Progress 07/01/02 to 09/30/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: My group at the UW has developed and delivered a number of extension programs on bio-energy systems, energy efficiency and safe use of energy on farms. PARTICIPANTS: Scott Sanford, Senior Outreach Specialist, UW-Madison, provided numerous training and educational programs on farm energy efficiency. Thomas J Syring, Graduate Research Assistant, UW-Madison, Research on decision making for energy efficiency investment on farms. Thais Passos-Fonseca, Graduate Research Assistant, UW-Madison, Research and educational programs on GHG emmissions from Dairy Production and BioFules systems. Simone Kratz, UW-Madison, research on Green house gass emmisstions and environmental impacts of bioenergy systems. Partner Organization: The Midwest Rural Energy Council. The MREC is a membership organization of energy suppliers, energy service professionals and Land Grant Universities whose mission is to support outreach, education and research on rural energy issues for the benefit of; Farms and other rural energy consumers, Rural energy suppliers, Farm organizations and agricultural trade associations, Electrical equipment and allied industries, Government and regulatory agencies. TARGET AUDIENCES: Farm Operators, Extension Educators, Farm Energy Consultants, rural energy providers, Electricians and Electrical Inspectors, Stray Voltage Investigators, Farm equipment Providers and other Trade Allies PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
Education of farm operators, Energy Consultants, Energy providers, Stray Voltage Investigators, and Home Owners
Publications
- Passos-Fonseca, TH, HA Aguirre-Villegas, DJ Reinemann. LE Armentano, J Norman, 2010. Green Cheese: Energy Intensity and GHG Emissions of Integrated Dairy/Biofuels Systems in Wisconsin. ASABE Paper no. 1008719. Presented at the 2010 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, US
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Progress 01/01/09 to 12/31/09
Outputs
OUTPUTS: My group at the UW has developed and delivered a number of extension programs on energy generation, energy efficiency and safe use of energy on farms. PARTICIPANTS: Scott Sanford, Senior Outreach Specialist UW-Madison, provided numerous training and educational programs on farm energy efficiency. Simone Kraatz, Ph.D. Student, UW Madison, performed research on energy use in food systems. TARGET AUDIENCES: Farm Operators, Stray Voltage Investigators, UW Extension staff, Energy Consultants, Utility Employees, Stray Voltage Investigators, Trade Allies PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts
Education of farm operators, Energy Consultants, Stray Voltage Investigators, and Home Owners
Publications
- Kraatz, S, DJ Reinemann, WE Berg, 2009. Energy Inputs for Corn Production in Wisconsin and Germany. Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 25(5)653-662
- Erdreich, L, A Dominik, M Wagner and DJ Reinemann, 2009. Meta-analysis of Stray Voltage on Dairy Cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 92(5951-5963)
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Progress 01/01/08 to 12/31/08
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Research and Extension activities have included organizing an annual rural energy educational conference and continued activity in the following areas: Studies on integrating the BioFuels and Dairy Industries in Wisconsin; development and validation of agricultural energy management assessment tools; Identify and promote energy efficient technologies in food processing plants in Wisconsin with emphasis on dairy plants; promote safe, efficient use of electrical energy of farms; energy conservation and load management in rural areas; detection and mitigation of stray voltage . Identifying profitable renewable and biomass energy resources; and identify issues related to distributed generation on farms PARTICIPANTS: The Midwest Rural Energy Council, Wisconsin Focus on Energy, The Energy Center of Wisconsin, The UW Energy Institute, The UW Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. TARGET AUDIENCES: Energy Service Professionals, Farm Managers, State Agencies PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
Increased awareness of rural energy issues and more informed decisions on the development of safe, profitable and efficient energy generation, distribution and use infrastructure.
Publications
- Brinker, J.L., D.J. Reinemann, L.E. Armentano, T.R. Fortenbery and M.A. Wattiaux, 2008. Biofuel Production Based on Dairy Consumption of DDGS and Soybean Meal in Wisconsin. Biofuels, Food & Feed Tradeoffs, PP. 106-109. Kraatz, S., D.J. Reinemann, W.E. Berg, 2008. Energy Inputs for Corn Production in Wisconsin and Germany. Paper No. 083796, Written for presentation at the 2008 ASABE Annual International Meeting.
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Progress 01/01/07 to 12/31/07
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Research and Extension activities have included organizing an annual rural energy educational conference and continued activity in the following areas: Studies on integrating the BioFuels and Dairy Industries in Wisconsin . development and validation of agricultural energy management assessment tools . Identify and promote energy efficient technologies in food processing plants in Wisconsin with emphasis on diary plants. . promote safe, efficient use of electrical energy of farms . energy conservation and load management in rural areas . detection and mitigation of stray voltage . Identifying profitably renewable energy sources, and distributed generation prospects for farms
PARTICIPANTS: The Midwest Rural Energy Council, Wisconsin Focus on Energy, The Energy Center of Wisconsin, The UW Energy Institute, The UW Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.
TARGET AUDIENCES: Energy Service Professionals, Farm Managers
Impacts
Increased awareness of rural energy issues and more informed decisions on the development of safe, profitable and efficient energy generation, distribution and use infrastructure.
