BMP and CRP Roundtable
Cost Effectiveness of
BMPs and CRP Conversion to Cropland
March 4-5,
2009 - Nebraska City, NE
The Heartland Water Quality
Coordination Initiative's Nutrient Management (NM)and Bioenergy
and Water Resources (BWR) Teams hosted a "Cost
Effectiveness of Best Management Practices (BMPs) and Conservation
Reserve Program (CRP) Conversion to Cropland" Roundtable.
This roundtable was held on March 4-5, 2009 at the Lied
Lodge and Conference Center
in Nebraska City, NE.
The Roundtable consisted
of 30 participants from
IA, KS, MO, and NE. These participants included university
researchers and state and federal agency personnel. The
former Nutrient and Pesticide Management (NPM) team hosted
a similar
Roundtable in 2004 regarding Phosphorus BMPs, Nitrogen
BMPs in 2005,
Pesticides
in 2006, Targeting Critical Source Areas for
BMP Implementation in 2007 and Impact Assessments in 2008.
Each of these roundtables were followed by
a
larger summer workshop.
Intended Audience:
1. University and ARS research and extension faculty
2. State and federal agency personnel
Roundtable Objectives
include:
1. Report and discuss research
findings, activities, and issues concerning
the cost effectiveness of BMPs;
2. Report and discuss
regional
research and issues regarding the
conversion of CRP land to cropland and
3. Identify collaborative research and extension
needs and opportunities.
Roundtable
Agenda
Roundtable
Participants
Roundtable Speakers and Presentations:
Topic 1 - Cost Effectiveness of Best Management
Practices
Introduction by Dan
Devlin, Kansas State University
Kansas
Experiences with Targeting for Cost Effectiveness - Dan
Devlin, Kansas State University
Economics
and Water Quality Effects of Installing Conservation Practices – Michael
Langemeier, Kansas State
University
Evaluating
Cost Effectiveness at the Field Level – Dan
Ginting, USGS, Lincoln, Nebraska
Using
a BMP Auction for Targeting in Kansas – Josh
Roe, Kansas State University
Developing and Implementing a Cost Effective BMP Implementation
Plan in an Iowa Watershed – Chad
Ingels, Iowa State University
Adoption
of BMPs for Animal Manure Management – Laura
McCann, University of Missouri
Break
Out Group Discussion Reports: Handout
a) Regional Collaborative Efforts and Opportunities
b) Planning of June Workshop
c) Research Needs
Synthesis
of the 2005 Hypoxia Conference, Cost Effectiveness of Best Management
Practices – Jim
Baker, Retired from Iowa
State University
Topic 2 – Conversion of CRP to Crop
Production
Announcements and Objectives - Tom
Franti, University
of Nebraska
Watershed
Scale Impact of Grassland/CRP on Water Quality – Keith
Schilling, Iowa DNR
Nutrient
Management and Production Issues with Conversion from CRP – Charles Shapiro, UNL Extension
Understanding
CRP Conversion at the Farm Level – Paul
Hay, University of Nebraska and David
Dukes, Iowa No-till Farmer
Using
Modeling to Understand the Environmental Impacts of CRP – Phil
Gassman, Iowa State University
CRP
and Eco-System Services – Brenda
Groskinsky and Walt
Foster, U.S. EPA, Region 7
CRP Resources Provided:
Break
Out Group Discussion Reports: Handout
a) Regional Collaborative Efforts and Opportunities
b) Planning of June Workshop
c) Research Needs
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