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Environmental Systems Management ASM 336

This course will introduce you to a variety of farmstead systems and software that is available for analyzing environmental impacts of these systems.

Instructor: Dr. Natalie Carroll, e-mail,office: AGAD 229, 48433

Teaching Assistant: Patricia Quackenbush (PQ), e-mail, AGAD 228

Lectures

• Wells & Onsite systems
• Sorption and Transport of Contaminants, Dr. L. Lee
• Decision Systems for Economically Viable, Ecologically Sound Planning, Dr. Farnsworth
• Evaluating Niche Market Opportunities, Dr. J. Dennis
• Pesticide Risks (case study report sheet)
• Wetlands & Wildlands (Outline, PPT, P. Quackenbush, adapted from Dr. B. Miller)
• Biofuels, Dr. C. Johnston

Resources

Planning with Power - Decision Maker, Home, Publications,

WASCOBs and more

Photo Gallery Note: If you use any of these photos in a publication, on a web site, or as part of any other project, please use one of the following credit lines:

• Photo by (photographer's name), USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
• Photo courtesy of USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
• Photo courtesy of USDA NRCS.

Purdue Agriculture Report (note especially, articles on profit margin compression, lease arrangements, CAFO operations, ag diversification, and cash rents).

Purdue Agriculture's “The Education Store” (publications)

WebCT

Other Opportunities

• Forage Management Course, AGRY 505, Heightened interest in the production and management of herbaceous biofuels crops makes this course potentially useful to your career. In addition to the traditional forage-livestock connection in this course, much of what we discuss will apply to production of herbaceous feedstocks for biofuels. The course is taught at 9:30 MWF. Both graduate students and advanced undergraduates are welcome. Space is limited to 24 students.
• Ag Future of America Confernce, November 8-11
• Study Abroad
• The Ag Council Hog Roast, October 16 at 6:00 pm. on the Ag Mall. The Ag Council members will again be coordinating a Kiss the Pig Contest.

ABE 450, Irrotational Flow