Manure Management and Air Quality at the University of Minnesota

	Name/Title, Department	Expertise	Potential Speaking Topics
	David Schmidt, Research Associate, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering	Air Quality and Manure Treatment	Odor and Air Quality
			OFFSET
			Milkhouse Waste
			Open lot runoff/MinnFARM
	Steve Roos, Senior Planner, Center for Rural Design	Land Use Planning and GIS	Integration of OFFSET into GIS for rural land use planning
	Larry Jacobson, Professor, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering	Air Quality and Livestock Housing	Odor and Air Quality
	Kevin Blanchet, Extension Educator, University of Minnesota Extension	Land Application and Crop Nutrient Management	Manure Management Planning
			Crop Nutrient Management
			Economics of Manure Utilization
			Manure Utilization from Compost Dairy Barns
	Bob Koehler, Extension Educator, Livestock systems	Economics of Manure Utilization	Determining and Maximizing the Value of Manure
	Jun Zhu, Associate Professor, Southern Research and Outreach Center/Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering	Animal Manure Management and Treatment Technologies, and Renewable Energy from Animal Wastes	Odor control using surface aeration and solids/liquid separation
			Manure seepage from deep-bedded animal systems
			Bioenergy production from swine manure
			Milkhouse wastewater treatment using sequencing batch reactors
	Jerrold Tesmer, County Extension Educator, Fillmore & Houston Counties Livestock and manure application	Livestock and manure application	Manure and Nitrogen related test plot results in SE MN including new N recommendations
	Bill Lazarus, Professor Applied Economics	Crop and Livestock Economics	Valuing Manure Based on Nutrient Content and Crop Needs
	Bill Lazarus, Professor Applied Economics	Crop and Livestock Economics	Economics of Anaerobic Digesters
	John F. Moncrief Professor Soil, Water, and Climate	Land Application and Crop Nutrient Management, Effects on Water Quality	Utilization of manure for crop production
	John F. Moncrief Professor Soil, Water, and Climate		Utilization of manure in an environmentally responsible way
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