS)
  • Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and Two Innovative Technologies–Vermicomposting and Pyrolysis
  • Evaluating Manure Treatment Through Farm Pilot Project Coordination

Manure Nutrient Management

• • Manure nutrient trends and creating dynamic “book values” through ManureDB
  • Going the distance: considerations for the use of manure pipelines
  • Incentives for Sustainable Practices
  • Hunkering Down for Extreme Events
  • Manuresheds: Advancing nutrient recycling in US agriculture
  • Food Safety and Manure Application
  • Edge of Field Monitoring
  • Successful Strategies for Transferring Manure
  • Litter Nutrients and Management in Poultry Systems
  • Precision Technologies for Managing Manure
  • Designer Manure: Customizing Manure Nutrients to Meet Crop Needs
  • Managing manure beyond the farmyard: Manure management for less-typical species and settings 
  • Phosphorus Management Lessons Learned from the Field
  • Watershed Nutrient Inventories – Opportunities and Needs
  • Separation Technologies for Capturing Nutrients from Manure
  • Manure Sampling Considerations in Different Animal Production Systems
  • Live from the North American Manure Expo 2018
  • Considerations of the use of Manure Irrigation Practices
  • Animal Manure’s Impact on Soil Properties
  • Making Sense of Treatment Technology Options for Livestock Farms
  • Next Generation Strategies for Managing Edge of Field Nutrient Losses
  • Effects of Long-Term Manure Applications on Soil in the Irrigated Northwest
  • The Use of Runoff Risk Advisory Tools for Water Quality Protection
  • On-Farm Nutrient Management Research: Replacing Commercial Sidedress Nitrogen with Liquid Livestock Manure on Emerged Corn
  • Planning for Climate Resiliency
  • A Nutrient Management Training Course for Farmers: A Vermont Case Study
  • Manure and Soil Health (MaSH) Project
  • U.S. EPA Nutrient Recycling Challenge
  • Agronomic and Environmental Uses of Biochar (Part 2)
  • Agronomic and Environmental Uses of Biochar (Part 1)
  • Micro Manure Management
  • Manure and Nutrient Management in Tile Drained Lands
  • Winter Manure Application Options
  • Linking Feed Management to Whole Farm Nutrient Management
  • Making Maximum Use of Nutrients in Liquid Manure
  • Water Quality Index for Agricultural Runoff Tool
  • Thermal Conversion of Animal Manure to Biofuel
  • Capturing Valuable Nutrients from Manure: Part 3
  • Capturing Valuable Nutrients from Manure: Part 2
  • Capturing Valuable Nutrients from Manure: Part 1
  • Prediction of Bioavailability of Phosphorus for Dairy Cattle
  • Manure Application Risk Management Tools and Advisory Systems
  • The 4Rs of Nutrient Stewardship
  • Nitrates in Groundwater
  • Adaptive Nutrient Management
  • Chesapeake Bay 2012 – Implications of the TMDL
  • Proper Closure of Earthen Manure Storage Structures
  • Manure Application to Frozen and Snow-Covered Soils
  • Improving Implementation of Nutrient Management Plans
  • Ethanol Co-Products Impact on Manure Nutrient Management
  • Managing Manure on Small Farms
  • The Soil Health Paradigm: Holistic Manure Management
  • Changing Management of Nutrients in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
  • Utilizing Liquid Livestock Manure as a Top-dress to Wheat and Side-dress to Corn
  • Live from the National Poultry Waste Symposium
  • Manure Application in No-Till
  • Precision Phosphorus Feeding for Dairy Cattle
  • Live from the National Water Quality Meetings
  • Manure Nutrients, Cover Crops, and Slurry Seeding
  • Snap-Shot Assessments of Nutrient Use on Dairy Farms
  • Conserving Manure Nitrogen in Animal Housing
  • Manure Management Planner Software
  • Manure Impacts on Soil

