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 East NTSC Workshops and Net Meetings

Listed below are workshops being offered by the East NTSC. 

Workshop Location Date Contact
East Technology Workshop - North
"Preparing for the 2008 Farm Bill with Innovations in Program Delivery"  (Click for link to presentations)		 Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania		 Oct 7-9, 2008 Anthony Burns
Prescribed Burning
Self paced CD with course outline to provide 8 hours of the required 16 hours of prescribed burning training		 Self Study   Hank Henry
Michael Hall
Pollinators
The Workshop will cover the development of habitat for native and managed pollinators and the use of conservation practices that encourage pollinators.		 TBA Summer, 2009 Hank Henry
SPAW Training
The workshop will cover the use of the SPAW computer model with special emphasis on how to use SPAW to determine if a waste storage pond would have "no discharge" based on historical weather data.		 Reynoldsburg, OH October 7 and 8, 2009 Ron Gronwald
Conservation Practice Writing Workshop
The workshop examines the policy and concepts involved in developing conservation practice standards.  A review of policy, in-class exercises and discussion of a national conservation practice standard are used to illustrate how to develop a state standard.		 TBA Winter, 2009 Anthony Burns
Training for new State and Area Agronomists Pending   Gene Hardee

 

ENTSC Sponsored Net Meetings Date Contact
Composting Animal Manure Sep, 2007 Bill Boyd
Precision Agriculture: NRCS Support for Emerging Technologies Oct, 2007 Holli Kuykendall
Introduction to Micro-Irrigation Nov, 2007 Ron Gronwald
Planning Considerations for Anaerobic Digesters Jan, 2008 Bill Boyd
Solid Separation Technologies for Animal Manure Feb, 2008 Bill Reck
Aquatic Organism Passage: An Overview of Ecology, Analyses, and Tools Mar, 2008 Kale Gullett
Crop Rotations and Cover Crops Apr, 2008 Gene Hardee
Treat and Release Manure Management Systems: Constructed Wetlands and Vegetated Treatment Areas May, 2008 Bill Boyd
Watering Facilities for Managed Grazing Systems June, 2008 Kevin Ogles
Michael Hall
Agrichemical Handling Facility (PowerPoint Presentation) July, 2008 Bill Reck
Soil Quality Assessment and Conservation Management Aug, 2008 Charles Kome
Irrigation Systems for Small Farms Sep, 2008 Ron Gronwald
Riparian Area Management Oct, 2008 Kerry Robinson
Cover Options for Manure Storage and Biogas Collection Nov, 2008 Jeff Porter
Aquatic organism passage - culverts and low water crossings Jan, 2009 Kale Gullett
Invasive species Feb, 25 2009 Kristin Smith
Transition to organics Mar, 25 2009 David Lamm
Basics of planning manure management systems Apr, 29 2009 Bill Boyd
Jeff Porter
Agricultural Air Quality Priorities for NRCS May 27, 2009 Greg Johnson
Conservation Compliance Jun 22, 2009 Elvis Graves
Prescribed Burning June 24, 2009 Hank Henry
Tom Ward
Pasture Management for Small Ruminants July 30, 2009 Kevin Ogles
Keys to Successful Tree Planting Aug 26, 2009 Tom Ward
Integrated Pest Management Sep 23, 2009 Gene Hardee
Market Based Incentives Oct 28, 2009 Madalene Ransom

Reducing Ammonia Emissions from Poultry Litter with Alum

 Nov 2009 Bill Reck

    Archived Workshops

Last Modified: 10/06/2009

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