Environmental and economic comparisons of manure application methods in farming systems

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 438-448

  Rotz, C A ^a   Kleinman, P J A ^a   Dell, C J ^a   Veith, T L ^a   Beegle, D B ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; AMMONIA EMISSIONS; AMMONIA NITROGEN; APPLICATION METHOD; BOS TAURUS; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); DAIRY FARMS; ECONOMIC COMPARISONS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; FARMING SYSTEM; FIELD TRIAL; INCORPORATION METHOD; LEAST COST; LIVESTOCK MANURE; MANURE APPLICATIONS; MANURE NUTRIENTS; MEDICAGO; NITRATE LEACHING; NO-TILL; PENNSYLVANIA; SIMULATION MODEL; SOIL AERATION; SOLUBLE P; SYSTEM MODELS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AMMONIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAIRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); LEACHING; MANURES; PHOSPHORUS; PROFITABILITY;

FARMS;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AERATION; ALFALFA; ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FARMING SYSTEM; HARVEST; MANURE; NITRATE LEACHING; NUTRITION LOSS; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; SWINE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MANURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; PENNSYLVANIA; PHOSPHORUS; SWINE;

BOS TAURUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79952936080     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0063     Document Type: Article

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