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Manure Science Review

The 2010 Manure Science Review will take place on Thursday, August 19th in Putnam County starting with educational sessions in the Continental American Legion Hall at 9:00 a.m. The morning topics and speakers at the Legion Hall include:

  • Lake Erie Phosphorus (P) Task Force Kevin Elder, Livestock Environmental Permitting Program, Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA).

  • Lake Erie EQIP (Environmental Quality Incentives Program) Mark Scarpitti, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA.

  • Control Structures for Managing Nutrients Larry Brown, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) and OSU Extension.

  • Nitrification Inhibitors Robert Mullen, OARDC and OSU Extension.

  • Manure Plot Study Results Glen Arnold, OSU Extension, and Albert Maag, Putnam Soil and Water Conservation District.

The afternoon portion of the Manure Science Review will take place from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the farm of Howard and Lois Weller northwest of Continental. This will involve shallow tillage demonstrations, smoking a field tile, viewing working tile control structures, side dressing corn with manure demonstrations and viewing a cover crop demonstration site. Cover crops include various radishes varieties, cereal rye, oats, cow peas, winter peas and AC Greenfix.

Weather permitting, the afternoon sessions will be repeated Thursday evening beginning at 6:30 p.m. for anyone unable to attend the day program (no CCA or CLM credits for the evening program).

The full-day program qualifies for five continuing education hours under ODA’s Certified Livestock Manager (CLM) program. Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) credits are also available with 4.5 continuing education units (CEUs) for Soil and Water and 0.5 CEU for Nutrient Management.

Registration costs $25 per person before Aug. 13, $30 afterward, and includes a continental breakfast and lunch. Download complete details at http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/ocamm/images/MSR10_brochure.pdf.