Substituting nitrogen fertilizer with compost can improve soil health and environmental quality in California’s intensively managed cool-season vegetable systems without compromising yields.Speakers: Cole SmithDuration: 24 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase Course Now
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VIS.310-Biochar Co-Composting of Dairy Manure Substantially Reduces Methane and Can Play a Critical Role in Meeting Climate Goals-AC23.CREF
Biochar co-composting of dairy manure substantially reduces methane compared to composting without biochar. Using biochar-compost as a complementary strategy to anaerobic digestion can help achieve methane reduction policies in California and globally.Speakers: Brendan HarrisonDuration: 21 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase Course Now
USE.314-Biological Indicators and Compost for Managing Plant Disease on Vegetable Crops-AC23.CREF
Compost recipe, choice of post-thermophilic process, and duration of curing (maturation) of composts influences the assembly of bacterial and fungal communities. Different pathogens on different crops require a different combination of microorganisms and/or mechanisms suggesting the need for “designer composts”.Speakers: Deborah NeherDuration: 26 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase Course Now
USE.310-Increasing Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) of a Mined Ultisol through the Application of Stable Carbon-AC23.CREF
Higher than normal application rates of stable carbon sources are required for improvement in soil health on degraded Ultisols.Speakers: Gaius EudoxieDuration: 32 minutesCredits: 1.0Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase Course Now
USE.311-Understanding the Short- and Long-Term Soil Carbon Storage Benefits of Compost Application to Agricultural Systems-AC23.CREF
Quantifying the long-term soil carbon sequestration benefits of compost application to agricultural lands requires consideration of both the impacts throughout the soil profile, and the impacts over longer-term timeframes.Speakers: Karen HillsDuration: 26 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase Course Now
USE.313-Tuning Compost for Specific Crops using DNA Sequencing-AC23.USCC
New cutting-edge DNA sequencing methods are emerging that support compost production tuned for specific crops. These methods are being tested at a seedless muscadine vineyard in NC and have the potential to transform the industries’ image from “homespun” to high-tech and merit a commensurate premium price.Speakers: Laura KavanaughDuration: 29 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase… Continue reading USE.313-Tuning Compost for Specific Crops using DNA Sequencing-AC23.USCC
USE.312-Compost Incorporation Improves Water Infiltration, Carbon Storage and Associated Soil Properties-AC23.CREF
Benefits of compost incorporation regarding stormwater infiltration, carbon sequestration, and other soil properties.Speakers: Md Mahfuz IslamDuration: 18 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase Course Now
PRO.312-Research to Improve Compost Facility Air Emissions Permitting-AC23.CREF
Compost process conditions determine air emissions. Measuring and controlling these conditions is straight forward and cost-effect. Measuring air emissions, while scientifically interesting, is expensive and the accuracy of standard source testing methods is not well understood. Regulations that focus on the quality of process conditions can be effective and helpful.Speakers: Tim O’NeillDuration: 28 minutesCredits: 0.5Member… Continue reading PRO.312-Research to Improve Compost Facility Air Emissions Permitting-AC23.CREF
FAC.310-Which is better? High Velocity or Low Velocity Aeration Floors-AC21.USCC
Take a closer look at the way that aeration floors are designed by comparing temperature and oxygen piles readings gathered at high and low velocity aeration floors within the same facility. Use this data to assess the validity of the predictive models used in the industry. Speakers: Orion Black-Brown Duration: 23 minutes Credits: 0.5 Member… Continue reading FAC.310-Which is better? High Velocity or Low Velocity Aeration Floors-AC21.USCC
PRO.311-Enhancing Composting Quality with the Latest DNA Sequencing Breakthroughs-AC22.USCC
Composting is a microbial process that converts organic waste materials into valuable organic matter rich in plant nutrients that is of great value to farmers and home gardeners. The methods used to produce compost have a strong influence on the compost’s microbial community during the process and this in turn determines the greenhouse gases released… Continue reading PRO.311-Enhancing Composting Quality with the Latest DNA Sequencing Breakthroughs-AC22.USCC