Manure Value and Economics

• • Manure nutrient trends and creating dynamic “book values” through ManureDB
  • Use of Vermifiltration as a Tool for Manure Management
  • Coupling Manure Digesters with Renewable Natural Gas Systems
  • Successful Strategies for Transferring Manure
  • Precision Technologies for Managing Manure
  • Designer Manure: Customizing Manure Nutrients to Meet Crop Needs
  • Animal Manure’s Impact on Soil Properties
  • Anaerobic Digestion Systems
  • Manure and Soil Health (MaSH) Project
  • Thermal Manure-to-Energy Systems for Farms: Technical and Environmental Feasibility
  • Agronomic and Environmental Uses of Biochar (Part 2)
  • Agronomic and Environmental Uses of Biochar (Part 1)
  • Linking Feed Management to Whole Farm Nutrient Management
  • Economics of Using and Transporting Manure
  • Live from the National Poultry Waste Symposium

Emerging Issues

• • Swimming with superbugs: Exploring how antimicrobial resistance moves in our environment
  • Manure nutrient trends and creating dynamic “book values” through ManureDB
  • Going the distance: considerations for the use of manure pipelines
  • Cleanout for Lagoons and Anaerobic Digesters
  • The Interplay Between Manure and Compaction
  • Weeding the Worries Out of Manure Use
  • Incentives for Sustainable Practices
  • Industry Initiatives for Environmental Sustainability – a Role for Everyone
  • Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance Through Livestock Management
  • Hunkering Down for Extreme Events
  • Manuresheds: Advancing nutrient recycling in US agriculture
  • Coupling Manure Digesters with Renewable Natural Gas Systems
  • PFAS in Agricultural Operations
  • PFAS – What is in Your Water
  • Emissions from Composting
  • Communicating Science Using the Science of Communication
  • Litter Nutrients and Management in Poultry Systems
  • Human Health: Pathogens and Contaminants in Livestock Systems
  • Precision Technologies for Managing Manure
  • Managing Manure to Mitigate Antibiotic Resistance
  • California’s Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gases from Dairy and Livestock Operations
  • Reduction and fate of manure pathogens and antimicrobial resistance
  • Separation Technologies for Capturing Nutrients from Manure
  • Intersections of Environmental Management and Biosecurity in Animal Agriculture
  • Live from the North American Manure Expo 2018
  • Considerations of the use of Manure Irrigation Practices
  • Determining Causes of Deep‐pit Swine Manure Foaming Issues and Potential Mitigation Strategies
  • Next Generation Strategies for Managing Edge of Field Nutrient Losses
  • The Use of Runoff Risk Advisory Tools for Water Quality Protection
  • On-Farm Nutrient Management Research: Replacing Commercial Sidedress Nitrogen with Liquid Livestock Manure on Emerged Corn
  • Avian Influenza Mortality Management Options, Composting Procedures and Lessons Learned
  • Planning for Climate Resiliency
  • Pathogens 101: Manure and Veterinary Pathogens of Concern, Who are they and what do they do?
  • Manure and Soil Health (MaSH) Project
  • Drone Use in Animal Agriculture
  • Implementation and Experiences of NAQSAT Around the US
  • Antibiotic Resistance and Animal Agriculture
  • Construction and Maintenance of a Manure Pond
  • Communicating Science Amidst Controversy
  • Recent Developments in Animal Ag: Idaho Ag Gag Ruling (brought to you via the Ag Law Seminar Series)
  • Animal Agriculture Legal Update (brought to you via the Ag Law Seminar Series)
  • Mortality Management Options During an Avian Influenza Outbreak
  • Thermal Manure-to-Energy Systems for Farms: Technical and Environmental Feasibility
  • Agronomic and Environmental Uses of Biochar (Part 2)
  • Agronomic and Environmental Uses of Biochar (Part 1)
  • Micro Manure Management
  • Novel Livestock Housing
  • Waste to Worth Preview: Gypsum Bedding Risks and Rewards
  • Livestock Mortality Composting – Beyond the Basics Part 2
  • Livestock Mortality Composting – Beyond the Basics Part 1
  • Managing Biosecurity to Control Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv)
  • Bioaerosols from Feedlots and Dairy Farm Operations
  • Scientific Overview of Agricultural Carbon Research & the Implications for Climate
  • Thermal Conversion of Animal Manure to Biofuel
  • Prediction of Bioavailability of Phosphorus for Dairy Cattle
  • Manure Application Risk Management Tools and Advisory Systems
  • Clearing the Air on Biofilters
  • Microbes: From Farm to Public Risk
  • Life-Cycle Assessment Modeling for the Pork Industry
  • Producer Association Efforts to Address Carbon Footprints: Pork and Poultry
  • Nitrates in Groundwater
  • Emergency Management: Preparing Your Natural Disaster Response
  • Antibiotics and Hormones: Occurrence in Water, Fate and Transport, and Best Management Practices
  • Antibiotics and Hormones: Use in Animal Agriculture, Impacts, and Resistance
  • Grazing Management for Water Quality Protection

