Fresh, stockpiled, and composted beef cattle feedlot manure: Nutrient levels and mass balance estimates in Alberta and Manitoba

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1844-1854

  Larney, Francis J ^a   Buckley, Katherine E ^b   Hao, Xiying ^a   McCaughey, W Paul ^b  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b BRANDON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HANDLING TREATMENT; MASS BALANCE ESTIMATES; TOTAL CARBON (TC) CONCENTRATION;

CARBON; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NUTRITION;

MANURES;

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; CANADA; COMPOST; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INORGANIC NUTRIENT; MANURE; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC FARMING; SOIL FERTILIZATION;

ALBERTA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CARBON; CATTLE; MANITOBA; MANURE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL;

CARBON; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION; MANURE; MATERIALS BALANCE; NUTRIENTS;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33749333708     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0440     Document Type: Article

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