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Session #1: Animal Mortality and Products Composting Case Studies.
Can catastrophic turkey mortalities be composted in-house as a means of disposal? (Bendfeldt)
Can butcher plant waste be successfully composted using an in-vessel aerated bag system? (Mickle)
Using composting to recycle meat processing by-products. (Rozeboom)

Session #2: Compost Use: Nutrient Availability, Soil Properties, and Plant Function.
Effects of long-term organic amendments on Florida sandy soils. (Ozores-Hampton)
Effects of compost on soil humic substances and crop physiological properties. (Bowden)
Phosphorus fertilizer equivalents in cattle manure compost. (Sikora)
Growth performance and nutrient uptake of chrysanthemums grown in a compost-amended substrate in an ebb-and-flow system. (Bouwkamp)

Session #3: Process Parameters and Product Quality.
Oxygen in active compost and its relationship to active bacteria. (Crockett)
Compost tea: Is it a potential on-farm source of foodborne pathogens? (Ingram)
Evaluation of olive mill waste compost as organic fertiliser considering different current quality standards. (Cayuela)

Session #4: Compost Operation Establishment Case Studies.
Case study: Composting system adds profit and stewardship to Tabb Farm in Jefferson County, West Virginia. (Basden)
Permitting a large multi-feedstock composting facility. (Broom)
Compost marketing in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. (Williams)
Determining the cost of operations. (Davitt)

Session #5: Environmental Effects of Composting and Compost Use.
Effluent nutrient attributes and water quality risk from storm events on bovine mortality compost piles. (Sanders)
Use of inorganic by-product to reduce phosphate solubility and to sequester and reduce heavy metal bioavailability in soils. (Kim)
Urban uses for dairy manure compost. (Sloan)
Organic BMPs used for stormwater management: Filter media R&D from private certification program yield positive performance. (Faucette)