Case Study: On-Farm Evaluation of Liquid Dairy Manure Application Methods to Reduce Ammonia Losses

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-98

  Leytem, A B ^a   Bjorneberg, D L ^a   Sheffield, R E ^b   Marti, M E de Haro ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerway; Ammonia; Best management practice; Dairy manure; Soil injection

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255124411     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30678-1     Document Type: Article

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