[USCC] Pathogens in Manure

[Carney, Jr., William A.]

Subject:Ag News from EPA's Ag Center! Learning Center Webcast on
Pathogens in Manure

You are invited to attend this month's Livestock and Poultry
Environmental Learning Center web cast seminar, Friday, November 17 at
2:30 pm (eastern), 1:30 pm (central), 12:30 pm (mountain), 11:30 am
(pacific) at http://lpe.unl.edu .  It is the first of a two-part series
on "Pathogens in Animal Manure--Should We Be Concerned?" This month each
speaker's power point will be made available in advance; you can see
various supporting Pathogen Resources at
http://lpe.unl.edu/pathogen.html

The Livestock and Poultry Environmental (LPE) Learning Center is a
project dedicated to the vision that individuals involved in public
policy issues, animal production, and delivery of technical services for
confined animal systems should have on-demand access to the nation's
best science-based resources. The team envisions that this center will
be responsive to priority and emerging environmental issues associated
with animal agriculture. The LPE Learning Center host Webcasts on the
third Friday of every month at 2:30 pm (eastern), 1:30 pm (central),
12:30 pm (mountain), 11:30 am (pacific). Webcasts can be viewed live (at
their scheduled time) by visiting http://lpe.unl.edu

The Learning Center continues to experience some variation in the
quality of the broadcast delivered through the web. Due to local network
traffic, not all end users have been able to view a quality product. If
you attend on Friday, your feedback on the quality of the broadcast you
receive will be requested in a brief evaluation. It is important that we
continue to hear about the quality of the web cast that you receive.

More than 750 people currently receive the monthly Learning Center
newsletter. About one hundred unique connections were made to last
month's web cast on the EPA CAFO Regulation Changes. These individuals
advise more than 13,000 livestock and poultry producers in a year's
time.

Subscribe to LPE Learning Center newsletter -
http://lpe.unl.edu/subscribe.html View November's newsletter -
http://lpe.unl.edu/newsletter.html
Attend Friday's web cast - http://lpe.unl.edu First Time Attender Help -
http://lpe.unl.edu/index.html

Learning Center Co-Leaders:
Rick Koelsch, University of Nebraska
Joe Harrison, Washington State University Mark Risse, University of
Georgia ___________________________________________________
NOTE: 2006 National Carcass Disposal Symposium (NCDS) The 2006 National
Carcass Disposal Symposium will be held December 5-7, 2006, at the UMUC
Inn and Conference Center in Adelphi, Maryland.  The symposium and
subsequent conference proceedings will stimulate future research and
influence public policy concerning animal mortality disposal. Animal
disposal is a major concern for livestock and poultry operators and
policy makers. This symposium will highlight current research, current
and emerging disposal methodology and public policy issues concerning
carcass disposal.
For more information go to: http://www.composting.org/NCDShomepg2.htm
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The Ag Center presents information for more than 60 Topics on its web
site.  To view the entire list of Topics go to:
http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/topics.html

Thank you for your interest in the Ag Center. We welcome your feedback
-- you can comment on this or any of the services of the Ag Center via
the *comment* feature at the web site.
URL: http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/comment.html

For more information contact the Ag Center:

Ginah K. Mortensen, Director
National Agriculture Compliance Assistance Center U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
901 North Fifth Street
Kansas City, Kansas 66101
http://www.epa.gov/agriculture
toll free: 1-888-663-2155
fax: 913-551-7270
agcenter at epa.gov