Animal Waste Utilization: Effective Use of Manure as a Soil Resource

Published:
November 01, 1997 by CRC Press - 328 Pages
Author(s):
J. L. Hatfield, USDA/ARS, Ames, Iowa, USA; Bobby A. Stewart, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, USA

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ISBN 9781575040684
Cat# LA0689
 

Features

  • Addresses emerging concerns about the use of manure, including environmental problems and inefficient use in agricultural systems
  • Examines manure as a resource supplying crop nutrients and increasing soil organic matter
  • Analyzes the impact of nitrate-nitrogen and phosphorous movement from different manure sources
  • Describes the use of system engineering principles to develop manure management and utilization scenarios

    • Summary

    This unique book examines the beneficial aspects of animal waste as a soil resource - not simply as an agricultural by-product with minimal practical use. Topics include o types of livestock waste - swine, poultry, dairy o methods and management of waste utilization o storage, handling, processing and application of animal waste o supplying crop nutrients o economics of waste utilization o new modeling and management techniques o nonpoint source pollution, water quality, leaching, and air quality.

    Table of Contents

    Farmers and Manure Management: A Critical Analysis, P. Nowak, R. Shepard, and F. Madison
    Economic Issues in Animal Waste Management, D.L. Foster
    Sources of Manure: Swine, M.C. Brumm
    Managing Nutrients in Manure: General Principles and Applications to Dairy Manure in New York, D.R. Bouldin and S.D. Klausner
    Best Management Practices for Poultry Manure Utilization That Enhance Agricultural Productivity and Reduce Pollution, P.A. Moore, Jr.
    Cattle Feedout Manure and Wastewater Management Practices, John M. Sweeten
    Use of Manure on Grazing Lands, W.A. Phillips
    Impacts of Animal Manure Management on Ground and Surface Water Quality, A. Sharpley, J.J. Meisinger, A. Breeuwsma, J.T. Sims, T.C. Daniel, and J.S. Schepers
    Processing Manure: Physical, Chemical, and Biological Treatment, D.L. Day and T.L. Funk
    A Systems Engineering Approach for Utilizing Animal Manure, D.L. Karlen, J.R. Russell, and A.P. Mallarino
    Index

    Editorial Reviews

    "At the research level, this book also provides valuable data on the important subject of on-farm nutrient cycling, providing one is prepared to spend a little time reading the chapters on Managing Nutrients in Manure: General Principles and Applications to Dairy Manure in New York, and Use of Manure on Grazing Land. Each of the most important manure types is well covered in separate chapters. Although a series of workshop papers, this book contains enough background material, particularly on farmers' attitudes and on manure processing to make it a valuable text for agricultural students generally, as well as for the more specialist reader."-Phil Harris, Biological Agriculture and Horticulture, 1999

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