Orchardgrass ley for improved manure management in wisconsin: I. Forage yield, environmental impact, and production costs

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 956-963

  Hedtcke, Janet L ^a   Posner, Joshua L ^a   Hall, John A ^b   Walgenbach, Richard P ^c   Baldock, Jon O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Michael Fields Agricultural Institute   (United States)

^c U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d AGSTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC ZONE; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CORN SILAGE; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; DAIRY MANURES; DRY MATTERS; ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES; FORAGE YIELD; GROWING SEASON; MANURE MANAGEMENT; MANURE SPREADING; MANURED SYSTEM; MEDICAGO; PRODUCTION COST; SOIL TEST PHOSPHORUS; SOIL TESTS; VARIABLE COSTS; WISCONSIN; WORST CASE SCENARIO;

COST ACCOUNTING; CROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

MANURES;

EID: 77952642246     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2009.0426     Document Type: Article

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