Manure in an inevitable byproduct of the production of meat and milk destined for human consumption. Excessive excretion of manure and manure nutrients represent inefficiencies which increase feed costs, increase the environmental impact of dairy farming, and increase the costs associated with moving and storing manure. Profitability can be enhanced when good feeding and management practices ar...

Three manure agitation procedures were examined in this study (vertical mixing, horizontal mixing, and no mixing) to determine the efficacy of producing a representative manure sample. The total solids content for manure from gestation pigs was found to be well correlated with the total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) concentrations in the manure, with highly significant correlation coe...

Information on the forms of P present in animal manure may improve our ability to manage manure P. In most investigations of manure P composition, only inorganic and total P are determined, and the difference between them is assigned as organic P. In this study, we explored the possibility of identifying and quantifying more specific organic P forms in animal manure with orthophosphate-releasin...

Sulfadimethoxine is a widely used sulfonamide veterinary antibiotic and could be a source of agricultural contamination. Therefore, information is needed about its degradation kinetics in manure under aerobic conditions. Based on the analysis of first-order kinetics and the assumption that sulfadimethoxine availability for degradation in manure could be limiting, a new kinetic model was develop...

Nitrogen recovery from swine manure was investigated using gas-permeable membranes. The process involved a continuous recirculation of an acidic solution through a gas-permeable membrane submerged in manure. Ammonia from manure was concentrated in the acidic solution increasing its pH, while pH decreased in manure. In the first set of experiments, nitrogen recovery efficiency was evaluated with...

Nitrogen losses from open beef feedlots are a concern. Methods that decrease volatilization losses will lead to greater manure N, which is likely to be beneficial in open lot beef operations. Twelve or more pens were dedicated to N research whereby N intake, retention, and excretion were quantified and a mass balance conducted using manure, runoff, soil balance, and loss quantities. The objecti...

posting has some disadvantages that include nutrient and C loss during composting, the cost of land, equipManure or compost application based on N needs of corn (Zea ment, and labor required for composting, and odor assomays L.) may result in soil accumulation of P, N, and other ions, ciated with composting. since the manure or compost N/P ratio is usually smaller than the corn N/P uptake ratio...

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posting has some disadvantages that include nutrient and C loss during composting, the cost of land, equipManure or compost application based on N needs of corn (Zea ment, and labor required for composting, and odor assomays L.) may result in soil accumulation of P, N, and other ions, ciated with composting. since the manure or compost N/P ratio is usually smaller than the corn N/P uptake ratio...

D to transportation costs, manures can be utilized for their fertilizer value only when the hauling distance is short. However, manure cannot be applied indefinitely to a limited land area close to the manure production site without creating problems of water pollution (Patni and Hore, 1978) and excessive nutrient and salt accumulation in the soil. Therefore, using manure for crop production on...