Publications
- Reinemann, DJ, 2007. Stray Voltage. In: Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Agricultural Research and Teaching, Federation of Animal Science Societies.
- Hermans, J.L., D.J. Reinemann, L.E. Armentano, T.R. Fortenbery, M.A. Wattiaux, 2007. Biofuel Production Based on Dairy Consumption of DDGS and Soybean Meal in Wisconsin. Proc. Farm Foundation Conference: Biofuels, Food and Feed Tradeoffs, 12-13 April, St. Louis Mo., USA.
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Progress 01/01/06 to 12/31/06
Outputs
Research and Extension Program Efforts have continued in the following areas; Studies on integrating the BioFuels and Dairy Industries in Wisconsin, Development and validation of agricultural energy management assessment tools; Identify and promote energy efficient technologies in food processing plants in Wisconsin with emphasis on diary plants; Promoting safe, efficient use of electrical energy on farms; Energy conservation and load management in rural areas; Detection and mitigation of stray voltage; Identifying profitably renewable energy sources, and distributed generation prospects for farms.
Impacts
Increased awareness of rural energy issues and more informed descisions on the development of safe, profitable and efficient energy generation, distribution and use infrastructure.
Publications
- Hermans, J.L., D.J. Reinemann, L.E. Armentano, T.R. Fortenbery, M.A. Wattiaux, 2006. Integrating Bio-Fuel Production with Wisconsin Dairy Feed Requirements. ASABE Technical paper 066036.
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Progress 01/01/05 to 12/31/05
Outputs
Progress in 2005 included research on strategies to integrate a biofuels industry with the dairy industry in Wisconsin. Estimates were made of the amount of by-product feeds from ethanol and bio-diesel production that could be fed to diary cows. A net energy balance for the state was performed showing that such an integrated biofuels strategy could yield about 10% of the states transportation fuel needs and would result in a positive energy balance for the state. Efforts are being directed at developing on-line extension programs in renewable energy and energy conservation. Work also continued on educational efforts in the area of agricultural energy management, electrical safety and wiring methods.
Impacts
These efforts will be used to support public policy decisions regarding requiremetns for renewable energy generation in Wisconsin. Electrical saftey will be improved and energy conservation measuress and renewable enegy projects implemented.
Publications
- INTEGRATING RENEWABLE FUEL PRODUCTION WITH WISCONSIN DAIRY FEED REQUIREMENTS, J.L. Hermans, A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science at the UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON, 2005
- Reinemann, DJ, LE Stetson, NK Laughlin, 2005. Water, Feed and Milk Production Response of Dairy Cattle Exposed to Transient Currents. Transactions of the ASAE 48(1)385-392
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Progress 01/01/04 to 12/31/04
Outputs
The work done under this project includes ongoing maintenance and updating of educational resources on a web site (www.MREC.org). Current research, technical resources and public policy decision tools are reviewed and presented in a user-friendly format on the web page. The web site continues to receive voluminous traffic with 22,526 unique visitors viewing 148,185 pages and downloading 69,326 documents in calendar year 2004. The other major activity in this project area is the organization of an annual educational conference, which is attended by more than 100 rural energy professionals from across the country. A comprehensive review of energy use in the dairy production and processing sector was also initiated in 2004.
Impacts
This effort results in a better-informed energy service industry as well as a better-informed public, resulting in better decisions at the personal and public level on rural energy issues.
Publications
- Reinemann, DJ, LE Stetson, and SD LeMire, 2004. Comparison of Dairy Cow Aversion to Continuous Versus Intermittent Voltage Exposure. Transactions of the ASAE, 47(4): 1257−1260. Pellerin, L, DL Alumbaugh, DJ Reinemann, and PD Thompson, 2004. Power Line Induced Current In The Earth Determined By Magnetotelluric Techniques. Applied Engineering in Agriculture, Vol. 20(5): 703-706.
- Reinemann, DJ, MC Wiltbank, LG Sheffield, MD Rasmussen and SD LeMire, 2003. Comparison of Behavioral and Physiological Response to Electric Shock in Lactating Dairy Cows. Transactions of the ASAE, 46(2)507-512
- Reinemann, DJ, 2003. Dairy Cow Response to the Electrical Environment: A Summary of Research conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Proc. Voltage and Dairy Farms Conference, NRAES, April 2003
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Progress 01/01/03 to 12/31/03
Outputs
The work done under this project includes ongoing maintenance and updating of educational resources on a web site, which has been widely visited by those interested in rural energy issues (www.MREC.org). Current research is reviewed along with public policy decision and technical resources from around the world. This information is organized in a concise and easy to use manner on the web page. More than 16,000 unique visitors visited this web site in 2003 and downloaded more than 55,000 documents. The other major activity in this project area is the organization of an annual educational conference, which is attended by more than 100 rural energy professionals from across the country.
Impacts
This effort results in a better-informed energy industry as well as a better-informed public resulting in better decisions at the personal and public level on rural energy issues.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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