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This is the proceedings from "Managing Nutrients and Pathogens from Animal Agriculture: A Conference for Nutrient Management Consultants, Extension Educators, and Producer Advisors," held March 28-30, 2000, in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. The proceedings presents and documents recent research, field experience, and government response concerning the interaction of animal agriculture and the environment in eastern North America. Included are 36 papers divided into eleven sections: nutrients and water quality; animal agriculture and nutrients; EPA and NRCS goals in nutrient management; waterborne pathogens; manure management practices; feed management to reduce excess nutrients; fate of land-applied nutrients and pathogens; phosphorus index; land application; site management; and nutrient management plans. The proceedings will be useful in developing comprehensive nutrient management plans and public policy. The book will be a valuable resource for readers including nutrient management consultants; cooperative extension educators; producer advisors (swine, beef, poultry, and dairy); soil and water conservation district (SWCD) staff; agribusinesses; environmental protection professionals; owners and managers of animal feeding operations (AFOs); and community officials. (2000)

Agricultural nonpoint source pollution can impact the water quality of rivers, lakes, estuaries, groundwater, and wetlands. Animal feeding operations (AFOs) concentrate animals, feed, manure and urine, dead animals, and production facilities on a small area, increasing the management and knowledge required to minimize nonpoint source pollution. Managing Nutrients and Pathogens from Animal Agriculture, NRAES-130 ($30.00 plus S & H/sales tax; 508 pages; March 2000), documents recent research, field experience, and government response concerning the interaction of animal agriculture and the environment in eastern North America.

The proceedings from "Managing Nutrients and Pathogens from Animal Agriculture: A Conference for Nutrient Management Consultants, Extension Educators, and Producer Advisors," held March 28-30, 2000, in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, includes 36 papers divided among eleven topic areas. Authors include experts from the land grant universities, the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), the EPA, and the private sector. Two introductory papers consider nutrients and water quality and sources of nutrients in the nation's watersheds. The three articles in the following section discuss aspects of animal agriculture and nutrients. Papers in the third section consider EPA and NRCS goals in nutrient management. The two following papers discuss ag-related waterborne pathogens and sources of pathogens in a watershed.

Five papers focus on manure management practices. Papers in the following section discuss feed management to reduce excess nutrients in poultry, swine, and dairy production. The next two papers consider the fate of land-applied nutrients and pathogens. Three papers are devoted to the Phosphorus Index, and the following two sections include papers on aspects of land application and site management. The final four papers discuss nutrient management plans for poultry, swine, and dairy operations.

Managing Nutrients and Pathogens from Animal Agriculture will be useful in developing comprehensive nutrient management plans and public policy. It will be a valuable new resource for readers including nutrient management consultants, cooperative extension educators, producer advisors, soil and water conservation district (SWCD) staff, agribusinesses, environmental protection professionals, owners and managers of animal feeding operations (AFOs), and community officials.

Financial support for planning the conference and the conference proceedings was provided by the USDA Water Quality Working Group, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and the USDA Agricultural Research Service. The conference was sponsored by Agricultural Consulting Services, Inc. (ACS); Bion Technologies, Inc.; BioSun Systems; Brubaker Consulting Group (formerly Brubaker Agronomic Consulting Service); Potash & Phosphate Institute (PPI); and Purina Mills, Inc.

The planning committee for the Managing Nutrients and Pathogens from Animal Agriculture conference included (in alphabetical order) Douglas Beegle, Department of Agronomy, The Pennsylvania State University; Sharon Buck, US EPA; Eldridge Collins, Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Robert Graves, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University; Richard Kohn, Animal and Avian Science, University of Maryland; J. J. Meisinger, USDA-ARS; Roberta Parry, US EPA; Marty Sailus, NRAES Director; Andrew Sharpley, USDA-ARS; and Peter Wright, Cornell Cooperative Extension.

Managing Nutrients and Pathogens from Animal Agriculture, NRAES-130, is available for $30.00 per copy, plus shipping and handling and sales tax, from NRAES, Cooperative Extension, PO Box 4557, Ithaca, New York 14852-4557. Shipping and handling for a single copy is $6.00 within the continental United States. New York State residents add sales tax (calculated on both the cost of publications and shipping and handling charges. Click here for more information). If ordering more than one book or if ordering from outside the United States, contact NRAES for shipping rates. Orders from outside the United States must be prepaid in U.S. funds. All major credit cards are accepted, and checks should be made payable to NRAES. For more information or a free copy of our publications catalog, contact NRAES by phone at (607) 255-7654, by fax at (607) 254-8770, or by e-mail at NRAES@CORNELL.EDU. Or visit our Web site at WWW.NRAES.ORG.

