Climate-Smart Feed Management Committee
The function of the Climate-Smart Feed Management (CSFM) Committee is to enhance the sustainability of livestock feeding practices by promoting the conservation of natural resources and advancing climate solutions. Through the integration of cutting-edge research and fieldwork, the CSFM Committee aims to achieve significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and address natural resource concerns associated with livestock feeding management.
Committee Members
Luis O. Tedeschi
Matthew R. Beck
Ellen Dierenfeld
Mary Drewnoski
Andrew Foote
Elizabeth French
USDA-ARS Dairy Forage Research Center
Dairy Cattle Nutrition - Precision Feeding
Karun Kaniyamattam
Texas A&M University
Livestock Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
James MacDonald
Hector Menendez III
Heidi Rossow
Gerald (Jerry) Shurson
Elias Uddin
Advisory Committee Members
Charlotte Kirk Baer
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Science Policy
Brandon Bishop
Natural Resource Conservation Service
Animal Husbandry Specialist East technical Center
Dan Ludwig
dan.ludwig@usda.gov
Objectives
- Facilitate science-driven dialogue on climate-smart feed management.
- Provide accessible and user-friendly feed and animal nutrition information for conservation professionals.
- Deliver targeted education and training opportunities for various stakeholders.
- Contribute expertise to enhance NRCS evaluation tools and modeling.
- Serve as a forward-looking forum to address future needs in climate-smart animal agriculture.