Ammonia volatilization from surface-banded and broadcast application of liquid dairy manure on grass forage

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 374-382

  Pfluke, Paul D ^a   Jokela, William E ^b   Bosworth, Sidney C ^c  

^a Green Oaks Creek Farm   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA EMISSIONS; AMMONIA VOLATILIZATION; APPLICATION LIMIT; APPLICATION METHOD; BAND-SPREADING; CLAY SOIL; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; DAIRY MANURES; EMISSION RATES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; FIELD TRIAL; FORAGE PRODUCTION; GRASS FORAGE; HIGH RATE; INITIAL RATE; LOW LEVEL; LOW RATES; N AVAILABILITY; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; RAPID REDUCTION; REED CANARY GRASS; SILT LOAM; SURFACE BANDS; TOTAL AMMONIACAL-N; VOLATILIZATION LOSS;

AMMONIA; CLAY; DAIRIES; LIQUIDS; SILT;

MANURES;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CLAY; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; DACTYLIS; DAIRY PRODUCT; FORAGE; GRASS; LOAM SOIL; MANURE; NONHUMAN; PHALARIS; VOLATILIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FERTILIZERS; MANURE; POACEAE; SOIL; VOLATILIZATION; WEATHER;

DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA;

EID: 79952980928     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0102     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Aneja, V.P., P.A. Roelle, G.C. Murray, J. Southerland, J.W. Erisman, D. Fowler, W.A.H. Asman, and N. Patni. 2001. Atmospheric nitrogen compounds II: Emissions, transport, transformation, deposition and assessment. Atmos. Environ. 35:1903-1911.
2. ApSimon, H.M., M. Kruse, and J.N.B. Bell. 1987. Ammonia emissions and their role in acid deposition. Atmos. Environ. 21:1939-1946.
3. Beauchamp, E.G., G.E. Kidd, and G. Thurtell. 1982. Ammonia volatilization from liquid dairy cattle manure in the field. Can. J. Soil Sci. 62:11-19.
4. Bittman, S., C.G. Kowalenko, D.E. Hunt, and O. Schmidt. 1999. Surface-banded and broadcast dairy manure effects on tall fescue yield and nitrogen uptake. Agron. J. 91:826-833. (Pubitemid 30000952)
5. Bittman, S., L.J.P. van Vliet, C.G. Kowalenko, S. McGinn, D.E. Hunt, and F. Bounaix. 2005. Surface-banding liquid manure over aeration slots: A new low-disturbance method for reducing ammonia emissions and improving yield of perennial grasses. Agron. J. 97:1304-1313. (Pubitemid 41456801)
6. 3 volatilization from urea-fertilized soil. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 49:376-381.
7. Brunke, P., P. Alvo, P. Schuepp, and R. Gordon. 1988. Effect of meteorological parameters on ammonia loss from manure in the field. J. Environ. Qual. 17:431-436.
8. Carter, J.E., W.E. Jokela, and S.C. Bosworth. 2010. Grass forage response to broadcast or surface-banded liquid dairy manure and nitrogen fertilizer. Agron. J. 102:1123-1131.
9. Chen, Y., Q. Zhang, and D.S. Petkau. 2001. Evaluation of different techniques for liquid manure application on grassland. Appl. Eng. Agric. 17:489-496.
10. Donovan, W.C., and T.J. Logan. 1983. Factors affecting ammonia volatilization from sewage sludge applied to soil in a laboratory study. J. Environ. Qual. 12:584-590.
11. Gordon, R., G. Patterson, T. Harz, V. Rodd, and J. MacLeod. 2000. Soil aeration for dairy manure spreading on forage: Effects on ammonia volatilisation and yield. Can. J. Soil Sci. 80:319-326.
12. Heck, A.F. 1931. The availability of the nitrogen in farm manure under field conditions. Soil Sci. 31:467-481.
13. Huijsmans, J.F.M., J.M.G. Hol, and M.M.W. Hendriks. 2001. Effect of application technique, manure characteristics, weather and field conditions on ammonia volatilization from manure applied to grassland. Neth. J. Agric. Sci. 49:323-342.
14. Jokela, W.E., and D. Côté. 1994. Options for direction incorporation of liquid manure. p. 201-215. In Proceedings of Liquid Manure Application Systems Conference, Rochester, NY. Northeast Regional Agric. Engineer. Service, Ithaca, NY.
15. Jokela, W.E., and J.J. Meisinger. 2008. Ammonia emissions from field-applied manure: Management for environmental and economic benefits. Proceedings of 2008 Wisconsin Fertilizer, Aglime, and Pest Management Conf., Vol. 47. Madison, WI. Available at http://www.soils.wisc.edu/extension/wcmc/ 2008/pap/Jokela.pdf (verified 14 Oct. 2010).
16. Jokela, W.E., J.P. Tilley, and D.S. Ross. 2010. Manure nutrient content on Vermont dairy farms: Long-term trends and relationships. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 41:623-637.
17. Lambert, B.D., and E.W. Bork. 2003. Ammonia volatilization trends following liquid hog manure application to forage land. J. Soil Water Conserv. 58:207-214. (Pubitemid 37343089)
18. Larson, K.E. 1986. Injection of cattle slurry to barley, beets, grass and maize. p. 73-77. In D.A. Kofoed, J.H. Williams, and P. L'Hermite (ed.) Efficient land use of sludge and manure. Elsevier Applied Science, London.
19. 3 from cattle urine applied to grassland. Soil Biol. Biochem. 22:1137-1142.
