This webinar provides practical guidance on reducing pathogen and inhalation exposures in livestock operations and identifies ways to protect human health and those we love. This presentation was originally broadcast on May 15, 2020. More… Continue reading “Human Health: Pathogens and Contaminants in Livestock Systems”
Precision Technologies for Managing Manure
This webinar explores in-field measurements of nutrient concentrations and discusses how precision technologies impact agronomic and water quality management decisions as well as pave the way for automating record-keeping and removing human error from applications. This presentation was originally broadcast on April 17, 2020. More… Continue reading “Precision Technologies for Managing Manure”
Manure Innovation: Teaching Styles and Marketing Programs
Would you rather watch someone give a presentation or do something that gets you involved, maybe making decisions that you can relate back to your own farm? This presentation was originally broadcast on March 20, 2020. More… Continue reading “Manure Innovation: Teaching Styles and Marketing Programs”
Designer Manure: Customizing Manure Nutrients to Meet Crop Needs
What if we could create ‘designer’ manures to meet crop needs? This webinar ways to blend commercial fertilizers with manure to balance nutrients. This presentation was originally broadcast on February 21, 2020. More… Continue reading “Designer Manure: Customizing Manure Nutrients to Meet Crop Needs”
Managing manure beyond the farmyard: Manure management for less-typical species and settings
This webinar goes beyond the farm gate and explores how manure and effluent nutrients are handled for some less-than-typical farm-raised animal species. This presentation was originally broadcast on January 17, 2020. More… Continue reading “Managing manure beyond the farmyard: Manure management for less-typical species and settings”
Phosphorus Management Lessons Learned from the Field
During this webinar three extension and research leaders for phosphorus management issues shared their experience on critical lessons learned about phosphorus management. This presentation was originally broadcast on December 13, 2019. More… Continue reading “Phosphorus Management Lessons Learned from the Field”
Managing Manure to Mitigate Antibiotic Resistance
This webinar highlights some of the work being done to identify effective practices for reducing concentrations of resistant bacteria and resistance genes at critical control points in beef feedlot and dairy manure management systems. This presentation was originally broadcast on November 15, 2019. More… Continue reading “Managing Manure to Mitigate Antibiotic Resistance”
What’s New with Solid Separation? NRCS has an Answer
This webinar highlights the new solid-liquid separation manual that NRCS has developed. This presentation was originally broadcast on October 18, 2019. More… Continue reading “What’s New with Solid Separation? NRCS has an Answer”
Watershed Nutrient Inventories – Opportunities and Needs
This webinar focuses on nitrogen and phosphorus inventories at two watershed scales, and how manure nutrients are incorporated. This presentation was originally broadcast on September 20, 2019. More… Continue reading “Watershed Nutrient Inventories – Opportunities and Needs”
California’s Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gases from Dairy and Livestock Operations
This webinar discusses two programs in California, administered through the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), that provide financial incentives to dairy and livestock producers to reduce methane emissions from on-farm manure management. This presentation was originally broadcast on August 16, 2019. More… Continue reading “California’s Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gases from Dairy and Livestock Operations”