Session 1: Nutrients and Water Quality

Nutrients and Water Quality
Hank Zygmunt
Sources of Nutrients in the Nation's Watersheds
Richard A. Smith, Richard B. Alexander

Session 2: Animal Agriculture and Nutrients

A Changing Animal Agriculture: Implications for Economies and Communities in the Northeast and Middle Atlantic States
Charles W. Abdalla
Farm Management and Nutrient Concentration in Animal Agriculture
Les E. Lanyon
Advances in Animal Waste Management for Water Quality Protection: Case Study of the Delmarva Peninsula
J. Thomas Sims

Session 3: EPA and NRCS Goals in Nutrient Management

EPA Programs for Attaining Water Quality Goals from Nonpoint Sources
Roberta Parry
Water Quality Goals for Agriculture
Janet K. Goodwin
Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan from a USDA Perspective
Obie D. Ashford
Environmental Water Quality Regulations Applied to Animal Production Activities
John C. Becker, Gene C. Brucker

Session 4: Waterborne Pathogens

Ag-Related Waterborne Pathogens
Susan M. Stehman
Sources of Pathogens in a Watershed: Humans, Wildlife, Farm Animals?
Daniel R. Shelton

Session 5: Manure Management Practices

Manure Management on Swine Farms: Practices and Risks
Kenneth B. Kephart
Manure Management on Poultry Farms: Practices and Risks
Eldridge R. Collins, Jr.
Manure Management on Dairy Farms: Practices and Risks
Robert E. Graves
Manure Treatment and Handling Options
Peter Wright
The Bion Nutrient Management System: A Biology-Based Treatment Alternative
Jeffrey Poulsen

Session 6: Feed Management to Reduce Excess Nutrients

Feeding Poultry to Minimize Manure Phosphorus
Rosalina Angel
Managing Swine Feeding to Minimize Manure Nutrients
Allen F. Harper
Managing the Dairy Feeding System to Minimize Manure Nutrients
T. P. Tylutki, D. G. Fox

Session 7: Fate of Land-Applied Nutrients and Pathogens

Nutrient and Pathogen Transport in the Watershed
William J. Gburek
Source Risk Indicators of Nutrient Loss from Agricultural Lands
Peter J. A. Kleinman

Session 8: Phosphorus Index

The Phosphorus Index: Assessing Site Vulnerability to Phosphorus Loss
Andrew N. Sharpley
Adapting the Phosphorus Site Index to the Delmarva Peninsula: Delaware's Experience
April B. Leytem, J. Thomas Sims, Frank J. Coale
A Phosphorus Index for Vermont: Adapting the Index to Landscapes, Soil Chemistry, and Management Practices in Vermont
William E. Jokela

Session 9: Land Application

Organic Nitrogen Decay Rates
Gregory K. Evanylo
Ammonia Volatilization from Dairy and Poultry Manure
J. J. Meisinger, W. E. Jokela
Diagnostic Nitrogen Tests for Manure-Amended Soils: Current Status and Future Outlook
Gregory D. Binford, David J. Hansen
Manure Sampling and Testing
John B. Peters
Choosing a Liquid Manure Application Method
Donald Hilborn

Session 10: Site Management

Frost Incorporation and Injection of Manure
Harold M. van Es, Robert R. Schindelbeck
Impact of Fencing on Nutrients: A Case Study
Daniel G. Galeone
Overview of Federal Cost Sharing
Anthony J. Esser

Session 11: Nutrient Management Plans

Nutrient Management Plans - Poultry
Greg L. Mullins
Nutrient Management Plans - Swine
William J. Rogers
Nutrient Management Plans - Dairy
David DeGolyer
Nutrient Management Plans: The Professional Assistance Needed and the Cost
Richard F. Wildman

Speaker Biographies

Charles W. Abdalla
Roselina Angel
Obie D. Ashford
John C. Becker
Gregory D. Binford
Eldridge R. Collins, Jr.
David DeGolyer
Anthony J. Esser
Gregory K. Evanylo
Daniel G. Galeone
William J. Gburek
Janet K. Goodwin
Robert E. Graves
Allen F. Harper
Donald Hilborn
William E. Jokela
Kenneth B. Kephart
Peter J. A. Kleinman
Les E. Lanyon
April B. Leytem
J. J. Meisinger
Greg L. Mullins
Roberta Parry
John B. Peters
William J. Rogers
Andrew N. Sharpley
Daniel R. Shelton
J. Thomas Sims
Richard A. Smith
Susan M. Stehman
T. P. Tylutki
Harold M. van Es
Richard F. Wildman
Peter Wright

Conference Sponsors

Agricultural Consulting Services, Inc. (ACS)
Bion Technologies, Inc.
BioSun Systems
Brubaker Consulting Group (formerly Brubaker Agronomic Consulting Service)
Potash & Phosphate Institute (PPI)
Purina Mills, Inc.

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