Minnesota/Wisconsin Engineering Notes

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

Resources Postharvest and Alternative Energy Info on Web University of Minnesota Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Department’s postharvest website: http://www.bae.umn.edu/extens/postharvest/ University of Minnesota Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Department’s energy website: http://www.bae.umn.edu/extens/energy/index.html Science-based Information on Manure Management Issues The individual LPES lessons and CAFO fact sheets can be reviewed, free of charge, at the LPES website at www.lpes.org EDEN – Extension Disaster Education Network EDEN’s website is located at: http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/eden/ Workshops on Food System Terrorist Threats Visit the “EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOPS” link on our main webpage at: http://safety.coafes.umn.edu, or contact: John Shutske 612/626-1250 or shutske@umn.edu Irrigated Acres Update If you would like a detailed summary of permitted and irrigated acres by county contact Jerry Wright, Extension Engineer, at (320) 589-1711 or e-mail jwright@umn.edu at the West Central Research and Outreach Center, University of Minnesota near Morris. Midwest Plan Service Publications MWPS-18, Section 3, Outdoor Air Quality LPES CD and printed document CAFO fact sheets Raising Dairy Replacements MWPS-7, Dairy Freestall Housing and Equipment MWPS-6, Beef Housing and Equipment Handbook NRAES-23, Heating with Wood and Coal Minnesota residents should order MWPS materials from: MWPS 122 Davidson Hall Iowa State University Ames IA 50011-3080 mwps@iastate.edu http://www.mwpshq.org 800-562-3618 or 515-294-4337 Wisconsin residents should still order MWPS materials from: MWPS Orders Biological Systems Engineering Department University of Wisconsin 460 Henry Mall Madison WI 53706 608-262-3310

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