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February 2004 Postharvest and Alternative Energy Info on Web Your Farm Doesn’t Have to Smell that Bad Science-based Information on Manure Management Issues Competitive Milking? Bedded Pack Housing For Dairy Cows Livestock Ventilation Design—Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality Concerns EDEN – Extension Disaster Education Network Workshops on Food System Terrorist Threats Irrigated Acres Update New Book and Companion CD Focus on Dairy Replacements Resources Calendar

Calendar of Events February 18-19, 2004, North Dakota Wind Conference, Fargo, ND. See www.undeerc.org/WindV, e-mail afiala@undeerc.org, or call 701-777-3119. February 24-26, 2004, Agricultural Drainage Design and Water Management Workshop, Crookston, MN. See http://d-outlet.coafes.umn.edu, or call 320-589-1711. February 26, 2004, Manure Management III Workshop, Marshall, MN. See http://manure.coafes.umn.edu/workshops, or call 612-625-7024 or 800-646-2282. February 26-28, 2004, 15th Annual Upper Midwest Organic Farming Conference, LaCrosse, WI. See http://www.mosesorganic.org/umord/umordntro.htm March 3-4, 2004, Agriculture and the Environment, Ames, IA. Call 515-294-4333 or e-mail soil@iastate.edu March 4-5, 2004, 42nd Annual Midwest Rural Energy Conference, Eau Claire, WI. See http://www.mrec.org/confer.htm March 9,10, & 11, 2004, Managing Your Unseen Employee: The Ventilation System workshops, LaCrosse, WI, St. Cloud, MN, & Mankato, MN respectively. Contact Pork Central at the University of Nebraska 1-800-767-5287. March 18-19, 2004, Minnkota Agri-Builders and Equipment Assoc. Annual Meeting and Seminar, Willmar, MN. Contact Larry D. Jacobson at 612-625-8288. March 18-20, 2004, North American Farm & Power Show, Owatonna, MN. Contact Tradexpos at 800-949-3976, 507-437-4697, or see http://www.tradexpos.com/farmpowr/ March 23 & 24, 2004, Animal Agriculture and Air Quality I & II, Owatonna, MN. See http://manure.coafes.umn.edu/workshops/schedule.html March 25, 2004, Biofilter Design and Construction. Waseca, MN. See http://manure.coafes.umn.edu/workshops/schedule.html

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