Vicki Morrone Organic Farming Specialist Center For Regional Food Systems at MSU 480 Wilson Rd. Room 303 East Lansing, MI 48824 517-353-3542/517-282-3557 (cell) [log in to unmask] Www.MichiganOrganic.msu.edu From: <Ivan>, David <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: Monday, December 3, 2012 10:00 AM To: Greening Michigan Institute - All <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: FW: Registration closing for two in-service trainings FYI: Two excellent in-service trainings that may be of interest. Regards, Dave From: Powers-Schilling, Wendy Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 9:38 AM To: Agriculture and Agribusiness Institute - All Subject: Registration closing for two in-service trainings Note that there are 2 inservice trainings coming up; both with a registration deadline of December 12, 2012 at 5 PM.One on livestock and the other on irrigation for larger farms. December 18 the focus is on livestock production ($15 includes lunch). December 19 the focus is on irrigation and water use (free, half day session). Both sessions are held at Greenstone Farm Credit in Lansing. The full agendas and registration link are in the attached fliers. Note that all materials will be distributed to registrants in advance by email (thus the need to register). December 18 Environmental update 9:00 am: Cumulative impacts of livestock production Wendy Powers, Dale Rozeboom, Jerry May 9:45 am: Rural watersheds with TMDLs Steve Miller, Dale Rozeboom, Marilyn Thelen, Jerry May 10:30 am: Break 10:45 am: South campus anaerobic digester project Dana Kirk 11:15 am: Mortality handling and mass carcass disposal Dale Rozeboom 11:45 am: Educator program updates: Attendees will be provided the opportunity to discuss their 2013 environmental programs 12:00 noon - lunch provided 12:45 pm: Rapid fire updates N retention by cover crops Tim Harrigan Climate variability and change Marilyn Thelen Life cycle analysis of dairy farms Wendy Powers Water use on dairy farms Faith Cullens Water use and availability 1:45 pm: Water use and availability as it relates to livestock, withdrawal and reporting Steve Miller, Lyndon Kelley 2:45 Break Antimicrobial residue and resistance in livestock 3:00 pm: Antibiotic use in production systems and residues in meat Sarah Wells, Jeannine Schweihofer 3:30 pm: Research in Antibiotic Resistance Julie Funk, CVM MSU 4:15 pm: Discussion, Questions and Next Steps 4:30 pm: Adjourn December 19 8:00 – 8:30 Water conflict in Michigan- large volume users and their responsibilities to neighboring water supplies – Lyndon Kelley · Current civil status for remediation – old DEQ/MDA program · Importance of draw down test in well code · Purposed legislation and comparison between Michigan and Indiana programs 8:30 – 8:45 Is there enough water available? Will use cause well-to-well conflicts? – Steve Miller 8:45 – 9:30 Michigan Water policy update – Jim Milne, MDEQ · Quick overview of “no adverse impact” and MIWATT · Difference between registration and permit · Registration never removed vs. 18 month · Withdrawals from confined aquifer not always counting toward allocation from local watershed · SW council · Hydrology study option · Ask MDEQ Rep to respond to the following: Registration and length of time before unused registration are removed from the system, confined aquifer not counting toward allocation from local watershed, very few absolute “no” responses to site specific review but with limitations that are not feasible, delays in answers with some May request still pending 9:30 – 10:00 View from the trenches – response and discussion - farm level view of implementation – Lyndon Kelley 10:00 – 10:15 Break 10:15 – 10:45 Information items - Michigan new on-line large volume water use reporting system - onsite wastewater training – energy audits, Steve Safferman, Lyndon Kelly and Steve Miller 10:45 – 11:45 Panel Discussion – Panel will lead group discussion on Extension involvement with water quantity management – Steve Miller, Lyndon Kelley, Dave Lusch, Jon Bartholic 11:45 – 12:00 Observations and comments - Steve Lovejoy If you would like to access previous postings to the Mich-Organic listserv you can copy and paste the following URL into your browser address bar http://list.msu.edu/archives/mich-organic.html