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Odor and air emissions from modern
livestock farms will be the subject of a national conference
in Des Moines next month.
The Mitigating Air Emissions
from Animal Feeding Operations Conference will explore the advantages,
limitations and economics of mitigation technologies. The conference
will be held May 19-21 at the Hotel Fort Des Moines and is being
coordinated and hosted by the Iowa State University College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences and University Extension. It is
designed to provide practical information about prevention, capture
and treatment, masking and dispersal of air emissions from livestock
farms.
The conference proceedings will
deliver practical information on the use and cost of air mitigation
technologies. "Our goal is for consultants and producers
to use the proceedings from the conference as a practical reference
that identifies tools that are available when considering air
emission mitigation strategies for animal feeding operations,"
said Robert Burns, conference coordinator and associate professor
of agricultural and biosystems engineering at Iowa State.
The conference begins at 1 p.m.
May 19 with an afternoon of keynote presentations. Arlen Lancaster,
chief of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, will
discuss his agency's air quality programming. Additional keynote
talks will cover the current U.S. animal feeding operations air
emissions regulatory climate, plus updates on U.S. and European
mitigation efforts.
The second day of the conference
and part of the third day will be filled with nearly 60 technical
presentations. These will cover mitigation of air emissions from
animal housing, manure storage facilities and land application
of manure, as well as facility siting and environmental barriers.
The final session will feature
presentations and a panel discussion involving several animal
industry representatives.
Standard conference registration
is $125 through May 4 and increases to $175 after that date.
The registration fee includes attendance at all presentations,
conference materials, meals and refreshments during breaks and
receptions.
An optional session titled "Standard
Testing and Reporting of Mitigation Technology Effectiveness"
will be held Wednesday afternoon and begins with a lunch at 12:30
p.m. Registration for this additional session is $25.
Exhibitor registration is $500
and includes a table in an exhibition area where conference attendees
can discuss specific mitigation technologies and strategies with
industry suppliers and service providers.
Additional information about
the conference, lodging and registration is available at http://www.abe.iastate.edu/wastemgmt/mitigation/
The conference is coordinated
and funded by Iowa State University Extension and the College
of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Additional funding is provided
by the U.S. Department of Agriculture NRI Project: Air Quality
Extension and Education: Enhanced Learning Opportunities for
Addressing Air Quality Issues in Animal Agriculture, U.S. Pork
Center of Excellence, Iowa Pork Producers Association, Iowa Egg
Council, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and the Iowa Pork Industry
Center.
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