Second
Environmentally Sound Agriculture
Conference Program
April 20-22, 1994
Sheraton Plaza Hotel
Orlando, Florida
sponsored by:
University of Florida
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
co-sponsored by:
Soil and Water Division
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Florida Section of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Thursday, April 21, 1994
GENERAL SESSION
Salon I
Session Moderator: A. B. Bottcher, Gainesville FL
8:00 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:15 am Environmental Issues and Agriculture
Carol M. Browner, Administrator, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (invited)
8:50 am NAFTA and its Impact on Agriculture
Dean Kleckner, President, American Farm Bureau, Park Ridge
IL
9:25 am Research Needs in Agroecology for the 22nd Century
John W. Fitzpatrick, Executive Director, Archbold
Biological Station, Lake Placid FL
10:00 am BREAK
10:30 am CONCURRENT SESSIONS
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE:
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
Salon I
Session Moderator: K. L. Campbell, Gainesville FL
10:30 am Planning Agricultural Production Systems as Ecosystems
for Environmental, Social, and Economic Sustainability
T. A. Dumper and J. M. Safley, Lincoln NE
10:45 am Real Estate Tools for the Farmer: Habitat Preservation,
Tax Benefits and Capitalization through Limited
Development
G. Phillips, Carrboro NC
11:00 am Virginia s Integrated Agricultural Nonpoint Source
Pollution Control Strategies
M. B. Croghan, Richmond VA
11:15 am Involving Agricultural Producers in the Development of
Localized Best Management Practices
R. M. Waskom and L. R. Walker, Ft. Collins CO
11:30 am Risk Assessments: Management Tools for Preventing Water
Pollution on Farms
E. Nevers, G. Jackson, R. Castelnuovo, D. Knox, Madison WI
11:45 am DISCUSSION
AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: NUTRIENTS
Forum West One-Two
Session Moderator: K. C. Stone, Florence SC
10:30 am Analysis of On-Farm Best Management Practices in the
Everglades Agricultural Area
L. M. Willis, S. B. Forrest, J. A. Nissen, J. G. Hiscock,
P. V. Kirby, Orlando FL
10:45 am Save Energy, Resources and Money with IFAS Bahiagrass
Pasture Fertilization Recommendations
S. Sumner, W. Wade, J. Selph, P. Hogue, E. Jennings, P.
Miller, T. Seawright, M. Kistler, G. Weaver, G. Kidder, F.
Pate, Dade City FL
11:00 am Movement of Fall-Applied Nitrogen During Winter in
Western Minnesota
J. A. Staricka, G. R. Benoit, A. E. Olness, J. A. Daniel,
D. R. Huggins, Morris MN
11:15 am Nitrogen Management, Irrigation Method and Nitrate
Leaching in the Arid West: An Economic Analysis Using
Simulation
G. D. Miller and J. C. Andersen, Logan UT
11:30 am Prediction of Nitrogen Losses via Drainage Water with
DRAINMOD-N
M. A. Breve, R. W. Skaggs, J. E. Parsons, J. W. Gilliam,
San Jose Costa Rica
11:45 am DISCUSSION
AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: POINT SOURCE
MANAGEMENT
Forum East One-Two
Session Moderator:
10:30 am Chemical Mixing Centers for Loading and Mixing
Chemicals
J. T. Wilson, Gainesville FL
10:45 am State of the Art Agrichemical Handling Facility:
Butler s Orchard
J. G. Warfield, C. M. Gross, T. N. Davenport, Annapolis MD
11:00 am Pesticide Containment: An On-farm System
R. V. Carter, Jr., Hendersonville NC
11:15 am Pesticide Contamination of Mixing/Loading Sites:
Proposals for Streamlined Assessment and Cleanup and
Pollution Prevention
M. V. Thomas, Tallahassee FL
11:30 am Agricultural Chemical Spill Cleanup in Minnesota: A
Site-specific Approach
S. R. Grow, St. Paul MN
11:45 am DISCUSSION
12:00-
1:30 pm LUNCH (on your own)
1:30 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE:
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES
Salon I
Session Moderator: M. C. Hirschi, Urbana IL
1:30 pm Economic and Environmental Analysis of Conventional and
Alternative Cropping Systems for a Northeast Kansas
Representative Farm
S. Koo and P. L. Diebel, Manhattan KS
1:45 pm Economic Evaluation of Variable Resource Management
Based on Soil Productivity Variability of Selected Land
Areas, Sioux County, Iowa
D. R. Speidel and R. E. Nelson, Norfolk NE
2:00 pm Integrated Water-fertilizer-pest Management for
Environmentally Sound Crop Production
J. L. Fouss and G. H. Willis, Baton Rouge LA
2:15 pm Feasibility of Site-specific Nutrient and Pesticide
Applications
J. C. Hayes, A. Overton, J. W. Price, Clemson SC
2:30 pm Sustainable, Environmentally Sound Potato Production in
Northern Maine
J. C. McBurnie, Orono ME
2:45 pm DISCUSSION
AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: EROSION CONTROL
Forum West One-Two
Session Moderator: W. G. Knisel, Tifton GA
1:30 pm Modeling Erosion from Furrow Irrigation in the WEPP
Model
E. R. Kottwitz and J. E. Gilley, Lincoln NE
1:45 pm Is Conservation Tillage a Sustainable Agricultural
Practice?
