Interpretative Summaries from the
Sixth DISCOVER Conference
on Food Animal Agriculture
Nitrogen Losses to the Atmosphere from Livestock and Poultry Operations

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  Impacts of Atmospheric Deposition of N on Fragile Environments: A Case Study from Southern California Shrublands
      Edith B. Allen, University of California, Riverside

  Global Emission Inventory for Ammonia, with Emphasis on Livestock and Poultry
      Willem A. H. Asman, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences (DIAS)

  Options For Reducing Nitrogen Emissions: Open Feedlot Systems
      Brent W. Auvermann, Texas A&M University System, Amarillo, TX

  Field Application of Liquid Manure: Perennial Forages
      Shabtai Bittman, Grant Kowalenko, Naveen Patni and Laurens van Vliet, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada,
      Agassiz, British Columbia, Canada

  Novel Technologies on the Horizon
      Leonard S. Bull, Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

  Intensive Animal Housing with Liquid Waste Management
      Dwaine Bundy, Iowa State University

  Ammonia Emission Factors And Potentials For Open Lot Dairies
      Teresa Cassel, Deanne Meyer, Lowell Ashbaugh, Robert Flocchini, University of California, Davis

  When, How, and Why Do We Regulate
      Otto Doering, Purdue University

  Summary Comments on Strategy and Tactics for Animal Waste Issues
      Otto Doering, Purdue University

  Reducing Nitrogen Emissions through Diet Modification: Beef Feedlot Cattle
      Galen Erickson and Terry Klopfenstein, University of Nebraska

  Feeding and Nitrogen Losses in Dairy Herds
      James D. Ferguson, Center of Animal Health and Productivity, University of Pennsylvania

  Poultry and Livestock Housing with Solid Waste Management
      Richard S. Gates, University of Kentucky

  Trace-Gas Emissions in Agricultural Systems
      Lowry A. Harper, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Watkinsville, Georgia

  Nitrogen Loss Measurements in Swine and Poultry Facilities
      A. J. Heber, Purdue University, West Lafayette

  What are the Present and Future Regulatory Issues in North Carolina
      Frank Humenik, North Carolina State University and Ron Sheffield, University of Idaho

  Novel Technologies on the Horizon
      Frank Humenik, North Carolina State University

  Present and Future Air Regulatory Issues in Minnesota
      Larry D. Jacobson, University of Minnesota

  Emissions of Nitrous Oxide from Livestock Operations
      Donald E. Johnson, H. Phetteplace, A. Seidl, and A. Mosier, Colorado State University, ARS, Fort Collins

  Animal Feeding Operations, Ammonia, and Nitrogen Particulates and their Effect on Human Health
      Donald R. McCubbin, ABT Associates, Bethesda, MD

  Novel Technologies on the Horizon Enhancing the Technology Package
      Leonard Meador, CAC, Global Eco-tech, Rossville, Indiana

  Nitrogen Loss Measurements Following Field Application of Manure
      John J. (Jack) Meisinger, USDA-ARS Beltsville, Maryland and William E. Jokela, University of Vermont

  Air Regulations in California--the good, the bad and the ugly
      Deanne Meyer, University of California, Davis

  Evaluation of a Permeable 2-Inch Polyethylene Foam Lagoon Cover
      J. Ronald Miner, Oregon State University

  Techniques for Measuring Ammonia Emission from Livestock and Poultry Facilities, Part 1
      Tom Misselbrook, IGER North Wyke

  Best Management Practices to Reduce Ammonia Emissions from Animal Rearing Facilities
      Philip A. Moore, Jr., USDA/ARS, Fayetteville, Arkansas

  Techniques for Measuring Ammonia Emissions from Livestock and Poultry Facilities, Part II
      George H. Mount, Washington State University

  Present and Future Regulatory Issues in Texas
      Saqib Mukhtar, Texas A&M University, College Station

  Trends in Wet Deposition of Nitrogen in the United States, 1985-2001
      Mark Nilles, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado

  Outlook of Future Livestock Farming Systems
      Oene Oenema, Wageningen University and Research Center, The Netherlands

  Ammonia and Atmospheric Chemistry
      Spyros N. Pandis, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  Reducing N Losses Through Diet Modification – Poultry
      Carl M. Parsons, University of Illinois, Urbana

  Season of Manure Application and Role of the Receiving Crop
      Michael Russelle, USDA-ARS-US Dairy Forage Research Center (Minnesota Cluster)

  Volatile Nitrogen Emissions from Livestock and Poultry Operations-What Does EPA Foresee
      William Schrock, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

  Reducing Nitrogen Losses with Improved Liquid Manure Storage and Treatment Systems
      Ruihong Zhang, University of California, Davis

  Reducing Losses Through Diet Modification – Swine
      Theo van Kempen, North Carolina State University, Raleigh