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January 30, 1998

Purdue, IDEM hold manure management workshops

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Livestock waste handling specialists from the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service are holding a series of workshops around Indiana to help livestock producers comply with the new state requirements for manure management.

Intended for any livestock producers who hold IDEM confined feeding permits, the meetings are run by Extension specialists Alan Sutton and Don Jones and Indiana Department of Environmental Management agricultural liaison Brian Daggy. Topics include a regulations update, soil and manure sampling, new IDEM inspection procedures, and on-farm record keeping of manure disposal. Participants also will fill out a manure management plan for their operations.

Jones said livestock producers at similar workshops at the Indiana Pork Producers annual conference were positive about the new requirements: "It's a good law. The IDEM inspections will help producers protect the environment, and the manure management could save producers money."

The workshops are free. For specific times and locations (some of which are intended to serve producers in multiple counties), contact the appropriate Extension educators. The schedule:

Date Area Extension Contact
Feb. 3 Jasper County Mike Manning, (219) 866-5741
Feb. 4 Putnam and Montgomery counties Jim Luzar, (765) 364-6363
Feb. 11 Carroll County Steve Nichols, (765) 564-3169
Feb. 17 Dubois County Jim Peter, (812) 482-1782
Feb. 18 Lawrence, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison,
Orange, Scott and Washington counties Andy Boston, (812)723-7107
Feb. 18 Jennings, Decatur and Jackson counties Dan Baugh, (812)346-5209
Feb. 25 Wabash County Vince Harrell, (219) 563-0661 Ext. 41
Feb. 25 Marshall County Ralph Booker, (219) 935-8545
Feb. 26 White and Carroll Greg Bossaer, (219) 583-7442
March 17 Pike County Ken Salkeld, (812) 354-6838
March 19 Howard County Bob McCormick, (765) 456-2313
CONTACT: Jones, (765) 494-1178

Compiled by Chris Sigurdson, (765) 494-8415; E-mail, sig@ecn.purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu

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