Highlights of the Air Quality Education in Animal Agriculture Project
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Overall Goal Enhanced Learning Opportunities for Addressing Air Quality Issues in Animal Agriculture That well-prepared professionals will equip livestock and poultry producers in making well-informed decisions and implementing effective practices based upon best-available research. Objectives 1. Develop an air quality curriculum for classroom and Extension use 2. Increase audience access to research expertise 3. Provide on-demand access to products - web presence 4. Skill-set development for animal agriculture advisors Curriculum Materials Over 50 professionals at the national level are participating in one or more roles. Air Quality content is prominently positioned within its own section of the Animal Manure Management eXtension website via the Livestock & Poultry Environmental Learning Center Air Quality Education in Animal Agriculture Project Air Quality Publications 18 peer-reviewed publications available online - Five more in review Module Publication title Air Quality Issues Atmospheric ammonia: Understanding its effects Ammonia emissions from cattle feeding operations, Part 1 of 2: Issues and emissions Dust emissions from cattle feeding operations, Part 1 of 2: Sources, factors, and characteristics Hydrogen sulfide emissions from open/dry-lot cattle-feeding operations * Air quality regulations and animal agriculture Air Quality Measurement Evaluating air quality in livestock housing environments * Bioaerosol sampling in animal environments * Pollutant Mitigation Airborne emissions sources and management on animal agriculture production systems Ammonia from cattle feeding operations Part 2 of 2: Abatement Dust emissions from cattle-feeding operations, Part 2 of 2: Abatement. Manure additives for improving hog farm air quality Diet and feed management to mitigate airborne emissions Poultry litter amendments Covers for mitigating odor and gas emissions in animal agriculture: An overview Impermeable covers for odor and air pollution mitigation in animal agriculture Permeable covers for odor and air pollution mitigation in animal agriculture Biofilters for odor and air pollution mitigation in animal agriculture Wet scrubbers for mechanically ventilated animal facilities Air Quality Issues Videos 3 videos developed: • Ammonia deposition in Rocky Mountain National Park: What is the role of animal agriculture? • Odors from livestock farms: A case study in Nebraska. • Dust from cattle feedyards: A case study from Texas. Sixteen Webcasts Produced Webcast Participation • Average 135 attendees per live broadcast – Archived webcasts viewed 3 to 5 times more than live webinars • Mix of public and private sector participants – Regulatory agency staff – NRCS – Extension – ARS/university researchers – Private industry Webcast Impacts • Main reasons for participating – Professional development – Provide recommendations to producers • Each viewer influences an average of about 140 producers. • Viewer responses: – 85% believed that their knowledge base on subjects covered was improved moderately to significantly. – 79% were likely to implement or recommend implementation of the presented tool or practice. • Imitation – Manure de Jour webinar series was initiated in the Northeast Web Presence http://www.extension.org/pages/Air_Quality_in_Animal_Agriculture Access to: • Webcasts • Research summaries • Publications and videos • Other materials and links – Regulatory updates – Online NRCS course – Land-Grant resources Web Presence – eXtension Web Presence Impacts • Web traffic grew to over 4,000 accesses during first 3 months of 2012. • Online course collaboration with NRCS was awarded ASABE Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Award • Mitigating Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations (May 2008) – 170 participants • International Symposium on Air Quality and Manure Management for Agriculture (September 2010) – Over 90 workshop attendees • Western Dairy Air Quality Symposium (April 2011) – Attended by ~100 professionals Workshops for Developing Skills • Evaluate opportunities to reduce air emissions on a livestock or poultry operation – National Air Quality Site Assessment Tool, NAQSAT • Use tools for assessing the carbon footprint of a livestock operation • Appropriate methods to measure particulate matter from animal production sources • Measuring bioaerosols in animal environments What Next? • Continue to produce air quality materials – Collaboration with other projects • Provide ongoing access to content and some coordination of air quality extension – New funding has provided new capacity and some sustainability National Institute of Food and Agriculture United States Department of Agriculture Skill-Set Development Research Expertise The Air Quality Education in Animal Agriculture project was supported by Competitive Grant #2007-55112- 17856 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s National Research Initiative air quality program Highlights of the Videos received educational materials awards Webcast title Month 