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Wendy powers
Name: Wendy Powers
Title: Professor, PhD.; Animal Ag Environmental Stewardship Director
Phone: (517) 432-3849
Location: 2209G Anthony Hall, MSU, East Lansing
E-mail: wpowers@msu.edu
Research Interests:
Diet modification as a mitigation strategy for odor and gaseous emissions and manure nutrient excretions. Post-excretion strategies to reduce environmental impact of livestock production.
Extension program:Development and implementation of solutions to minimize the impact of animal agriculture on the environment. Programs focus on air quality practices, regulatory activity, and a whole-systems approach to environmental accountability.
Current Projects:
- Oxygen consumption and energy digestibility of soybean meal and corn or corn co-product diets fed to grow-finish swine. National Pork Board.
- Influence of corn co-products on air emissions and nutrient excretions from grow-finish swine. National Pork Board.
- Dietary effects on laying hen emissions. Iowa Egg Council.
- Source reduction and mitigations strategies for air emissions from turkeys, laying hens, and growing cattle. USDA NRICGP.
- Modeling emissions from animal agriculture. USDA NRICGP.
