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| Regional Summit - June 14-16th, 2010 - Des Moines, Iowa |
FPPC hosted its second regional summit on June 14-16th, 2010 in Des Moines, Iowa. Building on the success of our regional summit in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, this conference focused on issues of the mid-west.
The theme was challenges of reducing nutrient load from the agricultural community in the Mississippi River watershed as well as creating sustainability in agriculture. FPPC updated participants on results of their technology projects and invited all stakeholders to discuss the implications of a tightened regulatory environment.
This technology exchange program was designed with ample opportunity to interact with principal investigators of farm scale projects and provided a key networking opportunity with recognized experts from government, industry and universities.
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Summit Location and Hotel Accommodations
 Embassy Suites – On the River
101 E. Locust Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
Phone: 1.800.EMBASSY |
| FINAL SCHEDULE |
Monday, June 14th
6-9pm Welcome Reception
Tuesday, June 15th
8:15am Welcome
Bob Monley, General Manager, FPPC
8:30am Opening Comments
Richard Salem, Board Chairman, FPPC
SESSION FOCUS: Soil and Land Application
9:00am “How Nature ‘The Supreme Farmer’ Manages Manure”
Ray Archuleta, Conservation Agronomist, USDA-NRCS
10:15am—10:30am Coffee Break
10:30am “Manure Application Innovations for Increased Efficiency and Environmental Protection”
Ben Puck, President, Puck Custom Enterprise
11:00am “Managing Poultry Litter Applications in Iowa”
Steve Tassinari, General Manager, GEMax Nutrients LLC
11:30am “Environmental Benefits of Nitrapyrin and Nitrification Inhibitor Technology”
Jacob Secor, Ph.D., Director Federal Government Affairs, Dow AgroSciences LLC and Jerry Hatfield, Ph.D, Laboratory Director and Supervisory Plant Physiologist, USDA-ARS
12:15pm Lunch
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION 1:30pm Governor Culver of Iowa- invited
SESSION FOCUS: Industry Wide Initiatives
2:15pm “Mississippi River Basin Initiative”
Richard Sims, Iowa State Conservationist, USDA-NRCS
2:45pm “Swine Industry Sustainability Initiatives”
David Townsend, Assistant Vice President, Environmental Affairs, Smithfield Foods, Inc.
3:15—3:30pm Coffee Break
3:30pm “Assuring Sustainability of the Dairy Industry”
Bruce Knight, Principal and Founder, Strategic Conservation Solutions
4:00pm “The Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center: Enhancing Connections and Engaging New Audiences”
Jill Heemstra, Extension Educator, University of Nebraska
4:30pm “Expanding Opportunities for Digester Systems at US Livestock Facilities”
Chris Voell, Program Manager—AgSTAR, EPA Climate Change Division
Adjourn
6:30pm Dinner Reception
Wednesday, June 16th
SESSION FOCUS: Waste to Energy
8:30am “Gasification: Poultry Litter to Energy”
Preston Burnette, Research Engineer, FPPC
9:00am “Removing Excess Nutrients from the Land While Producing Renewable Energy from Various Animal Waste Streams”
Paul J. Schneider, President, EcoCombustion Energy Systems, Corp .
9:30am “Tempest dryer...Turning Ag Waste Into Energy----It’s All In The Air...”
Loran Balvanz, President, Global Resource Recovery Organization
10:00am—10:30am Coffee Break
SESSION FOCUS: Value Added Products and Processes
10:30am“Developing Value-Added By-Products from Organic Wastes"
Nick Reckinger, Process Sales & Environmental Services, FEECO International, Inc.
11:00am “Solids Capture in Dairy Waste”
Nidal Samad, Senior Research Engineer, FPPC
11:30am “Organic Fertilizer Advantages from Poultry Manure”
John Weiss, Co-Partner, R&J Partnerships
12:00pm Closing Remarks
12:15pm—1:30pm Lunch
Adjourn |
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