University of Georgia

Animal waste can be a valuable organic resource or a pollutant.
Managing it right
and applying the best technologies determine which it may be.

The University of Georgia invites interested stakeholders to a
discussion of issues
and opportunities at the Georgia Animal Waste Roundtable Oct. 3
in Athens, Ga.

The program will be held at the Georgia Center for Continuing
Education from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. It’s presented by UGA Cooperative Extension, the
UGA College of
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and the Georgia
Department of Natural
Resources Agricultural Pollution Prevention Program (P2AD).

Topics include UGA priorities in animal waste, bioenergy from
agricultural residuals,
regulatory updates, new UGA teaching and research farms, lagoon
closure, grazing
dairies and air quality.

The roundtable “is a real nice example of collaborative
problem-solving,” said
Thomas Bass, who is coordinating the event. Bass is a UGA
Extension specialist in
animal and dairy sciences and biological and agricultural
engineering.

There is no cost for the event, and lunch is included. It’s open
to university faculty,
federal and state specialists, commodity representatives,
consultants and others in
waste and nutrient management.

Registration is limited. To attend, register online at
www.pware.com/2532. E-mail
Bass at tmbass@engr.uga.edu for more information, or visit
www.agp2.org/
aware.