Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting Agenda George Washington Carver Center, Beltsville, MD March 1-3, 2006 March 1 8:15 Welcome, Dr. Ghassem Asrar, deputy administrator, ARS 8:30 Proposed project renewal, Rewrite team 9:00 - 9:45 An Economists View of Ecological Footprinting and Other Indexes of Long-Term Sustainability, Dr. Kelly Zering 9:45 - 10:15 Break 10:15 - 12:00 Open discussion of new project 12:00 - 1:30 Lunch, Carver Center Cafeteria 1:30 - 3:15 Panel discussion of project approach: Bob Wright (ARS), Richard Swenson (NRCS), Noel Gollehon (ERS), Ron Landy (EPA) 3:15 - 3:30 Break 3:30 - 5:00 Continue panel discussion 6:00 Dinner at Sir Walter Raleigh Inn, Greenbelt Rd. March 2 8:00 - 9:45 Review and analysis of system assessment using emergy, Cavalett et al., 2006 9:45 - 10:15 Break 10:15 - 12:00 Finalize project deliverables, breakout groups by interest 12:00 - 1:30 Lunch, Carver Center Cafeteria 1:30 - 3:15 Continue group discussions of project deliverables 3:15 - 3:30 Break 3:30 - 5:00 Group reports and discussion 6:00 - Dinner, groups or individuals March 3 8:00 - 9:30 Business meeting - deadline for each participant to submit their paragraph of contributions to each objective/task of the new project or submit at this time if written the night before - election of Secretary 9:30 Adjourn Meeting Summary A. Meeting was called to order by Brent Auvermann at 0815h EST on March 1, 2006. B. Members present (24) were sufficient to constitute a quorum for conducting business. A complete list of members and guests attending the Business Meeting is incorporated into these minutes, by reference, in Appendix B. C. The first day of the meeting consisted of presentation of the project renewal proposal, a supporting presentation by Kelly Zering of the issues involved in using economics to quantify environmental impacts, especially when resources are obtained from distant locations, and an open discussion of the project proposal. D. Short presentations by ARS, ERS, NRCS, and EPA added to the discussion of the need to address environmental issues related to the food animal industries. E. During the second day of the meeting, members discussed their activities and described how they would contribute to the new project F. Ted Funk (University of Illinois) was nominated for S-1000 secretary-elect. Funk accepted the nomination, which was approved by unanimous consent. G. Meeting was adjourned by unanimous consent at 1500h EST, March 2, 2006.

See the uploaded full report for details by objective and by participant " Reduced cost of building control structures for treating runoff from composting/storage sites. Runoff studies provided data on expected nutrient loading rates in effluent from an outside composting site (loss factors for %NH3-N, P and K from composts) Information can be applied to the design of control structures for treating runoff from compost pads. " Develop guidance documents for farmers so they can apply liquid manures to land without polluting bodies of water. Extension and research efforts will lead to development of guidance document on management practices that can mitigate preferential flow. " Reduced cost of manure management, transporting nutrients offsite. Studies on dry matter and water loss during composting allow economic analysis to be made on process cost and cost of transporting nutrients offsite. " Reduced cost of composting animal manures. Studies have documented effects of controllable factors on kinetics of process, enabling engineers to reduce facility and operating cost of compost systems. Showed low airflow, regardless of composting system configuration, was main factor to minimize energy usage, yet achieve a specific rate of decomposition. Developed Excel computer simulation models of composting process enable farmers to optimize design and management of facilities, to minimize cost of treatment and enable better management of composting process. " Reduced odor generation during composting of animal manure. Odor studies have documented collecting and composting fresh manure has potential to reduce odor at composting site. Aeration during composting resulted in destruction of odorous compounds (95-100%) by day eight. Biofilters are only needed for short period of times. Composting dairy manure/amendment mix with C/N above 40 reduces N losses significantly. " Promote thermophilic composting as a treatment method to control pathogens in manure. Studies documented effects of 55 oC on pathogen in animal manures. " Added value to horse manure compost. Identified and showed through plant growth studies potential markets and value of composted manure and improve opportunities for coordinated growth of Ohios dairy, swine, nursery and other green industries. " Enable comprehensive air quality studies and monitoring on Ohio Farms. The developed measurement technology for ventilation and air quality monitoring will enable generation of massive amount and highly distributed data for comprehensive air quality studies and monitoring. " Resolve air quality issues based on scientific findings. Generated baseline information on air quality at Ohio animal facilities, which will help resolve the rising air quality issue based on scientific finding. The data will also regulatory agency to form proper regulation on air quality and air emission from animal feeding operations. " Enable farmers to protect health of themselves and their animals. The exposure levels of Ohio farmer, neighbors, and livestock and poultry animals to air emissions from livestock and poultry operations were preliminary evaluated. Farms can effectively manage their facility according to the air quality knowledge to protect health of themselves and their animals. " Abate air emissions from livestock facilities. Mitigation technologies and management practices evaluated and developed will help livestock industry to abate air emission and sustain environmental stewardship effectively while maintaining profitability and sustainability of the productions. " Reduce monitoring cost and increase accuracy of assessing ammonia emissions. Modified mass balance approach for evaluating NH3 emissions is lower cost than current methods of assessing NH3 emissions based on concentrations and gas flow rates. " Information from this research will provide producers, technical assistance providers, regulators, and compilers of emission inventories at county, state, and federal levels with accurate information that is consistent with rigorous environmental protection requirements and rural socioeconomic needs. Once emission rates are known for the parameters mentioned, producers will be able to determine if they are in compliance with state or federal regulations and if not what mitigation technologies are needed to meet the governing air quality standards. " Producing energy from renewable resources is becoming critical more than ever to the economy of the United States. The outcome of this project provides valuable insight on use of one of the most abundant bioresources for energy production, which is of great significance in reducing our reliance on fossil fuel based energy sources.

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