P. G. Lakshminarayan, A. Bouzaher, S. R. Johnson, Ames IA
2:00 pm Nutrient and Sediment Removal by Grass and Riparian
Buffers
J. E. Parsons, J. W. Gilliam, R. Munoz-Carpena, R. B.
Daniels, T. A. Dillaha, Raleigh NC
2:15 pm DISCUSSION
WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REGULATORY ISSUES
Salon II
Session Moderator: W. D. Graham, Gainesville FL
1 Planned Intervention : Merging Voluntary CAFO Pollution
Abatement with Command-and-Control Regulation
L. C. Frarey and R. Jones, Stephenville TX
2 Policy and Science Addressing CAFO Odor in Texas
L. C. Frarey, Stephenville TX
3 Farmer Decision Alternatives Under Environmental
Regulations
M. Rudstrom, R. A. Pfeifer, S. N. Mitchell, O. C. Doering,
III, W. Lafayette IN
4 Composting of Yard Trimmings Processes and Products
R. A. Nordstedt and W. H. Smith, Gainesville FL
5 Beneficial Uses of Composts in Florida
W. H. Smith, Gainesville FL
3:00 pm BREAK
3:30 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE:
INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND EDUCATION
Salon I
Session Moderator:
3:30 pm The Agriculture/Environment Interface: Locating the
Relevant Literature
S. C. Haas, Gainesville FL
3:50 pm Cooperative Extension Service National Water Quality
Database
C. E. Burwell and E. Fredericks, W. Lafayette IN
4:10 pm USDA s Water Quality Program Environmentally Sound
Agriculture
F. N. Swader, L. D. Adams, J. W. Meek, Washington DC
4:30 pm DISCUSSION
AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: SOIL AND WATER
Forum West One-Two
Session Moderator: E. C. Dickey, Lincoln NE
3:30 pm Terraces Technologically Obsolete or Will Terraces
Still Have a Future
D. R. Speidel, Norfolk NE
3:50 pm An Economic and Environmental Evaluation of
Conservation Compliance on a West Tennessee Watershed
Representative Farm
R. G. Bowling and B. C. English, Knoxville TN
4:10 pm Conjunctive Use of Surface and Ground Water for Crop
Irrigation in the Western United States
B. M. Crowder, Denver CO
4:30 pm Irrigation Storage Reservoirs as a Water Supply
Solution for Upper Telogia Creek
W. R. Reck, Gainesville FL
4:50 pm DISCUSSION
AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: NUTRIENTS
Salon II
Session Moderator: W. D. Graham, Gainesville FL
6 Agricultural Surface Water Management (ASWM) in Southwest
Florida
S. L. Means and J. T. Mustion, Palmetto FL
7 Screening Tool to Predict the Potential for Ground Water
or Surface Water Contamination from Agricultural Nutrients
W. F. Kuenstler, D. Ernstrom, E. Seely, Ft. Collins CO
8 Swine Wastewater Treatment in Constructed Wetlands
P. G. Hunt, F. J. Humenik, A. A. Szgi, J. M. Rice, K. C.
Stone, E. J. Sadler, Florence SC
9 Nutrient and Water Management Practices for Sustainable
Vegetable Production in the Lake Apopka Basin
C. A. Neal, E. A. Hanlon, J. M. White, S. Cox, A. Ferrer,
Tavares FL
10 Impact of BMP s on Stream and Ground Water Quality in a
USDA Demonstration Watershed in the Eastern Coastal Plain
K. C. Stone, P. G. Hunt, J. M. Novak, T. A. Matheny,
Florence SC
7:00-
10:00 pm Mystery Show and Dinner (optional)
Hotel Front Lobby
Friday, April 22, 1994
GENERAL SESSION
Salon I
Session Moderator: W. D. Graham, Gainesville FL
8:15 am Agriculture and the Environment
The Honorable Michael Espy, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
(invited)
8:50 am Sustainable Agriculture
J. Patrick Madden, Associate Director, USDA Sustainable
Agriculture Program, Glendale CA
9:25 am Everglades Restoration
Robert H. Buker, Jr., Senior Vice President, Corporate
Affairs, U.S. Sugar Corporation, Clewiston FL
10:00 am BREAK
10:30 am CONCURRENT SESSIONS
ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT: DAIRIES
Salon I
Session Moderator: O. P. Miller, Okeechobee FL
10:30 am Dairy Park: An Environmentally Sound Alternative to
