SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report
Sections
Status: Approved
Basic Information
- Project No. and Title: NCCC_OLD9 : MWPS: Research and Extension Educational Materials
- Period Covered: 10/01/2008 to 09/01/2009
- Date of Report: 03/29/2010
- Annual Meeting Dates: 05/12/2009 to 05/13/2009
Participants
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[Minutes]
Accomplishments
Outcomes:
EPCRA reporting. In response to EPAs recent final rule on CERCLA/EPCRA for livestock systems, IA, IL, NE, MN, SD, and WI worked together to develop forms and present calculations needed for 'Large CAFO' producers to use in reporting continuous emissions of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide to emergency management agencies.
Ventilation workshops. A team from IA, NE, MN, and SD, educated over 100 swine vets on ventilation, energy and emergency procedure issues. These vets will multiply that initial effort and translate it to a large segment of the Iowa swine industry.
Outputs:
Three new publications were released during the year:
" Private Water Systems (MWPS-14)
" Farm Machinery & Labor Sharing (NCFMEC-21)
" CIDWT, 2nd Edition
Milestones:
Develop an educational resource or training opportunity for facilitating LGU researchers to collaborate effectively with MWPS in developing and implementing NIFA integrated proposals (by June 2010).
Obtain financial support for and begin writing a handbook for Ag builders that addresses problematic code and insurance issues (by May 2010).
Pursue collaborative publication and educational opportunities with energy-related groups (by September 2010).
Impacts
- Impacts from recent publications include: o The House Handbook, MWPS-16, is used as a text in the Technical Systems Management class on residential housing, which enrolls about 25-30 students per year. o Illinois primary livestock manure management plans, IMMP (www.immp.uiuc.edu), includes references to MWPS publications in its Resources section, and incorporates tables from MWPS-18 section 1, Manure Characteristics.
- Impacts of coordinated odor modeling and site planning efforts include: i. Using the Community Assessment Model (CAM) for siting swine facilities, site locations for 27 producers with an approximate value of $24M were examined and feedback given to the producer to reduce the possibility of nuisance odor lawsuits. Proper siting by far has the largest impact on reducing community air quality concerns and keeping livestock production viable. ii. Odor and air quality impacts on agricultural communities have been reduced by working with swine producers before facilities are constructed. Location of the proper site, and the inclusion of mitigating technologies improves the economic viability of farms by reducing the potential of lawsuits, improves neighbor relations, and reduces emissions from livestock operations.