10) Mitigating Air Quality Issues Using Vegetative Environmental Buffers February 2010 11) Animal Ag’s Role in Greenhouse Gas Production: A Closer Look June 2010 12) NAQSAT:A Tool for Determining Opportunities to Reduce Air Emissions – Beef & Dairy August 2010 13) NAQSAT:A Tool for Determining Opportunities to Reduce Air Emissions – Swine & Poultry October 2010 14) Controlling Ammonia and Air Emissions in Poultry Facilities December 2010 15) Planning Livestock & Poultry Facilities for Reduced Odor Risk April 2011 16) Summarized Results of NAEMS September 2011 Webcast title Month 1) Ammonia, the Air -Water Interface June 2008 2) Federal Air Quality Regulations and Update on the National Air Emissions Monitoring Study July 2008 3) Hydrogen Sulfide, How Serious an Outdoor Air Quality Concern? September 2008 4) Targeted Feeding Strategies to Reduce Animal Air Emissions January 2009 5) Air Emissions from Cattle Feedyardsand Dairies March 2009 6) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Animal Agriculture May 2009 7) Carbon Footprint of Animal Agriculture July 2009 8) Air Emissions from Land Application of Manure September 2009 9) Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimation and Reporting December 2009 R. Stowell, J. Heemstra, R. Sheffield, D. Schulte, E. Wheeler, and K. Janni The AQEAA publications were well-received, with the online publications being accessed over 900 times within the first three months of 2012.
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Proceedings available at: http://www.extension.org/67706 Through the Air Quality Education in Animal Agriculture (AQEAA) project, Land-Grant University specialists from across the U.S. have been collaborating in delivering applied, research-based air quality information to those who work with livestock and poultry producers. The AQEAA project developed Air Quality content on the Animal Manure Management eXtension website in collaboration with the Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center (LPELC). The Air Quality web content makes widely accessible the educational resources produced by this project for use in developing the knowledge base and skills of professionals who interact [and pre-professionals who plan to interact] with livestock and poultry producers. The online materials include 18 written publications, 3 videos, and 16 recorded webinars (webcasts). Also made accessible are selected research and technology summaries as well as online content produced by other organizations. The AQEAA project also developed the skills of professionals regarding air quality topics via professional development events. Website usage information, participant polls, and stakeholder surveys provided evidence that the resources developed by this project are being utilized and that delivery of the information via eXtension has been an effective means of communicating information on this topic. Webcasts were especially effective in communicating information and providing continuing professional development. AQEAA-sponsored workshops were effective in providing in-depth air quality information and experiences to more than 300 professionals. Collaboration with the LPELC facilitated having a ready eXtension outlet for project materials and is providing continued, sustainable access to online information from this project. Presented by: Rick Stowell
Transcript of Highlights of the Air Quality Education in Animal Agriculture Project
Overall Goal
Enhanced Learning Opportunities for Addressing Air Quality Issues in Animal Agriculture
That well-prepared professionals will equip livestock and poultry producers in making well-informed decisions and implementing effective practices based upon best-available research.
Objectives1. Develop an air quality curriculum for classroom and Extension use2. Increase audience access to research expertise3. Provide on-demand access to products - web presence4. Skill-set
development for animal agriculture advisors
Curriculum MaterialsOver 50 professionals at the national level are participating in one or more roles.
Air Quality content is prominently positioned within its own section of the Animal Manure Management eXtension website via the Livestock & Poultry Environmental Learning Center
Air Quality Education in Animal Agriculture Project
Air Quality Publications18 peer-reviewed publications available online
-Five more in review
Module Publication title
Air Quality Issues
Atmospheric ammonia: Understanding its effects
Ammonia emissions from cattle feeding operations, Part 1 of 2: Issues and emissions
Dust emissions from cattle feeding operations, Part 1 of 2: Sources, factors, and characteristics
Hydrogen sulfide emissions from open/dry-lot cattle-feeding operations*
Air quality regulations and animal agriculture
Air Quality Measurement
Evaluating air quality in livestock housing environments*
Bioaerosol sampling in animal environments*
Pollutant Mitigation
Airborne emissions sources and management on animal agriculture production systems
Ammonia from cattle feeding operations Part 2 of 2: Abatement
Dust emissions from cattle-feeding operations, Part 2 of 2: Abatement.
