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More great speakers at the North American Manure Expo
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The North American Manure Expo is now less than three weeks away. Held July 13-14 in Chambersburg, PA, the Expo will feature networking, tours, demonstrations, trade shows, education sessions and so much more.
On the second day of the expo, attendees can attend up to four education sessions. Sessions include topics such as: weed seeds in manure; injecting manure into cover crops; manure and soil health; precision agriculture and variable rate manure application; injection and drag hose corn side-dressing and more. Attendees can also gain valuable credits through these sessions.
Here are just some of the industry experts who will present at the Expo:
Stephanie Kulesza and Chryseis Modderman
Session: Weed seeds in manure
Stephanie Kulesza is the nutrient management and animal waste specialist in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at NC State University. Her research focuses on the use of animal manures in the wide range of cropping systems found in North Carolina, focusing on barriers to adoption of manure in fertility programs.
Chryseis Modderman is an extension educator with the University of Minnesota where she focuses on manure management as a crop nutrient source. She is originally from a farm family in west-central Minnesota, and prior to working at UMN, she was a research technician at North Dakota State University.
Eric Rosenbaum
Session: Variable rate manure application – are you ready for it?
Eric is the senior agronomist with Rosetree Consulting LLC and serves as the executive director of the PA 4R Nutrient Stewardship Alliance. PA4R is a statewide organization of ag retailers, regulatory agencies, environmental groups and farm organizations promoting nutrient stewardship on PA farms.
Richard Meinert
Session: Can we create a better as-applied map to document manure applications?
Rich has been an extension educator at the University of Connecticut for 34 years, since receiving his Master’s Degree from Penn State in Dairy Science. His duties include dairy and livestock production, nutrient management planning, and crop production. He wrote his first Nutrient Management Plan for a dairy in 1989 as part of the original Long Island Sound Water Quality Study.
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