Permissible manure and fertilizer use in dairy farming systems on sandy soils in The Netherlands to comply with the Nitrates Directive target

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-114

  Schroder J J ^a   Aarts, H F M ^a   van Middelkoop, J C ^a   Schils, R L M ^a   Velthof, G L ^a   Fraters, B ^b   Willems, W J ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dairy farming; Leaching; Management; Manure; Modelling; Nitrates Directive; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Sandy soils

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRAZING; LEACHING; MAIZE; MANURE; MODELING; NITRATE; SANDY SOIL; SLURRY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

BOS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34248674027     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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