Manure Storage, Handling and Mortality Management

• • Swimming with superbugs: Exploring how antimicrobial resistance moves in our environment
  • Use of Vermifiltration as a Tool for Manure Management
  • Going the distance: considerations for the use of manure pipelines
  • Cleanout for Lagoons and Anaerobic Digesters
  • The Interplay Between Manure and Compaction
  • Weeding the Worries Out of Manure Use
  • Hunkering Down for Extreme Events
  • Coupling Manure Digesters with Renewable Natural Gas Systems
  • Food Safety and Manure Application
  • Emissions from Composting
  • Litter Nutrients and Management in Poultry Systems
  • Managing Manure to Mitigate Antibiotic Resistance
  • What’s New with Solid Separation? NRCS has an Answer
  • California’s Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gases from Dairy and Livestock Operations
  • Separation Technologies for Capturing Nutrients from Manure
  • Intersections of Environmental Management and Biosecurity in Animal Agriculture
  • Manure Pit Death: A Preventable Tragedy
  • Live from the North American Manure Expo 2018
  • Considerations of the use of Manure Irrigation Practices
  • Determining Causes of Deep‐pit Swine Manure Foaming Issues and Potential Mitigation Strategies
  • Making Sense of Treatment Technology Options for Livestock Farms
  • Emergency Response to Natural Disasters for Livestock Facilities
  • Next Generation Strategies for Managing Edge of Field Nutrient Losses
  • Effects of Long-Term Manure Applications on Soil in the Irrigated Northwest
  • Poo is not to play with: Manure Handling Safety
  • Anaerobic Digestion Systems
  • The Use of Runoff Risk Advisory Tools for Water Quality Protection
  • On-Farm Nutrient Management Research: Replacing Commercial Sidedress Nitrogen with Liquid Livestock Manure on Emerged Corn
  • Avian Influenza Mortality Management Options, Composting Procedures and Lessons Learned
  • U.S. EPA Nutrient Recycling Challenge
  • Manure Safety and Transport
  • MANURE ENTOMOLOGY: Manure Management That Won’t “Bug You”
  • Construction and Maintenance of a Manure Pond
  • Mortality Management Options During an Avian Influenza Outbreak
  • Thermal Manure-to-Energy Systems for Farms: Technical and Environmental Feasibility
  • Agronomic and Environmental Uses of Biochar (Part 2)
  • Agronomic and Environmental Uses of Biochar (Part 1)
  • Horse Manure Composting: Specific Steps to Start or Improve the Process
  • Micro Manure Management
  • Manure and Nutrient Management in Tile Drained Lands
  • Novel Livestock Housing
  • Waste to Worth Preview: Gypsum Bedding Risks and Rewards
  • Winter Manure Application Options
  • Linking Feed Management to Whole Farm Nutrient Management
  • Livestock Mortality Composting – Beyond the Basics Part 2
  • Livestock Mortality Composting – Beyond the Basics Part 1
  • Managing Biosecurity to Control Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv)
  • Making Maximum Use of Nutrients in Liquid Manure
  • Thermal Conversion of Animal Manure to Biofuel
  • Capturing Valuable Nutrients from Manure: Part 3
  • Capturing Valuable Nutrients from Manure: Part 2
  • Capturing Valuable Nutrients from Manure: Part 1
  • Results of the Mono-slope Beef Barn Research Project
  • Mono-Slope Beef Barn Design and Management
  • Proper Closure of Earthen Manure Storage Structures
  • Anaerobically Digested Manures
  • Dry Manure Housing, Bedded Barns for Beef Cattle and Compost Barns for Dairy Cattle
  • Managing Livestock Mortalities

