Over the last 20+ years, Joel has developed an extensive body of research and technical work Feel free to open the section links below to review some of this work.
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Joels research publications, presentations, and outreach
Joels research publications, presentations, and outreach
Newsletters
Articles in the WCROC Newsletter
- 03/01/2021 Farm Resilience
- 03/01/2020 Monitoring Farm Energy Use
- 08/01/2019 Electrical grid changes are improving farm sustainability.
- 08/08/2018 Resources for Farmers to Evaluate Their Environmental Footprint
- 11/17/2017 Enhancing Minnesota Power Grids with Battery Technology
- 03/14/2016 Life Cycle Assessment of Corn Grain at WCROC: Early findings
- 08/19/2015 Looking at dairy energy from an LCA perspective
- 05/13/2015 Farming without crude oil?
- 02/04/2015 Biomass Energy: An Update for 2015
- 10/29/2014 How Much Fossil Energy is Needed to Collect Biomass
- 07/23/2014 Looking Towards Additional Renewable Energy For Ammonia Production
- 04/16/2014 Using LCA data to optimize ethanol production
- 01/08/2014 Putting the Price of Electricity in Minnesota in Perspective
- 10/31/2013 Can a Fertilizer Be a Transportation Fuel?
- 07/24/2013 New Energy Technologies Being Deployed in West Central Minnesota
- 04/17/2013 Examining Ag Fertilizers and Energy Solutions Around the World
- 01/09/2013 Modeling Minnesota Corn Stover Biomass
- 09/12/2012 Farmer Participation Key To Creating Agricultural Biomass Markets
- 06/20/2012 New Technologies Continuing To Transform The Ethanol Industry
- 03/14/2012 Regional pros interested in biomass energy converge on WCROC
- 11/23/2011 Factors Influencing Minnesota Agricultural Biomass Supplies
- 08/17/2011 Life Cycle Analysis & Agriculture
- 05/11/2011 Continuing Opportunities for Learning About Biomass Energy
- 02/02/2011 The Morris Biomass Gasification Project: 4 Years Still Gaining Steam
- 10/27/2010 Stakeholders Participate in USDA Biomass Community Forum
- 03/31/2010 Biomass Gasification Course
- 09/30/2009 Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) Introduced This Fall
Newspaper Articles
Articles
- Tallaksen, Joel, Eric Buchanan, Kirsten Sharpe, Brad Heins, Lee Johnston and Michael Reese. (2020). Monitoring Farm Energy Use. Stevens County Times. March 2020
- Li, Yuzhi, Lee Johnston, Brad Heins, Joel Tallaksen, Bill Lazarus, Ryan Cox, and Wayne Martin. (2019). Identifying Challenges in Organic Swine Production. Stevens County Times. March 9, 2019.
- Tallaksen, Joel. (2018). Resources for Farmers to Evaluate Their Environmental Footprint. Stevens County Times (August 18, 2018) & WCROC Newsletter (August 8 2018). Morris, MN.
- Tallaksen, J. (2016) Life Cycle Assessment of Corn Grain at WCROC: Early Findings. Morris Sun Tribune, Morris, MN. March 25,2016
- Tallaksen, J (2014) What is Life Cycle Assessment and How Does It Impact Farmers?, Sun Tribune Article in Farm edition (March 2014)
- Tallaksen, J (2014) Putting the price of electricity in Minnesota in perspective. Morris Sun Tribune. March 21 2014
- Tallaksen, J (2014) LCA and Farming. Morris Sun Tribune, March 15th 2013.
- Tallaksen, J (2013) Farmer Participation key To Creating Agricultural Biomass Markets. Morris Sun Tribune, March 2013.
- Tallaksen, J. (2008) Looking Toward the Next Generation of Agricultural Energy Crops. Morris SunTribune, Morris, MN.
- Tallaksen, J. 2008. Corn Cobs as a Source of Energy. Morris Sun Tribune. Morris, Minnesota
- Tallaksen, J. 2007. Creating a Market for Corn Stover and Other Biomass. Morris Sun Tribune. Morris, Minnesota
Peer Reviewed Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
- Y Zhu, L J Johnston, M H Reese, E S Buchanan, J E Tallaksen, A H Hilbrands, Y Z Li. (2021). Effects of cooled floor pads combined with chilled drinking water on behavior and performance of lactating sows under heat stress. Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 99 (3), https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skab066
- Zhu , Y., Li, Y., Reese, M., Buchanan, E., Tallaksen, J., & Johnston, L. (2020). Animals, 10(7), 1155. DOI:10.3390/ani10071155
- Tallaksen, J., Johnston, L., Sharpe, K., Reese, M., & Buchanan, E. 2020. Reducing life cycle fossil energy and greenhouse gas emissions for Midwest swine production systems. J. of Cleaner Production, 246, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118998
- Tallaksen, Joel E., Curtis Reese, Michael H Reese. 2019. Cropping System Fuel Use for a Diversified Farm in the Midwestern United States. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 35(4): 503-507. https://doi.org/10.13031/aea.13326
- Palys, Matthew J., Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Joel Tallaksen, Michael Reese, Prodromos Daoutidis. 2019. A novel system for ammonia-based sustainable energy and agriculture: Concept and design optimization. Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification. V140, June 2019, pp. 11-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2019.04.005
- Sharpe, K. T., Reese, M. H., Buchanan, E. S., Tallaksen, J. E., Janni, K. A., & Johnston, L. J. 2018. Electrical and Thermal Energy Consumption in Midwest Commercial Swine Facilities. Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 34(5), 857-864.
