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What’s happening at Ohio’s Manure Science Review

August 3, 2011 by Ohio State University Extension

August 2, 2011, DeGraff,
OH – Here’s who is speaking at the 2011 Manure
Science Review, set for Aug. 16 at the Winner Family Farm in DeGraff
in western Ohio:

Alan Winner, owner
of the host farm, on how changes there have led to more efficient water and
manure management. One of the changes: Separating solids. The farm has 400
cows.
Tom Noyes of Ohio
State University Extension on separating dairy solids and using them for
bedding.
Wesley Haun
of H.J. Baker & Bro. on preventing nutrient loss, including
year-round ways to keep nutrients in the root zone.
Jocelyn Henderson
of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' Division of Soil and Water
Resources on field evaluation as a management tool. Keep slopes, setbacks and
timing in mind and you can cut the risk of nutrient runoff.
Terry Mescher, also
of that division, on new manure management technologies and what you should ask
before investing in them.
Winner and Mescher
on how water management can cut runoff risk. Featured: How the farm's
solid/liquid manure separator works; how milk house wastewater can be stored to
flush barns; and ways to divert runoff from hard surfaces.
Frank Gibbs of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Christine Pence of the Ohio Department of
Agriculture, and Steve Searson of the Logan Soil and Water Conservation
District on how manure management can cut runoff risk. Featured: How subsurface
pathways can lead to the discharge of liquid manure from drain tiles;
calibrating equipment for accurate application; and identifying effective
setbacks to keep water supplies safe.

Also, Searson and Amanda
Meddles of OSU Extension will lead manure application demonstrations. Among
them: How to minimize the risk of liquid manure entering drain tiles and
affecting infiltration rates; and how to extend the application window with
side-dress application.

Early registration is
$30 per person, including a continental breakfast, lunch and all materials, and
runs through August 8. Registration afterward costs $35. Members of the Midwest Professional Nutrient Applicators Association
get a $5 discount off either rate.

Download the
registration form at http://go.osu.edu/Dy4, or
call 330-202-3533 to have a copy sent to you in the mail.

Participants are
eligible for 5.5 hours of continuing education credit in ODA’s Certified
Livestock Manager training program; 4.5 hours of Soil and Water Management
credit in the Ohio Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) Program; 1 hour of Nutrient
Management credit, also in the CCA program; and 5.5 Professional Development
Hours for Professional Engineers.