Small Farms

• • Weeding the Worries Out of Manure Use
  • Food Safety and Manure Application
  • Managing manure beyond the farmyard: Manure management for less-typical species and settings 
  • Equipment and facilities for managing manure on small farms
  • Anaerobic Digestion Systems
  • Planning for Climate Resiliency
  • Horse Manure Composting: Specific Steps to Start or Improve the Process
  • Micro Manure Management
  • Livestock Mortality Composting – Beyond the Basics Part 2
  • Livestock Mortality Composting – Beyond the Basics Part 1
  • Managing Manure on Small Farms
  • Virtual Tours of Vegetative Treatment Systems (VTS)
  • Livestock and Poultry Mortality Composting
  • Live from the National Water Quality Meetings
  • Grazing Management for Water Quality Protection
  • Managing Livestock Mortalities

Environmental Planning

• • Swimming with superbugs: Exploring how antimicrobial resistance moves in our environment
  • Manure nutrient trends and creating dynamic “book values” through ManureDB
  • Going the distance: considerations for the use of manure pipelines
  • Cleanout for Lagoons and Anaerobic Digesters
  • The Interplay Between Manure and Compaction
  • Weeding the Worries Out of Manure Use
  • Incentives for Sustainable Practices
  • Industry Initiatives for Environmental Sustainability – a Role for Everyone
  • Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance Through Livestock Management
  • Hunkering Down for Extreme Events
  • Manuresheds: Advancing nutrient recycling in US agriculture
  • Coupling Manure Digesters with Renewable Natural Gas Systems
  • Food Safety and Manure Application
  • PFAS in Agricultural Operations
  • Edge of Field Monitoring
  • Successful Strategies for Transferring Manure
  • PFAS – What is in Your Water
  • Emissions from Composting
  • Communicating Science Using the Science of Communication
  • Precision Technologies for Managing Manure
  • Phosphorus Management Lessons Learned from the Field
  • Managing Manure to Mitigate Antibiotic Resistance
  • Watershed Nutrient Inventories – Opportunities and Needs
  • Reduction and fate of manure pathogens and antimicrobial resistance
  • Three Options for Cleaning Barn Exhaust Air
  • Manure Sampling Considerations in Different Animal Production Systems
  • Live from the North American Manure Expo 2018
  • Considerations of the use of Manure Irrigation Practices
  • Animal Manure’s Impact on Soil Properties
  • Making Sense of Treatment Technology Options for Livestock Farms
  • Emergency Response to Natural Disasters for Livestock Facilities
  • Next Generation Strategies for Managing Edge of Field Nutrient Losses
  • Effects of Long-Term Manure Applications on Soil in the Irrigated Northwest
  • Anaerobic Digestion Systems
  • The Use of Runoff Risk Advisory Tools for Water Quality Protection
  • Avian Influenza Mortality Management Options, Composting Procedures and Lessons Learned
  • Planning for Climate Resiliency
  • Pathogens 101: Manure and Veterinary Pathogens of Concern, Who are they and what do they do?
  • A Nutrient Management Training Course for Farmers: A Vermont Case Study
  • Manure and Soil Health (MaSH) Project
  • U.S. EPA Nutrient Recycling Challenge
  • Antibiotic Resistance and Animal Agriculture
  • Construction and Maintenance of a Manure Pond – Part 2
  • Construction and Maintenance of a Manure Pond – Part 1