- Johnson, J.M., Strock, J.S., Barbour, N.W., Tallaksen, J.E., Reese, M. 2017. Stover harvest impacts soil and hydrologic properties on three Minnesota farms. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 81:932-944. DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2017.01.0007
- Johnson, J.M.F., Strock, J.S., Tallaksen, J.,Reese, M. (2016). Corn stover harvest changes soil hydrology and soil aggregation. Soil & Tillage Research, August 2016, Vol.161, pp.106-115, DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2016.04.004
- Tallaksen, J., Bauer, F., Hulteberg, C., Reese, M., and Ahlgren, S., (2015) Nitrogen fertilizers manufactured using wind power: greenhouse gas and energy balance of community-scale ammonia production. Journal of cleaner Production, 107: 626-635 doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.05.130
- Dalzell, B.J., J.M.F. Johnson, J. Tallaksen, D.L. Allan and N.W. Barbour, 2013. Simulated impacts of crop residue removal and tillage on soil organic matter maintenance. doi:10.2136/sssaj2012.0221
- White, J. A., J. Tallaksen, I. Charvat. 2008. The effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal inoculation at a roadside prairie restoration site. Mycologia 100(1): 6-1
Posters and Presentations
- Tallaksen, J. 2022. Swine Production and Greenhouse Gases, American Society of Animal Scientists- Midwest Section, March 16, 2022. Omaha, NE
- Tallaksen, J. & M. Reese. 2020. Renewable Ammonia for Power and Fertility in Corn Production, American Center for Life Cycle Assessment Annual Conference. September 24 2020. (virtual) Madison, Wi
- Johnston, L., Reese, M., Buchanan, E., Li, Y., Hilbrands, A., Lozinski, B., . . . Cortus, E. (2020). Effects of a solar-powered cooling system on performance of heat-stressed lactating sows. J Anim Sci, 98 (Supplement_3), 145-146. doi:10.1093/jas/skaa054.255
- B. M. Lozinski, M. Reese, E. Buchanan, A. M. Hilbrands, K. A. Janni, E. Cortus, B. Hetchler, J. Tallaksen, Y. Li, and L. J. Johnston. 2019. Innovative Solar Energy Utilization for Minnesota Swine Farms Waste to Worth Conference, St. Paul, MN
- Johnston, L. J. , K T Sharpe, M H Reese, E S Buchanan, J E Tallaksen, A M Hilbrands, K A Janni, B Hetchler, Y Li, Quantifying use of electricity to heat piglet creep areas in farrowing rooms
- Tallaksen, J. & M. Reese. 2018. Allocation methods for evaluating individual organic crops in a cropping rotation when using life cycle assessment. Poster presentation and proceedings paper for the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment Annual Conference. October 24 2018. Ft. Collins, CO.
- Tallaksen, J., M. Reese, and C. Reese. 2018. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fossil Energy Use In West Central Minnesota Crop Production. Poster presentation at 5th Annual UMN Production Agriculture Symposium. February 15 2018, St. Paul, MN.
- Sharpe, K., M. H. Reese, E. S. Buchanan, J. E. Tallaksen, K. A. Janni, and L. J. Johnston. 2018. Electrical and thermal energy consumption in Midwest commercial swine facilities. 2018 ASAS Midwestern Section Meetings, March 12-14, 2018, Omaha, Nebraska. Abstract Available at: Journal of Animal Science, Volume 96, Issue suppl_2, 10 April 2018, pp. 57–58.
- Sharpe K.T. , B. J. Heins, E. S. Buchanan, M. H. Reese, J. E. Tallaksen, and L. J. Johnston. 2018. Thermal and electrical energy and water consumption in a Midwest dairy parlor. Presented at annual meeting of the American Dairy Science Association, Knoxville, Tennessee June 24-27 2018, abstract available in j. Dairy Sci. Vol. 101 Suppl. 2 p. 346.
- B. J. Heins*, M. Reese, J. Tallaksen, and E. Buchanan. (2016) Life cycle energy and greenhouse gas comparison of co-located organic and conventional dairy, Poster presented at the 2016 Joint Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City Utah, DOI:10.2527/jam2016-1191
- Tallaksen, J. (2016) Life Cycle Assessment of Agriculture in West Central Minnesota as a tool to improve cropping Systems: Why, How, and Early observations. Talk presented at USDA-Agricultural Research Service- North Central Soil Conservation Research lab, Morris, Minnesota December 2016
- Tallaksen, J., B. Heins, M. Reese. (2016) Integrating Conservation Measures and Variable Renewable Energy Sources Into Dairy Life Cycle Energy Models. Talk given at LCA XVI: Annual Conference for the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment, September 27-29, Charleston, SC
- Tallaksen, J and Reese M. (2015) Life Cycle Impacts of Using Renewable Produced Nitrogen Fertilizer for Corn Production, LCAXV: Annual Conference for the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment, October 6-8, Vancouver, B.C.
- Tallaksen, J. (2015) Producer Interest in Supplying Corn Stover Biomass: South East Minnesota Findings. Talk presented at Minnesota Renewable Energy Roundtable. July 18th, Rochester, MN.
- Tallaksen, J. (2015) “Life Cycle Energy and Carbon Footprint in Midwest Dairies” Presentation given at Midwest Farm Energy Conference, Morris, MN, June 2015
- Johnson, J.M., Strock, J.S., Tallaksen, J.E., Reese, M. 2014. Soil responses to stover management in the Northern Corn Belt [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting. Nov. 2-5, 2014, Long Beach, CA.