NYSERDA’s 6th Innovations in Agriculture Conference

March 29-30, 2006
Syracuse, NY

PRESENTATIONS

Wednesday March 29, 2006

• Status of Anaerobic Digesters in New York
  Brian Aldrich, Cornell Manure Management Program
• Monitoring Results for Five New York On-Farm Anaerobic Digesters
  Curt Gooch, PRO-DAIRY
• Economic Fundamentals of Dairy Farm Digester Systems
  David Belcher, PRO-DAIRY

OPPORTUNITIES FOR TREATING FOOD PROCESSING WASTE Locating Sources of Organic Wastes for Co-Digestion Norm Scott and Jianguo Ma, Cornell Manure Management Program Nutrient Issues Quirine Ketterings, Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University

MONITORING DIGESTER SYSTEMS FOR COST, PERFORMANCE AND OPERATION NYSERDA’s DG/CHP Integrated Data System and Protocols for Data Collection Hugh Henderson, CDH Energy Corp. A Standard Protocol for Evaluating the Performance of Anaerobic Digestion Systems Used by Livestock Producers John Martin, Jr., Hall Associates Community Digester in Snertinge, Denmark John Hansen Water Recycling Facility Martin Tielbaard, Solvay Paperboard

• Montgomery/Schenectady County Dairy Development Energy Program
  Craig Metz, Ensave

GREEN POWER AND CARBON CREDITS Renewable Portfolio Standard Janet Joseph, NYSERDA Carbon Creation in the World of Global Warming Abatement Ed Heslop, Environmental Credit Corp.

Thursday March 30, 2006

• Manure Solids as Bedding
  Jean Bonhotal, Ellen Harrison and Mary Schwarz, Cornell Waste Management Institute
• Farm Biogas Systems in Germany
  Stephen Hoyt, Saratoga Biogas
• Centralized Co-digestion Plants in Denmark
  Kurt Hjort-Gregersen, University of Southern Denmark
• NYCAMH Safety Services
  Jim Carrabba, NY Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health
• Update on Air Emissions from Dairy Farms
  Curt Gooch, PRO-DAIRY

FARM BILL AND NYSERDA FUNDING USDA Funding Assistance for Rural Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Scott Collins, USDA Rural Development NYSERDA Programs Available for Agriculture Jessica Zweig and Tom Fiesinger, NYSERDA