  • Mortality Management Options During an Avian Influenza Outbreak
  • Thermal Manure-to-Energy Systems for Farms: Technical and Environmental Feasibility
  • Agronomic and Environmental Uses of Biochar (Part 2)
  • Agronomic and Environmental Uses of Biochar (Part 1)
  • Horse Manure Composting: Specific Steps to Start or Improve the Process
  • Micro Manure Management
  • Manure and Nutrient Management in Tile Drained Lands
  • Winter Manure Application Options
  • Livestock Mortality Composting – Beyond the Basics Part 2
  • Livestock Mortality Composting – Beyond the Basics Part 1
  • Scientific Overview of Agricultural Carbon Research & the Implications for Climate
  • Making Maximum Use of Nutrients in Liquid Manure
  • Water Quality Index for Agricultural Runoff Tool
  • Thermal Conversion of Animal Manure to Biofuel
  • Capturing Valuable Nutrients from Manure: Part 3
  • Capturing Valuable Nutrients from Manure: Part 2
  • Capturing Valuable Nutrients from Manure: Part 1
  • Prediction of Bioavailability of Phosphorus for Dairy Cattle
  • Results of the Mono-slope Beef Barn Research Project
  • Mono-Slope Beef Barn Design and Management
  • Manure Application Risk Management Tools and Advisory Systems
  • Clearing the Air on Biofilters
  • The 4Rs of Nutrient Stewardship
  • Microbes: From Farm to Public Risk
  • Life-Cycle Assessment Modeling for the Pork Industry
  • Producer Association Efforts to Address Carbon Footprints: Pork and Poultry
  • Nitrates in Groundwater
  • Adaptive Nutrient Management
  • Chesapeake Bay 2012 – Implications of the TMDL
  • Emergency Management: Preparing Your Natural Disaster Response
  • Proper Closure of Earthen Manure Storage Structures
  • Improving Implementation of Nutrient Management Plans
  • Planning Livestock & Poultry Facilities for Reduced Odor Risk
  • The Soil Health Paradigm: Holistic Manure Management
  • Changing Management of Nutrients in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
  • Utilizing Liquid Livestock Manure as a Top-dress to Wheat and Side-dress to Corn
  • Controlling Ammonia and Air Emissions in Poultry Facilities
  • Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures
  • NAQSAT for Swine and Poultry
  • Manure Application in No-Till
  • NAQSAT for Beef and Dairy
  • Manure Spills and Emergency Planning
  • Livestock and Poultry Mortality Composting
  • Snap-Shot Assessments of Nutrient Use on Dairy Farms
  • Market Based Conservation

Professional Development

• • Manure nutrient trends and creating dynamic “book values” through ManureDB
  • Industry Initiatives for Environmental Sustainability – a Role for Everyone
  • Communicating Science Using the Science of Communication
  • Human Health: Pathogens and Contaminants in Livestock Systems
  • Manure Innovation: Teaching Styles and Marketing Programs
  • Managing manure beyond the farmyard: Manure management for less-typical species and settings 
  • Intersections of Environmental Management and Biosecurity in Animal Agriculture
  • Manure Pit Death: A Preventable Tragedy
  • Poo is not to play with: Manure Handling Safety
  • Planning for Climate Resiliency
  • Drone Use in Animal Agriculture
  • Communicating Science Amidst Controversy
  • Pathways for Effective Information Transfer Between Manure Management Professionals
  • Mobile Manure Apps
  • Reaching the Next Generation through Fun and Interactive Activities