Manure additives for improving hog farm air quality
Diet and feed management to mitigate airborne emissions
Poultry litter amendments
Covers for mitigating odor and gas emissions in animal agriculture: An overview
Impermeable covers for odor and air pollution mitigation in animal agriculture
Permeable covers for odor and air pollution mitigation in animal agriculture
Biofilters for odor and air pollution mitigation in animal agriculture
Wet scrubbers for mechanically ventilated animal facilities
Air Quality Issues Videos
3 videos developed:
• Ammonia deposition in Rocky Mountain National Park: What is the role of animal agriculture?
• Odors from livestock farms: A case study in Nebraska.
• Dust from cattle feedyards: A case study from Texas.
Sixteen Webcasts Produced
Webcast Participation• Average 135 attendees per live broadcast
– Archived webcasts viewed 3 to 5 times more than live webinars
• Mix of public and private sector participants– Regulatory agency staff– NRCS– Extension– ARS/university researchers– Private industry
Webcast Impacts
• Main reasons for participating
– Professional development– Provide recommendations to
producers
• Each viewer influences an average of about 140 producers.
• Viewer responses:
– 85% believed that their knowledge base on subjects covered was improved moderately to significantly.
– 79% were likely to implement or recommend implementation of the presented tool or practice.
• Imitation
– Manure de Jour webinar series was initiated in the Northeast
Web Presencehttp://www.extension.org/pages/Air_Quality_in_Animal_Agriculture
Access to:• Webcasts• Research summaries• Publications and videos• Other materials and links
– Regulatory updates– Online NRCS course– Land-Grant resources
Web Presence – eXtension
Web Presence Impacts
• Web traffic grew to over 4,000 accesses during first 3 months of 2012.
• Online course collaboration with NRCS was awarded ASABE Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Award
• Mitigating Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations (May 2008)– 170 participants
• International Symposium on Air Quality and Manure Management for Agriculture (September 2010)– Over 90 workshop attendees
• Western Dairy Air Quality Symposium (April 2011)– Attended by ~100 professionals
Workshops for Developing Skills
• Evaluate opportunities to reduce air emissions on a livestock or poultry operation – National Air Quality Site Assessment Tool, NAQSAT
• Use tools for assessing the carbon footprint of a livestock operation
• Appropriate methods to measure particulate matter from animal production sources
• Measuring bioaerosols in animal environments
What Next?
• Continue to produce air quality materials – Collaboration with other projects
• Provide ongoing access to content and some coordination of air quality extension– New funding has provided new capacity and some susta inabi l i ty
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Skill-SetDevelopment
ResearchExpertise
The Air Quality Education in Animal Agriculture project was supported by Competitive Grant #2007-55112-17856 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s National Research Initiative air quality program
Highlights of the
Videos received educational materials awards
Webcast title Month
10) Mitigating Air Quality Issues Using Vegetative Environmental Buffers
February 2010
11) Animal Ag’s Role in Greenhouse Gas Production: A Closer Look
June 2010
12) NAQSAT:A Tool for Determining Opportunities to Reduce Air Emissions – Beef & Dairy
August 2010
13) NAQSAT:A Tool for Determining Opportunities to Reduce Air Emissions – Swine & Poultry
October 2010
14) Controlling Ammonia and Air Emissions in Poultry Facilities December 2010
15) Planning Livestock & Poultry Facilities for Reduced Odor Risk April 2011
16) Summarized Results of NAEMS September 2011
Webcast title Month
1) Ammonia, the Air -Water Interface June 2008
2) Federal Air Quality Regulations and Update on the National Air Emissions Monitoring Study
July 2008
3) Hydrogen Sulfide, How Serious an Outdoor Air Quality Concern?
September 2008
4) Targeted Feeding Strategies to Reduce Animal Air Emissions January 2009
5) Air Emissions from Cattle Feedyardsand Dairies March 2009
6) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Animal Agriculture May 2009
7) Carbon Footprint of Animal Agriculture July 2009
8) Air Emissions from Land Application of Manure September 2009
9) Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimation and Reporting December 2009
R. Stowell, J. Heemstra, R. Sheffield, D. Schulte, E. Wheeler, and K. Janni
The AQEAA publications were well-received, with the online publications being accessed over 900 times within the first three months of 2012.
