Released August 30, 2010
Updated September 6, 2010
eXtension today announced its free national webinars for September, the traditional time for renewed learning. eXtension is an educational resource you can trust to take the best university-based research and turn it into hands-on practical information you can use to solve today’s problems and develop skills to build a better future.
Experts from land-grant universities, government and industry present information on seasonal topics and current research to help Americans improve their lives.
September’s free webinars hosted by eXtension or a land-grant university are
- Sept. 9 -- starting right in the specialty food businesses,
- Sept. 10 -- home energy efficiency in winter,
- Sept. 14 -- dairy cattle handling and restraint,
- Sept. 16 -- new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,
- Sept. 16 -- dry matter intake on organic dairy pastures,
- Sept. 17 -- legal considerations for dairy advisory teams,
- Sept. 17 -- low disturbance manure injection and solid manure injection, and
- Sept. 24 – key legal considerations in biomass contracts.
Webinar details
From the Entrepreneurs and Their Communities eXtension community
Thursday, Sept. 9 -- Starting Right in Specialty Foods
2:00 – 3:00 p.m Eastern Time
Join Brian Norder, Director of the Vermont Food Venture Center, for an informative session on what it takes to start and grow a specialty food business. Norder has more than a decade of experience assisting entrepreneurs in all phases of food-related business development.
http://www.extension.org/events/1804
From the Home Energy eXtension community
Friday, Sept. 10 -- Preparing Your Home for Winter
12:00 noon -- 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time
It's time to think about preparing homes for winter. Mike Vogel, Director of Montana Weatherization Training Center at Montana State University, and Claudette Reichel, professor and housing specialist at Louisiana State University, will discuss actions for winter energy efficiency from a hot climate region perspective to a cold climate perspective.
http://www.extension.org/events/1859
From Penn State University
Tuesday, Sept. 14 -- Dairy Cattle Handling and Restraint
8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time
An understanding of dairy cattle behavior is important for the design and use of animal restraint and handling systems as well as for animal care, treatment and management on a cow-friendly dairy farm. Facilities must also provide safety for workers and enable them to be productive. Robert Graves, professor at Penn State, and John Tyson, Penn State Extension engineer, are the presenters for this webinar designed for dairy producers, managers and agribusiness professionals.
http://www.extension.org/events/1809
From the Personal Finance eXtension community
Thursday, Sept. 16 -- The New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumers and Consumer Educators
11:00 a.m.-- 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Jeanne Hogarth, manager for consumer education and research at the Federal Reserve Board, will share insights and expertise about the bureau created by the 2010 Financial Reform Law. She’ll explain what things might impact consumers and consumer educators.
http://www.extension.org/events/1849
From the Organic Agriculture eXtension community
Thursday, Sept. 16 -- Maximizing Dry Matter Intake on Organic Dairy Pastures
2:00 - 3:15 p.m. Eastern Time
On February 12, the USDA National Organic Program published a final rule that establishes pasture standards for organic livestock. The Access to Pasture rule specifies that organic milk and meat products come from organically-raised animals that are actively grazing on pasture. The rule requires that these animals' diets consist of at least 30 percent dry matter intake from pasture grazed during grazing season and that the grazing season is at least 120 days.
USDA NRCS animal scientist Karen Hoffman will describe how organic dairy farmers can maximize dry matter intake. She will describe the connection among milk production, a cow's rumen and pasture quality, including plant density, number of tillers per plant, pasture height and species composition. She'll look at protein and energy relationships in the pasture and ways to balance them to enhance dry matter intake and encourage high animal performance.
http://www.extension.org/events/1763
From Penn State University
Friday, Sept. 17 -- Legal Considerations for Dairy Advisory Team Members
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time
This discussion forum is for new and veteran profit/target team facilitators, as well as consultants who facilitate dairy advisory teams. Ross Pifer, Director of the Penn State Ag Law and Reference Center, is the presenter. The session has a “discussion question” that participants should be prepared to answer for their teams.
http://www.extension.org/events/1813
From the Animal Manure Management eXtension community
Friday, Sept. 17 -- Novel Approaches to Manure Application in No-till
2:30 – 3:45 p.m. Eastern Time
Low disturbance manure incorporation systems that retain the benefits of no-till have been an area of considerable research in recent years. Penn State agronomy professor Doug Beegle, USDA soil scientist Peter Kleinman and Cornell University associate professor Quirine Ketterings will discuss what has been learned about the agronomic, economic and environmental effects of novel approaches to incorporating manure in no-till systems. The methods include using shallow disk injectors, aerators, vertical tillage tools and a dry litter subsurfer.
http://www.extension.org/events/1789
From the Farm Energy eXtension community
Friday, Sept. 24 -- Key Legal Considerations in Biomass Production, Harvesting and Storage Contracts
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Attorney Joe R. Thompson of Stoel Rives LLP, Minneapolis is the presenter. A partner with the Stoel Rives law firm, Joe practices in the areas of agricultural business and renewable energy law. He has represented farmer cooperatives and other entities in the development of soybean crush facilities, biodiesel plants, ethanol production facilities, community wind projects and in the acquisition and operation of grain handling and livestock facilities. Stoel Rives is regarded as a leader in corporate, environmental, energy, natural resources and renewable energy law. The webinar is presented by eXtension and the High Plains Extension Energy Team.
http://www.extension.org/events/1850
About webinars
A webinar is an acronym for web-based seminar. Instead of traveling somewhere to attend a seminar, you meet in a virtual conference room on the internet.
Scheduled time doesn’t work for you or want to view a webinar you missed?
They’re archived.
- Animal Manure Management, http://www.extension.org/pages/Archived_Webcasts,_Livestock_and_Poultry_Environmental_Learning_Center
- Beef Cattle, http://www.extension.org/pages/Archived_Beef_Cattle_Webinars
- Dairy Cattle, http://www.extension.org/pages/Archived_Dairy_Cattle_Webinars
- Entrepreneurs and Their Communities, http://www.extension.org/pages/ETC_Webinar_Archive
- Farm Energy, http://www.extension.org/pages/Farm_Energy_Webcast_Series
- Horses, http://www.myhorseuniversity.com/resources/webcasts/archived
- Organic Production, http://www.extension.org/article/24989
- Personal Finance, http://www.extension.org/pages/Personal_Finance_Chats
- Small Meat Processors, https://www.extension.org/pages/Archived_Niche_Meat_Processor_Webinars
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Writer: Lynette Spicer, lynette.spicer@eXtension.org
