TAPS GHG

Originally established in Nebraska and later expanded to the Oklahoma panhandle region, the TAPS program allows farmers to interactively compete using a variety of efficient strategies and technologies with a goal to reduce water & energy consumption while optimizing profits and yield. After years of success, the TAPS program is eager to incorporate other environmental indicators, like greenhouse gas emissions and nutrient leaching, to the competition. Our team has begun with modeling greenhouse gas emissions associated with energy consumption, materials, transportation, field management, and direct soil emissions from microbial processes. Together, we are working to incorporate life cycle greenhouse gas emissions to the competition as another metric to optimize.

The team:

Mary Foltz – Assistant professor, OSU
Jason Warren – Professor, OSU
Sumit Sharma – Assistant Extension Specialist, OSU
Daran Rudnick – Associate professor, KState
Amy Kremen – Research Project Manager, CSU
Lizzie Long – PhD student, OSU (modeling lead)
Shelby Maggard - BS student, OSU