Conservation cropping practices protect soil and water resources and directly impact carbon cycling. The impact of conservation practices on global climate change is an emerging issue affecting agricultural farm policy in the US and other countries. Soil scientist have an opportunity to establish the importance of conservation practices within this debate.
S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation
Tuesday, November 2, 2010: 8:10 AM-11:45 AM
Long Beach Convention Center, Room 102A, First Floor
9:15 AM
Nitrogen Dynamics and Greenhouse Gas Emissions In a No-till Chronosequence.
Raj Shrestha, Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, Ohio State University;
Pierre-Andre Jacinthe, Department of Earth Sciences, Indiana Univ. - Purdue Univ. at Indianapolis (IUPUI);
Sindhu Jagadamma, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Serdar Bilen, The Ohio State University;
Warren Dick, The Ohio State University;
Rattan Lal, Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, Ohio State University
10:55 AM
Estimating Whole-Farm Greenhouse Gas and Energy Footprints.
Keith Paustian, Colorado State University;
Kris Peterson, Colorado State University;
Shawn Archibeque, Colorado State University;
Richard Conant, Colorado State University;
Stephen Del Grosso, USDA-ARS;
Mark Easter, Colorado State University;
Ram Gurung, Colorado State University;
Greg Johnson, USDA-NRCS;
Kendrick Killian, Colorado State University;
Stephen Ogle, Colorado State University;
Carolyn Olson, Office of the Deputy Chief SSRA;
Jill Schuler, Colorado State University;
Amy Swan, Colorado State University;
Roel Vining, USDA-NRCS;
Steve Williams, Colorado State University