Workshops to Look at What's New in Manure: Uses, Methods, Technology
2/16/2012
Source of inspiration: Make the most of manure? Two coming workshops will help farmers do just that.
WOOSTER,
Ohio — Manure Technology workshops are set for March 19
in western Ohio near Grand Lake St. Marys and for March 20 in northern Ohio at
the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center.
The
programs feature many of the same topics and speakers but also some different
ones, said Mary Wicks of Ohio State’s Ohio Composting and Manure Management
Program, one of the organizers.
But the
focus of both workshops is the same, Wicks said: The latest on-farm practices for
managing manure nutrients; and opportunities for new technologies, including
anaerobic digestion.
The
speakers at both locations will be from OARDC, Ohio State University Extension,
the Ohio BioProducts Innovation Center, the Ohio Department of Natural
Resources, and such companies as Clear Horizons, Menke Consulting, NuVention
Solutions, Phase 3 Renewables, quasar energy group, BioTown Ag beef feedlot and
Amiran Technologies.
Complete
lists of the topics and speakers are online at http://go.osu.edu/Hve (Maria
Stein; pdf) and http://go.osu.edu/Hvg (Wooster; pdf).
The
Wooster session has a registration fee -- $15 by March 12, $20 after that date
-- while the one in Maria Stein is free, thanks to its sponsors. Registration
at either location includes a continental breakfast and lunch.
The Maria
Stein program goes from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Knights of St. John Hall, 8608
State Route 119; the Wooster program, from 9:15 a.m.-3:15 p.m. in OARDC’s
Fisher Auditorium, 1680 Madison Ave.
Reserve a
spot and lunch at the Maria Stein program by contacting OSU Extension’s Mercer
County office, 419-586-2179, ellis.301@cfaes.osu.edu. Or, for
more information, call Jim Keller, 419-733-0240, or Jim Hoorman, 419-421-7255.
Register
for the Wooster program by sending your name, contact information and registration
fee (with checks made payable to OARDC/OSU) to Mary Wicks, OARDC/OSU, 1680
Madison Ave., Wooster, OH 44691. Contact Wicks as well -- 330-202-3533, wicks.14@osu.edu -- for more information.
Participants
in either workshop are eligible for 4.0 Ohio Department of Agriculture
Certified Livestock Manager continuing education units (CEUs) and 3.0 Ohio
Professional Engineers professional development hours (PDHs).
The
sponsors of the Maria Stein program are OSU Extension and the area group Ag
Solutions.
Sponsoring the Wooster program are OARDC, OSU Extension, the Ohio
Soybean Council and OBIC.
OARDC and OSU Extension are the research and outreach arms, respectively, of Ohio State’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.
Photo: U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
Writers
Kurt Knebusch
knebusch.1@osu.edu
330-263-3776
Sources
Mary Wicks
wicks.14@osu.edu
330-202-3533
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