Energy
This program is in cooperation with the North Central States. The Missouri Program will be held at the Bradford Research and Extension Center east of Columbia. Driving Directions
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Program:
| 8:15 | Registration and coffee |
| 8:45 | Local Program Welcome: Dave Baker, Assistant Dean and Program Director, Ag. and Natural Resources Extension |
| 9:00 | Jack Payne, Iowa State University Vice President for Extension and Outreach, Gregory Geoffroy, President, Iowa State University and David Chicoine, President, South Dakota State University |
| 9:15 | Plenary Session: Jame E. Lovelock, Keynote Address: Conversion of agricultural residues into biochar for incorporation into agricultural soils as the solution to global climate change. |
| 10:00 | Johannes Lehmann, Plenary address: The potential of biochar production, in combination with bioenergy production to improve nutrient retention in soils and removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. |
| 10:30 | Matt Liebman, Plenary address: Use of perennial species as biofuels feedstocks at paticular locations within agroecosystems can provide important services, including soil, water and nature conservation, while complementing food and feed production. |
| 11:00 | Thomas Vilsack, U. S. Secretary of Agriculture and Steven Chu, U. S. Secretary of Energy |
| 11:30 | Luncheon,
Panel discussion: Dave Brune: Professor, Ag Systems Management, University of Missouri Jay Hasheider, Energy Services Supervisor, Water and Light Department, City of Columbia Peter Motavalli, Associate Professor, Soil Nutrient Management, University of Missouri |
| Concurrent Session I | |
| 1:00 pm (CST) | Track 1:
Net greenhouse gas emission from biofuel systems
Robert Larson will discuss potential impacts of life cycle assessment and policies for the biofuel industry. Shashi Verma, Ph.D.: will discuss how field scale measurements of net greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration are measured and the findings from corn-soybean production systems. Adam Liska, Ph.D.: will discuss life cycle assessment for corn and cellulosic ethanol production. Richard Perrin, Ph.D.: will discuss the economics of biomass based
combined heat and power as a means of reducing fossil fuel use and
greenhouse gas emissions in corn-ethanol production. Track 2: Non-traditional feedstocks Kurt Thelen, Ph.D.: will discuss the agronomics of producing perennial grasses including switchgrass and miscanthus. Cole Gustafson, Ph.D.: will talk about handling, storage and logistics of biomass crops including corncobs and corn stover. Scott Swinton, Ph.D.: will present a case study that compares the profitability of producing switchgrass and miscanthus to corn. |
| Break | |
| 3:00 pm (CST) | On and off-site break
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| Concurrent Session 2 | |
| 3:30 pm (CST) |
Track 3: Advances and Breakthroughs in biofuels Charles R. Hurburgh, Jr., Ph.D.: will present a summary of advances related to corn based biofuels. Corn based biofuels, if coupled with several emerging technologies, can be more energy efficient than commonly believed and capable of distributing more key nutrients to livestock fed co-products. Andrew Zurn: will present information on advances in ethanol production using biogas from a gasifier in an ethanol plant. Doug Berven: will discuss POET Energy’s plan to use corn cobs for ethanol production and advances in starch based ethanol production. Roger Ruan, Ph.D.: will discuss advances in pyrolysis of biomass in
the production of bio-oils. Wally Tyner, Ph.D.: will discuss second generation biofuels economic and policy issues with an emphasis on: blending wall, import tariff, market uncertainty, technology uncertainty, feedstock supply, and interaction among all these factors. Dr. Steven Wu, Ph.D.: will present on contracting issues for second generation perennial crops and will discuss issues of how to design contracts suitable for farmers interested in biomass crops for biofuels production. Roger Conway, Ph.D.: will discuss program funding opportunities made available through USDA. Daniel de la Torre Ugarte, Ph.D.: will discuss where bioenergy crops will become feedstock sources and the economic potential for these crops. |
Local Evening Program:
| 5:45 | Dinner |
| 6:45 |
Presenters: Tim Reinbott, Superintendent, Bradford Research and
Extension Center, Research on Biofuels at Bradford
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