List of Event Group
Environmental Literacy
One of a series of symposia contributing to the campus wide 2007-08 Nebraska Colloquium theme of the Environment. The goal of the Nebraska Colloquium is to create an intellectual community that engages students, faculty, staff and the larger community in conversations around a common theme,resulting in an exchange of ideas and reflections from which all will profit.
Water Down Under
A Seminar on Water Issues in Australian Agriculture
Peter Watts, Principal, FSA Consulting & Honorary Associate Professor with the Faculty of Engineering and Surveying at the University of Southern Queensland. Peter Watts co-founded Feedlot Services Australia Pty Ltd (T/A FSA Consulting) in 1994. He is a Principal Consultant with over 25 years of professional experience. This consultancy specializes in irrigation system design, water policy, regulation, and management. Dr. Watts will discuss current issues as they relate to water policy and how engineers in Australia have developed solutions in response to a growing population, where water is becoming an ever increasing limitation to development.
Odor and Air Quality: The Australian Experience
Since the mid-1980’s Australia has been regulating odor from agricultural and industrial sources. Odor impact criteria are used in conjunction with modeling and emission inventorying for applications for new sources and new facilities. Lessons learned and the Australian experience with odor policy and regulation will prove useful to the US, as odor thresholds and separation distances are being arbitrarily established by local and state governments.
The Science of Agricultural Weather Forecasting
Because weather and climate are such prominent factors in the Great Plains region and have a deep impact on the welfare of its people and economy. Learn what goes into making an ag weather forecast.
Air Quality Consent Agreement Information Program
The purpos of this meeting is to: 1 Insure awareness among Nebraska livestock and poultry industry leaders and advisors of the EPA Air Quality consent agreement and its implications. 2 Provide national animal commodity associations an opportunity to share their recommendations relative to producer participation.
EPA/CAFO Regulations for Confinement Livestock Operations
A livestock feeding operation can be a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) based on 1) size (1,000 animal units or larger), 2) size and management or location (300 to 999 animal units with a direct discharge to a water of the United States or a water of the U.S. running through the operation), or 3) designation as a CAFO due to a significant contribution of manure or process wastewater to waters of the U.S.