Current Dairy Production Practices
A. K. Butcher and R. Neal, Stephenville TX
10:45 am Dairy Protects Environment Through Implementation of
Best Management Practices
E. O. Cooper, Gainesville FL
11:00 am Design of a Rotationally Grazed Dairy in North Florida
M. P. Holloway, A. B. Bottcher, R. St. John, Gainesville
FL
11:15 am Dairy Loafing Areas as Sources of Nitrate in Wells
D. E. Radcliffe, D. E. Brune, D. J. Drommerhausen, H. D.
Gunther, Athens GA
11:30 am Measurement of Seepage from Waste Holding Ponds and
Lagoons
G. G. Demmy and R. A. Nordstedt, Gainesville FL
11:45 am DISCUSSION
URBAN/AGRICULTURAL INTERFACE: GENERAL
Forum West Four
Session Moderator:
10:30 am Preliminary Water Quality Results for A Rock Reed
Filter Home Treatment System
G. Dougherty, Gainesville FL
10:45 am Tree-Crop Polyculture: Small Farming in the Suburbs
J. A. Rogers, Melbourne FL
11:00 am Hydraulic Properties of Re-Cycled Shredded Rubber Tires
as Conductive Fill in Open Ditches
S. J. Langlinais, Lafayette LA
11:15 am Petroleum Storage Tanks in the Agriculture Industry
C. G. Ward, J. R. Harriman, A. R. Fontaine, Reston VA
11:30 am DISCUSSION
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE:
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES
Forum West One-Two
Session Moderator: D. Z. Haman, Gainesville FL
10:30 am The Impact of the Citrus Conversion Process on Ground
and Surface Water Quality: A Case Study
A. N. Shahane, Tallahassee FL
10:45 am Spray Deposition and Drift in Citrus Applications
M. Salyani, Lake Alfred FL
11:00 am Perennial Peanut in Citrus Groves - An Environmentally
Sustainable Agricultural System
J. J. Mullahey, R. E. Rouse, E. C. French, Immokalee FL
11:15 am Biological Control of Silverleaf Whitefly:An Evolving
Sustainable Technology
P. A. Stansly, D. J. Schuster, H. J. McAuslane, Immokalee
FL
11:30 am Use of Fire as a Management Tool in Alfalfa Production
Ecosystems
W. C. Stringer and D. R. Alverson, Clemson SC
11:45 am DISCUSSION
12:00-
1:30 pm LUNCH (on your own)
1:30 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS
ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT: WASTE UTILIZATION
Salon I
Session Moderator:
1:30 pm The AgSTAR Program: Energy for Pollution Prevention
K. R. Roos, Washington DC
1:50 pm Potential Options for Poultry Waste Utilization: A
Focus on the Delmarva Peninsula
C. A. Narrod, R. Reynnells, H. Wells, Philadelphia PA
2:10 pm Opportunities Available to the Vertical Integrator or
Food Processor to Achieve Water Quality Benefits in the
Dairy and Poultry Industries
A. Manale, C. Narrod, E. Trachtenberg, Washington DC
2:30 pm Evaluation of Manure Water Irrigation
D. Morse, L. Schwankl, T. Prichard, A. Van Eenenaam, Davis
CA
2:50 pm DISCUSSION
URBAN/AGRICULTURAL INTERFACE: WASTE UTILIZATION
Forum West One-Two
Session Moderator: G. Kidder, Gainesville FL
1:30 pm Industrial Waste Streams as Nitrogen Sources for Crop
Production
S. P. France, B. C. Joern, R. F. Turco, W. Lafayette IN
1:50 pm Environmentally Sound Agriculture Through Reuse and
Reclamation of Municipal Wastewater
A. Roberts and W. Vidak, Tallahassee FL
2:10 pm Diagnostic Evaluation of Wastewater Utilization in
Agriculture, Morelos State, Mexico
C. Rodriguez Zavaleta, L. Oyer, X. Cisneros, Jiutepec
Morelos Mexico
2:30 pm Newsprint and Nitrogen Source Interaction on Corn
Growth and Grain Yield
N. Lu, J. H. Edwards, R. H. Walker, J. S. Bannon, Auburn
AL
2:50 pm DISCUSSION
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: GENERAL
Salon II
Session Moderator: K. L. Campbell, Gainesville FL
11 Soil and Water Management for Sustainability
C. A. Bower, Kendrick ID
12 Bromide and FD&C #1 Dye Movement Through Undisturbed and
Packed Soil Columns
K. K. Hatfield, G. S. Warner, K. Guillard, Storrs CT
13 Using GLEAMS to Select Environmental Windows for Herbicide
