1. Jim Passwaters The “Tree Guy”

2.  Standards state VEB’s should be 50 ft plus 5 additional feet for each additional fan.  This eliminates many farms from having cost- share due to distances to roads, ditches, cropland  Three years worth of research is required to change the standards  Research needs to be completed by a “scientist” and published.  Working with Shawn Belt, USDA Horticulturalist to accomplish this task.

8.  Same procedures, three years research by a scientist and published in a scientific journal.  No money for the plants  Research is funded in part by United Soybean Council since we don’t need to obey the rules established by NRCS

17.  one product which is now in great demand is willow for poultry bedding. For this purpose, the willow is processed to produce a fluffy bedding, which the hens prefer and is especially in demand for broiler houses.  An important bonus is that the salicylic acid in willow attacks ammonia, thereby improving the environment of poultry houses.