Production, Management and Environment Symposium: Sustainability: Moving from Buzzword to Application

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT

Location: Oklahoma City Convention Center, 205 A/B

Chair(s)

Michael Looper, PhD

Head - Department of Animal Science
University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science Fayetteville, AR
Greenwood, Arkansas

Presentations:

8:00 AM – 8:05 AM CT

Production, Management and Environment Symposium Introduction
8:05 AM – 8:45 AM CT

Setting the Stage: What Are We Being Asked to Know and Do?
Presenting Author: Constance Cullman, MS – American Feed Industry Association
8:45 AM – 9:25 AM CT

Sustainability in Practice at the Dairy Farm Sector
Presenting Author: Juan Tricarico, PhD – Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy
9:25 AM – 10:05 AM CT

Importance and Difficulty of Measuring Complete Greenhouse Gas Flux from Diverse Beef Production Systems
Presenting Author: Galen E. Erickson, PhD – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Author: Andrea K. Watson – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Author: Andy Suyker – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Author: Yijie Xiong, PhD – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Author: Jane Okalebo – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
10:05 AM – 10:15 AM CT

Production, Management and Environment Symposium Break
10:15 AM – 10:55 AM CT

Recognizing and Balancing Sustainable Trade-offs in the Swine Industry
Presenting Author: Joel M. DeRouchey – Kansas State University
10:55 AM – 11:35 AM CT

Reflections at the Half Way Point of a Multi-institutional Comprehensive USDA Sustainable Agriculture Systems Project: Empowering the US Broiler Industry for Transformation and Sustainability
Presenting Author: Walter Gay. Bottje – University of Arkansas
Author: Xingen Lei, n/a – Cornell University College of Agricultural and Life Science
Author: Sami Dridi – University of Arkansas
11:35 AM – 12:00 PM CT

Production, Management and Environment Symposium Discussion