Application in Forests
M. C. Smith, J. L. Michael, W. G. Knisel, D. G. Neary,
Athens GA
14 Sustainable Vegetable Culture on Erodible Lands
M. E. Byers, G. F. Antonious, D. Hilborne, K. Bishop,
Frankfort KY
15 Nematode Management in Sustainable Agriculture
R. McSorley, Gainesville FL
16 Water Quality: A Prime Motivator for Environmentally Sound
Agriculture
F. N. Swader, Washington DC
17 Soil Moisture and Salinity Distribution as Affected by
Irrigation Interval and Application Volume under Surface
and Sub-Surface Irrigation
M. A. M. Ibrahim and L. S. Willardson, Logan UT
18 Soil Contamination Caused by Discharge of a Mine Water
W. Wojcik and M. Wojcik, Cracow Poland
3:00 pm BREAK
3:30 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS
ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT: GENERAL
Salon I
Session Moderator: R. A. Nordstedt, Gainesville FL
3:30 pm GLEAMS Modeling of BMPs to Reduce Nitrate Leaching in
Middle Suwannee River Area
W. R. Reck, Gainesville FL
3:50 pm Quality of Well Water on Tennessee Poultry Farms
H. C. Goan, P. H. Denton, F. A. Draughon, Knoxville TN
4:10 pm Alligator Production in Swine Farm Lagoons as a Means
of Economical and Environmentally Safe Disposal of Dead
Pigs
W. R. Walker, T. J. Lane, E. W. Jennings, R. O. Myer, J.
H. Brendemuhl, Gainesville FL
4:30 pm Dead Bird Composting
N. N. Watts, Lake City FL
4:50 pm DISCUSSION
WETLAND TREATMENT SYSTEMS
Forum West One-Two
Session Moderator: D. A. Graetz, Gainesville FL
3:30 pm Preliminary Effectiveness of Constructed Wetlands for
Dairy Waste Treatment
C. M. Cooper, S. Testa, III, S. S. Knight, Oxford MS
3:50 pm Restoration of Wetlands Through the Wetland Reserve
Program: A Mississippi Perspective
R. L. Callahan and L. P. Heard, Jackson MS
4:10 pm Habitat Protection and Land Development: Exploring a
Synergetic Approach
L. M. Zippay and J. W. H. Cates, Tallahassee FL
4:30 pm DISCUSSION
AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: SOIL AND WATER
Salon II
Session Moderator: K. L. Campbell, Gainesville FL
19 Potential Impact of Proper Soil Water Management on
Environmentally Sound and Antitoxic Food Production
B. Maticic, Ljubljana Slovenia
20 Energy and Irrigation in Southeast Agriculture Under
Climate Change
R. M. Peart, R. B. Curry, J. W. Jones, K. J. Boote, L. H.
Allen, Jr., Gainesville FL
21 Effects of Companion Seeded Berseem Clover on Oat Grain
Yield, Biomass Production, and the Succeeding Corn Crop
M. Ghaffarzadeh and R. M. Cruse, Ames IA
22 Role of Mycorrhizae in Sustainable Agriculture
D. M. Sylvia, Gainesville FL
23 Designs for Windbreaks and Vegetative Filterstrips that
Increase Wildlife Habitat and Provide Income
B. K. Miller, B. C. Moser, K. D. Johnson, R. K. Swihart,
W. Lafayette IN
24 Application of MSF Program for Simulation of Ecological
Systems
W. Wojcik and M. Wojcik, Cracow Poland
Proceedings
The published proceedings will be distributed to all
registered participants at the conference. All presentations
will be represented by a paper in the proceedings.
Accommodations information
The conference will be held at the Sheraton Plaza Hotel
located at Sand Lake Road and U.S. 441, Orlando, Florida. A
conference rate of $75.00 per night for a single or a double room
is available, but reservations must be made prior to March 19,
1994 to guarantee availability. To make reservations call the
hotel directly at 407-859-1500 or 800-231-7883 and tell the hotel
that you are attending the Second Environmentally Sound
Agriculture Conference to ensure the special rate. The hotel is
located adjacent to a large shopping mall midway between Orlando
International Airport and the Walt Disney World Resort area.
Convenient connections to all area tourist attractions are
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