20. Maguire, R.O., P.J.A. Kleinman, C. Dell, D.B. Beegle, R.C. Brandt, J.M. McGrath, and Q.M. Ketterings. 2010. Manure application technology in reduced tillage and forage systems: A review. J. Environ. Qual. doi:10.2134/jeq2009. 0228.
21. Malgeryd, J. 1998. Technical measures to reduce ammonia losses after spreading of animal manure. Nutr. Cycling Agroecosyst. 51:51-57.
22. Mattila, P.K., and E. Joki-Tokola. 2003. Effect of treatment and application technique of cattle slurry on its utilization by ley: I. Slurry properties and ammonia volatilization. Nutr. Cycling Agroecosyst. 65:221-230.
23. Midgley, A.R., and V.L. Weisner. 1937. Effect of superphosphates in conserving nitrogen in cow manure. Vermont Agric. Exp. Stn. Bull. 419. Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
24. Misselbrook, T.H., and M.N. Hansen. 2001. Field evaluation of the equilibrium concentration technique (JTI method) for measuring ammonia emission from land spread manure or fertiliser. Atmos. Environ. 35:3761-3768.
25. Misselbrook, T.H., J.A. Laws, and B.F. Pain. 1996. Surface application and shallow injection of cattle slurry on grassland: Nitrogen losses, herbage yields and nitrogen recoveries. Grass Forage Sci. 51:270-277.
26. Misselbrook, T.H., F.A. Nicholson, and B.J. Chambers. 2005. Predicting ammonia losses following the application of livestock manure to land. Bioresour. Technol. 96:159-168.
27. Peters, J.B. 2003. Recommended methods of manure analysis. UW-Ext. Pub. A3769. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. Available at http://uwlab.soils.wisc. edu/pubs/A3769.pdf (verified 14 Oct. 2010).
28. Powell, J.M., W.E. Jokela, and T.H. Misselbrook. 2011. Dairy slurry application method impacts ammonia emission and nitrate leaching in no-till corn silage. J. Environ. Qual. 40:383-392, doi:10.2134/jeq2010.0082 (this issue).
29. Prins, W.H., and P.J.M. Snijders. 1987. Negative effects of animal manure on grassland due to surface spreading and injection, p. 119-135. In H.G. van der Meer et al. (ed.) Animal manure on grassland and fodder crops: Fertilizer or waste? Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
30. Rochette, P., D. Guilmette, M.H. Chantigny, D.A. Angers, J.D. MacDonald, N. Bertrand, L.E. Parent, D. Cote, and M.O. Gasser. 2008. Ammonia volatilization following application of pig slurry increases with slurry interception by grass foliage. Can. J. Soil Sci. 88:585-593.
31. Rodhe, L., M. Pell, and S. Yamulki. 2006. Nitrous oxide, methane and ammonia emissions following slurry spreading on grassland. Soil Use Manage. 22:229-237. (Pubitemid 44199379)
32. SAS Institute. 1996. SAS user's guide: Statistics. 6th ed. SAS Inst., Cary, NC.
33. Schmitt, M.A., M.P. Russelle, G.W. Randall, C.C. Sheaffer, L.J. Greub, and P.D. Clayton. 1999. Effects of rate, timing, and placement of liquid dairy manure on reed canarygrass yield. J. Prod. Agric. 12:239-243.
34. Sommer, S.G., and N.J. Hutchings. 2001. Ammonia emission from field applied manure and its reduction-invited paper. Eur. J. Agron. 15:1-15.
35. 3 loss from surface-applied cattle slurry. J. Environ. Qual. 20:679-683.
36. Sommer, S.G., J.E. Olesen, and B.T. Christensen. 1991. Effects of temperature, wind speed and air humidity on ammonia volatilization from surface applied cattle slurry. J. Agric. Sci. 117:91-100.
37. Stevens, R.J., and R.J. Laughlin. 1997. The impact of cattle slurries and their management on ammonia and nitrous oxide emissions from grassland. In S.C. Jarvis and B.F. Pain (ed.) Gaseous Nitrogen Emissions from Grasslands. CAB International, Oxford, UK.
38. Svensson, L. 1994a. A new dynamic chamber technique for measuring ammonia emissions from land-spread manure and fertilizers. Acta Agric. Scand. Sect. B Soil Plant Sci. 44:35-46.
39. Svensson, L. 1994b. Ammonia volatilization following application of livestock manure to arable land. J. Agric. Eng. Res. 58:241-260.
40. Svensson, L., and M. Ferm. 1993. Mass-transfer coefficient and equilibrium concentration as key factors in a new approach to estimate ammonia emission from livestock manure. J. Agric. Eng. Res. 56:1-11.
41. Thompson, R.B., and J.J. Meisinger. 2002. Management factors affecting ammonia volatilization from land-applied cattle slurry in the Mid-Atlantic USA. J. Environ. Qual. 31:1329-1338.
42. Thompson, R.B., B.F. Pain, and D.R. Lockyer. 1990. Ammonia volatilization from cattle slurry following surface application to grassland: II. Influence of application rate, windspeed and applying slurry in narrow bands. Plant Soil 125:119-128.
43. Thompson, R.B., J.C. Ryden, and D.R. Lockyer. 1987. Fate of nitrogen in cattle slurry following surface application or injection to grassland. J. Soil Sci. 38:689-700.
44. Tunney, H., and S.P. Molley. 1986. Comparison of grass production with soil injected and surface spread cattle slurry. p. 90-98. In D.A. Kofoed, J.H. Williams, and P. L'Hermite (ed.) Efficient land use of sludge and manure. Elsevier Applied Science, London.
45. van Breemen, N., and H.F.G. van Dijk. 1988. Ecosystem effects of atmospheric deposition of nitrogen in The Netherlands. Environ. Pollut. 54:249-274.