Official AAQTF 2016-2018 Recommendations
AAQTF Recommendations April – September 2016
December 2016 AAQTF Research Recommendations:
USDA AAQTF Met in Sacramento CA September 8-9, 2016
The USDA Agricultural Air Quality Task Force (AAQTF) met September 8-9 at the Holiday Inn-Capitol Plaza in Sacramento CA. The AAQTF meeting was full day on Thursday, September 8, and from 8 am to noon on Friday, September 9. A link to the meeting agenda is provided below, as well as the meeting presentations.
April 2016 - Arlington, Virginia
The 2016-2018 Agricultural Air Quality Task Force held a meeting April 6-7 at the Doubletree Hotel in Arlington, Virginia.
Federal Register Notice of Meeting
Agenda
Meeting Notes
Presentations
History and Recent Work of the AAQTF (3MB)
FACA Rules and the AAQTF (641KB)
USDA NRCS Overview (118KB)
USDA ARS Overview (4MB)
USDA NIFA Overview (2MB)
USDA Forest Service Overview (7MB)
Air Quality Regulatory Update from the EPA (1MB)
USDA - EPA Collaborative Ammonia Research (134KB)
Membership
Members of the 2016-2018 Task Force were:
Arizona
Marguerite Tan, LLC Farm Operations
California
Kevin Abernathy, Milk Producers Council
Cynthia Cory, California Farm Bureau Federation
Manuel F. Cunha, Jr., Nisei Farmers League
Samir Sheikh, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
Colorado
Jeff Collett, Colorado State University
Jon Slutsky, Producer
Idaho
April Leytem, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Illinois
Juan Tricarico, Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy
Yuanhui Zhang, University of Illinois
Iowa
Chris Petersen, Producer
Charles Stanier, University of Iowa
Kentucky
Clint Quarles, Kentucky Dept. of Agriculture
Phil Silva, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Maryland
Lara Moody, The Fertilizer Institute
Ana Rule, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Michigan
Jerry May, Producer
New York
Hal Kreher, Producer
Patrick McCormick, Producer
North Dakota
Shafiqur Rahman, North Dakota State University
Oregon
Merlyn Hough, Lane Regional Air Protection Agency
Tennessee
William Norman, National Cotton Council
Texas
Kelley Green, Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association
Anissa Purswell, Enviro-Ag Engineering
Ben Weinheimer, Texas Cattle Feeders Association
Washington
Brian Cochrane, Producer
