Potential mitigation of midwest grass-finished beef production emissions with soil carbon sequestration in the United States of America

Future of Food: Journal on Food, Agriculture and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 31-38

  Rowntree, Jason E ^a   Ryals, Rebecca ^b   DeLonge, Marcia S ^c   Teague, W Richard ^d   Chiavegato, Marilia B ^e   Byck, Peter ^f   Wang, Tong ^g   Xu, Sutie ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

^c UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GHG emissions; Grass finishing beef; Soil organic carbon sequestration

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011076330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2197411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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