373 The Development, Application and Validation of Agri-Environmental Indicators

Oral Session
S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation Agri-environmental indicators are derived from mathematical models that integrate soil, air, climate, landscape and management (crops, livestock, fertilizers, manure, etc.) information to evaluate the impact of agricultural practices over time at both regional and national levels. These indicators (eg. water contamination by N & P, soil erosion, GHG emissions, biodiversity, etc.) determine whether soil, crop and water management practices are environmentally sustainable and thereby identify soils and climatic regions which may be at risk.  Using this information, researchers and policy makers can target environmentally sensitive areas as well as develop agricultural production systems which are truly sustainable from both and economic and environmental perspective.

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Z03 Canadian Society of Soil Science
Wednesday, October 19, 2011: 12:55 PM-2:45 PM
Henry Gonzalez Convention Center, Room 207A

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Organizer:
Craig F. Drury
Presider:
Craig F. Drury
1:00 PM
Atmospheric Ammonia Indicator for Agriculture In Canada.
Shabtai Bittman, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Stephen Sheppard, ECOMatters, Inc.; Derek Hunt, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
1:15 PM
A Systems Model for Estimating the Land Requirements of Livestock Production.
Christian Peters, Tufts University; Timothy Griffin, Tufts University
1:30 PM
1:45 PM
Developing a Canadian Agricultural Nitrogen Budget (CANB v3.0) Model to Predict Residual Soil Nitrogen and Nitrate Leaching Across Canadian Farmland.
Jingyi Yang, Greenhouse and Processing Crops Research Centre; Craig Drury, Greenhouse and Processing Crops Research Centre; Reinder DeJong, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre; Ted Huffman, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre; Xueming Yang, Greenhouse and Processing Crops Research Centre
2:00 PM
Validating the Residual Soil Nitrogen Indicator.
Craig F. Drury, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada; Jingyi Y. Yang, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada; Reinder De Jong, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada; Edward Huffman, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada; Xueming M. Yang, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada; W. Dan Reynolds, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada; D. Keith Reid, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
2:30 PM
Tools for Quantifying Rill and Ephemeral Gully Development.
Sayjro Nouwakpo, Purdue University; Chi-Hua Huang, USDA-ARS
2:45 PM